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    28Aug, 2017
    Craig Wright Brings Good News to Juveniles with Bike Tricks

    Craig Wright is a professional mountain bike trials rider who uses his gifts and talents to share the gospel with young people. We were blessed to have him as part of the Breakaway Xperience this past week, sharing his testimony and proclaiming the life-changing message of Jesus Christ with juvenile inmates in Jefferson County, Tennessee.

    In the biking world, ‘trials’ riding is an extreme test of bicycle handling skills, navigating over all kinds of natural and man-made obstacles. Trials riding isn’t a sport based on speed and power, it’s all about balance, poise, and endurance—making for great analogies to spiritual truths and life skills. Craig’s action sports presentation challenged incarcerated youth to see their difficulties and hardships as a means of shaping character and perseverance.

    Cwtrials is a ministry of New Mission Systems International and a partner of Next Generation Alliance (Luis Palau Association). If you’d like more information about Cwtrials ministering in your area, visit their website here.

    21Aug, 2017
    #GivingTuesday: Save The Date

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    #GivingTuesday is a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media and collaboration.

    Celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving (in the U.S.) and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday kicks off the charitable season, when many focus on their holiday and end-of-year giving.

    When you give to this ministry on #GivingTuesday, you are ensuring that kids in crisis don’t have to face hardship alone—especially during the holiday season!

    For those who may not be familiar with Breakaway Outreach, our mission is to empower the lives of youth, children, and under-served communities with gospel transformation and social resilience. During he holiday season, our missions network provides strategic Christmas outreach to children of inmates, incarcerated youth, orphans and refugees, and kids affected by domestic violence.

    Thank you for helping kids ‘breakaway’ on #GivingTuesday!

    If you’d like to designate your gift to a specific program, simply add a note at the time of your online donation.

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    You can also set up a recurring donation here.

    31May, 2017
    Brian Allen Ministries at Breakaway Summer Camp

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    This year we are excited to have Brian Allen at Camp Elevate, our flagship summer camp for at-risk youth and children facing adversity. Brian will be ministering by leading worship, performing some of his original songs, and sharing his testimony.

    Though his dad was a pastor and he grew up in a Christian home, Brian ended up serving a four and a half year prison sentence for trafficking drugs. It was in prison where God got a hold of Brian’s life. Upon his release from prison he completed a Bachelor of Bible theology degree and became a minister. Today, he is a husband and father with a beautiful family. Brian leads worship events and preaches the gospel.

    Three of Brian’s songs have topped the independent contemporary Christian radio charts. “Greater Is Your Name” was #1 this year and “Your Love” was #1 last year. Also last year “Not On My Own” was #2.

    You can find out more about Brian’s ministry here.

     

    4Mar, 2017
    8th Annual KidVenturez NASCAR Experience

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    KidVenturez Weekend: The NASCAR Experience

    This year marks our 8th annual NASCAR KidVenturez experience in Bristol, Tennessee. Breakaway kids get an adventurous overnight excursion as they take in the thrill of a NASCAR‬ race at Bristol Motor Speedway, hear inspirational stories from those in the racing community, and attend a Sunday morning worship service. This program is geared towards kids facing adversity and made possible by community partners who provide scholarships/donations for these children to attend the weekend experience.




    About Bristol Motor Speedway

    0.533-mile concrete oval
    Degree of banking in corners: Variable, 24 to 28 Degrees
    Degree of banking in straights: Variable, 6 to 10 Degrees
    Straightaways: 650 feet
    Concrete racing surface is 40 feet wide

    Bristol Motor Speedway celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2011. The half-mile oval hosted its first NASCAR Sprint Cup event July 30, 1961.

    In August of 2010, Kyle Busch made NASCAR history by sweeping the Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series’ events at BMS. It was the first time a driver had won all three events at the same track in the same week/weekend.

    Darrell Waltrip leads all drivers in the win category at BMS with 12 victories. Tied for second with nine wins each is Dale Earnhardt, Rusty Wallace and Cale Yarborough. Jeff Gordon and Kurt Busch are the current drivers with the most wins with five apiece.

    Junior Johnson is the all-time winningest car owner at Bristol Motor Speedway with 21 wins. Second on the list is Jack Roush with nine.

    Darrell Waltrip’s seven consecutive race wins at BMS were from the spring of 1981 through August of 1984.

    Ryan Newman became the first driver to record a sub-15 second lap at BMS during March 2003. Newman grabbed the Food City 500 pole with a 14.908 sec./128.709 mph lap.

    The only father-son combinations to have competed in and won Sprint Cup races at BMS are Ned and Dale Jarrett, Bobby and Davey Allison and Dale and Dale Earnhardt Jr.

    Elliott Sadler’s victory in 2001 Food City 500 was the first for Bristol victory for Stuart, Va.’s, famed Wood Brothers team.

    Nine-time BMS winner Dale Earnhardt won his very first Sprint Cup event at the World’s Fastest Half-Mile on April 1, 1979 in the Southeastern 500.

    Rusty Wallace snapped Jeff Gordon’s four-year Food City 500 winning streak in 1999 and got his 50th win in 2000.

    Cale Yarborough led all 500 laps of the 1973 Southeastern 500, the only driver to accomplish such a feat in a Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Timothy Peters achieved a similar milestone in the 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, leading all 200 laps of the UNOH 20.

    Richard Petty holds the record at BMS for most top 10 finishes with a total of 37.

    Richard Petty and Darrell Waltrip are tied for the record at BMS for most top five finishes with 26 each.

    The most lead changes occurred at BMS in the 1991 Valleydale 500 when Rusty Wallace won the race after 40 lead changes.

    Johnny Allen crossed the finish line first in the inaugural BMS race, but he was driving in relief of Jack Smith, who gets credit for Bristol’s first victory.

    Kyle Busch leads all Nationwide Series drivers in wins at BMS with six.

    Kyle Busch leads all Camping World Truck Series drivers in wins at BMS with four.

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    8Feb, 2017
    KidVenturez UTC Mocs Basketball Game
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    KidVenturez pizza party and UTC Mocs basketball game at Mckenzie Arena.

    KidVenturez is a Breakaway program offering youth and children enrichment experiences through adventure trips, weekend retreats, and other faith-based excursions.

    The “KV” program aims to build faith, shape social resilience, and create mentoring pathways for kids facing hardship.

    Some of our KidVenturez experiences have included wilderness retreats, rafting, kayaking, canoeing, rock climbing, outdoor recreation, amusement parks, go-kart racing, sports events, NASCAR races, concerts, aquariums, zoos, museums, discovery centers, cultural exchange, and weekend getaways to the mountains/beach.

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    25Jan, 2017
    Port St. Lucie After School Camp

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    Camp Thrive is an after school camp for middle school and high school students, combining spiritual enrichment with multiple service projects in the community.

    Daily themes for the after school camp are:

    Monday: Thriving by being a part of something bigger than ourselves.

    Tuesday: Thriving by valuing others and loving our neighbors.

    Wednesday: Thriving by overcoming our fears and insecurities.

    Thursday: Thriving by discovering our unique gifts and God-given purpose.

    Friday: Thriving by trading in our complacency for compassion.

    Saturday: Thriving by serving in our community.

    Please be in prayer for all the young people attending Camp Thrive in Port St. Lucie, Florida, the multiple agencies and nonprofits we will be partnering with, and the service projects the students will be carrying out in the community.

    6Jan, 2017
    Chattanooga State Gifts Books to Children of Inmates

    Now in its fourth year, Chattanooga State’s Donald F. Andrews College Reading and Writing Center partnered with Breakaway Outreach to sponsor Operation Christmas Hope during the recent holiday season.

    Ninety-six books were gifted during a party for the children and their caregivers on Dec. 10 at Ooltewah United Methodist Church.

    Operation Christmas Hope gives children who have a parent in prison an opportunity to not only get toys and clothes for Christmas, but also to get the gift of learning with books.

    “As a parent who always gave my kids books, and read to my children daily, I feel it is important to pass this lifelong learning to other children that don’t necessarily have the same advantages as my children did,” said Event Coordinator Michele Hough, manager of the Reading and Writing Center.

    According to Ms. Hough, every child on the list received books that were purchased by faculty and staff at Chattanooga State Community College.

    For more information about Chattanooga State’s Donald F. Andrews College Reading and Writing Center, contact Michele Hough at 423-697-2506 or email michele.hough@chattanoogastate.edu.

    Source: The Chattanoogan.com

     

    30Nov, 2016
    Keep Calm T-Shirts: Give A Kid Hope

    Just in time for Christmas gift giving ideas! Support vulnerable children when you order the “Keep Calm and Give A Kid Hope” T-shirt.

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    11Nov, 2016
    Help Us Build a Basketball Court for Dominican Orphans

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    Through our missions partnership in the Dominican Republic, Breakaway Outreach is seeking to construct a new basketball court for the Barahona orphanage. The total amount for the project is $2,400.

    Basketball is the primary means of daily recreation and routine exercise for the kids at the orphanage. Currently they play on a dilapidated slab of broken concrete and slippery rubble. You can partner with us to help give these precious children a brand new court by donating to the basketball court construction project. Any size gift today will go a long way in providing a source of daily joy and physical wellness for orphans in the Dominican Republic.

    You can make a secure online contribution right now by clicking on the “Donate” button below. Also, please “donate” a Facebook post or Tweet by sharing a link to this campaign with others. Thank you for your partnership to bring heaven’s joy to vulnerable children.

    Goal: $2,400 Raised: $2,400



    Below: Photos of the children you will be blessing at the Barahona orphanage.

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