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    9Aug, 2023
    SOH 2023: Help Us Finish Strong!

    Help us finish Summer of Hope 2023 strong!!!

    In August, we are running three sports camps in England and Germany. Young people are getting the opportunity to hear and respond to the life-changing message of Jesus Christ. These camps are creating sustainable discipleship pathways for youth to build relationships in gospel-centered community, and take next steps in following Jesus beyond the camps. Please consider making a one time financial gift to help these summer camps finish strong.

    Simply click on the DONATE link in the menu to make a secure online donation. Thank you for partnering with us to give gospel-destitute young people the opportunity to encounter Jesus through the universal language of sports.

    8Aug, 2023
    Vova’s Prayer and The D.R.E.A.M. Initiative

    Vova grew up in an orphanage in Ukraine. He was adopted and brought to America when he was 15-years old. In 2021, he had the opportunity to go on a mission trip to the Dominican Republic, where he shared his testimony at an orphanage and worked with a sports ministry for underserved children. That experience captured Vova’s heart for the Dominican people and he’s never been the same since. On another visit to the DR, Vova asked God for a vision of how he can help give opportunities to less fortunate children in the region. The D.R.E.A.M. initiative was born as an answer to Vova’s prayer.

    The D.R.E.A.M. (Dominican Republic Equipping Athletic Ministries) initiative aims to equip local Dominican leaders/coaches with resources to help develop young athletes through gospel-centered programs, and to mobilize sports ministry mission teams to go and serve in the DR.

    Some of the D.R.E.A.M. goals include:

    • Providing sports equipment for faith-based athletic programs
    • Funding construction and renovation projects for sports fields/venues
    • Equipping Dominican leaders/coaches/mentors with essential ministry tools for sports development and spiritual formation (discipleship)
    • Mobilizing mission teams to go and serve in the DR

    Here are some ways that you can partner with the D.R.E.A.M. initiative:

    GIVE: You can support the D.R.E.A.M. initiative by making a monetary donation or donating sports equipment.

    GO: You can go and serve with our partners in the DR, bringing gospel-centered sports ministry to youth and children.

    PRAY: You can pray for God’s work in the DR. Pray for the leaders we are resourcing, the youth/children being served, and the local churches we partner with to multiply disciple-making movements through sports ministry.



    10Apr, 2023
    Donate Dresses for Underserved Girls

    Girls’ DRESSES needed…

    We run a summer camp program that serves at-risk and underserved children. As part of the camp, we have a special formal dinner in which the girls get to dress up for a fancy evening (we call it “Esther’s Banquet”). Because most of the girls coming to our camp are from low-income homes, we could use in-kind donations of girls’ dresses that the girls can wear to the camp dinner, but also take home afterwards. Sizes needed are “Girls 10” through “Juniors All Sizes.” So if you have any dresses in the closet that have been outgrown and you would like to donate them to a great cause, you will have a part in restoring dignity in young girls in our community! If interested in donating, please private message us for more details and arrangements for collecting dresses.

    Email: info@breakawayoutreach.com

    Text/Call: (423) 400-1358

    28Mar, 2023
    Give At-Risk Children a Summer Camp Experience

    Every child deserves an opportunity to go to camp… no matter what hardship they face.

    Breakaway Outreach provides life-changing adventure camp experiences for at-risk children and kids facing hardship. We offer summer camp scholarships for kids affected by economic insecurity, family hardship, trauma, parental incarceration, domestic violence, and other ACEs (adverse childhood experiences). Our camps are places of refuge where Psalm 82:3-4 is fleshed out over and over again…

    “Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

    Virtually all of the campers we serve through our flagship “Camp Elevate” program would not be able to experience a summer camp without our community partners providing them full or partial scholarships… FIND OUT MORE

    1Mar, 2023
    Korea Missions Update

    Subscribe to our newsletter and get the latest report on Breakaway partnerships emerging on the Korean peninsula for sports ministry, English camps, and outreach to justice impacted youth.

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    3Feb, 2023
    Tony Dungy Suber Bowl Outreach Video Resource

    Former NFL coach Tony Dungy talks about the purpose of pain in our faith journey. Dungy shares how hardships in the NFL and the personal tragedy of losing his own son have affected his faith. Approximate running time is 15 minutes and the Gospel-centered message makes for an excellent Super Bowl outreach and evangelistic tool.

    Tony Dungy’s words and example have intrigued millions of people, particularly following his victory in Super Bowl XLI, the first for an African American coach. How is it possible for a coach—especially a football coach—to win the respect of his players and lead them to the Super Bowl without the screaming histrionics, the profanities, and the demand that the sport come before anything else? How is it possible for anyone to be successful without compromising faith and family?

    As a devout follower of Jesus Christ, Dungy has earned widespread respect both on and off the field due to what many see as strong convictions and high personal standards of ethics and behavior, which affect his behavior as both a coach and as a member of his community. He has been active in many community service organizations in the cities in which he has coached. While coaching in Tampa Bay, Dungy worked as a public speaker for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Athletes in Action.

    He began a mentoring program for young people called Mentors for Life, and provided Buccaneers’ tickets for the participants. He also supported other charitable programs in the area such as Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Boys and Girls Club, the Prison Crusade Ministry, foster parenting organizations, and Family First. His community involvement and care continues in Indianapolis where Tony helped launch the Basket of Hope program which aids patients at the Riley Hospital for Children.

    Teaser video below:

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    27Oct, 2022
    Winter Break Camp for Disadvantaged Children

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    Breakaway’s KidVenturez program will be providing a winter break adventure camp experience for disadvantaged children in our community, December 28—31.

    • Delicious holiday meals
    • S’mores around the campfire
    • Laser tag
    • Hot chocolate
    • Recreation and team building activities

    We serve kids affected by parental incarceration, economic insecurity, trauma, and a wide array of other adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). These children depend on full or partial scholarships from community partners to help send them to camp. You can use the link below to make a secure donation to sponsor a child for winter camp. A full scholarship is $145.



    Breakaway Outreach
    P.O. Box 3452
    Cleveland, TN 37320

    10Oct, 2022
    2022 Camp Year in Review: Sports Camps

    2022 “Camp Year in Review” Highlights

    If you’d like to learn more about the great work God is doing through our camp partnerships and discover opportunities to join us in the mission, just send us your contact info!

    Highlights include:

    • Camps in Tennessee and Alabama for at-risk kids
    • East Tennessee baseball camp for youth ages 6-14
    • NASCAR KidVenturez retreat for boys
    • Sports camps in Northern Ireland, England, Italy
    • Winter English camp at an orphanage and baseball ministry in Dominican Republic

    Serving Kids Facing Hardship

    Camp Elevate is our flagship summer and winter camp program for kids facing hardship, serving East Tennessee, North Georgia, and Western Carolina. KidVenturez is our year-round adventure program. Through trauma-informed care and nearly 30 years of experience serving kids coming from hard places, we are providing safe places where young people can navigate their pain, experience life-change in Jesus, and “breakaway” from cycles of poverty, addiction, fatherlessness, familial incarceration, domestic violence, abuse, despair, and a myriad of other adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).

    Sports Camps

    Through gospel-centered sports camps, young people are conneting with coaches and getting skills training in safe and life-giving spaces. 

    Global Missions

    Our passion is to see missional movements reaching youth for Christ multiplied across the streets, across the states, and across the seas. Our vision is to see entire communities impacted by gospel transformation and social resilience, to see indigenous leaders multiplied in championing the gospel among unreached people groups, and to help mobilize the church to be the hands and feet of Jesus in a lost and hurting world.

     Get sports camps ministry resources.

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    4Aug, 2022
    The NASCAR KidVenturez Experience

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    Our NASCAR KidVenturez weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway has been a 12-year tradition. This action packed weekend for boys offers enrichment around the thrill of motorsports along with outdoor adventure. Our group participates in many speedway festivities before attending the night race followed by a Sunday morning chapel time. This is one of our most popular KidVenturez experiences.

    The Bass Pro Shops Night Race

    The Bass Pro Shops Night Race is a NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. It is one of two NASCAR Cup Series races held at Bristol, the other being the Food City 500, but it is by far the more popular of the two. The race is currently the final race in the NASCAR playoffs’ Round of 16.

    Bristol Motor Speedway

    Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway, is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961. Bristol is among the most popular tracks on the NASCAR schedule because of its distinct features, which include extraordinarily steep banking, an all-concrete surface, two pit roads, and stadium-like seating. It has also been named one of the loudest NASCAR tracks. The track is billed as the “World’s Fastest Half-Mile”, even though that designation technically belongs to the Volusia Speedway Park dirt track.

    Bristol Motor Speedway is the fourth-largest sports venue in America and the tenth largest in the world, seating up to 153,000 people. The speeds are far lower than is typical on most NASCAR oval tracks, but they are very fast compared to other short tracks due to the high banking. Those features make for a considerable amount of car contact at the NASCAR races as the initial starting grid of 40 vehicles each in the Cup and Xfinity Series, and 32 in the Truck Series, extends almost halfway around the track, meaning slower qualifiers begin the race almost half a lap down.