King’s Kids of America just cut the ribbon for its seventh Suffolk location. The program objective is to help teach young people from 4 to 23 years of age how to make decisions that will keep them out of trouble and make them productive members of society. They meet weekly for an hour at each of seven different sites throughout the southern part of Suffolk learning a variety of topics, ranging from the significance of various holidays, etiquette, health, safety and leadership skills, topics not often taught in schools and often neglected by parents including personal responsibility. Twenty years ago, Bishop Obadiah Colander, who was then the pastor of Faith Temple Ministries Apostolic Church, started the program to help Suffolk’s children and teens learn to make good decisions that would help them stay out of trouble and what it takes to live and survive. The organization now serves more than 275 children around the city.
“There are a lot of negative influences out there, and this is one of the positive influences,” said Suffolk Commonwealth’s Attorney C. Phillips “Phil” Ferguson. More important he added that he couldn’t remember having seen many of the program’s active participants wind up in a Suffolk criminal court. Hats off to Betty Knight, the programs volunteer Director.
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