Christmas 2011: Bikes for Kids Giveaway
Channel 12 news piece on the terminally ill man who collected and fixed up bikes to give away to kids during Breakaway’s Christmas outreach to under-served neighborhoods.
Channel 12 news piece on the terminally ill man who collected and fixed up bikes to give away to kids during Breakaway’s Christmas outreach to under-served neighborhoods.
Flavor Fest is the Largest Urban Christian Leadership Conference on the planet. It’s happening October 6-9 in Tampa Florida. Pastor Tommy Kyllonen aka @UrbanD813 and his team at Crossover Church in Tampa lead and host this conference every year. Check out the promo video and invite your friends to Flavor Fest 2011.
Children of poverty miss out on having adults who dream with them into the future. Parents are so overwhelmed just trying to survive from one day to the next how can they ever take the time and/or energy to think out into the future of their kids’ lives? Are you willing to provide that time and energy? Read more…
An extremely exciting and impactful event will be happening in Murfreesboro and throughout several areas of the Mid-Tennessee area when the new movie, “Seven Days in Utopia” is shown for the first time, September 2 – 8, 2011. The G – Rated Film will be shown in Cleveland, TN, at the Premiere Theatre 12 Cleveland: 137 Pleasant Grove Rd., McDonald, TN 37353, (423) 473-0041; and in Chattanooga, TN, at the Rave Motion Pictures East Ridge: 5080 South Terrace Chattanooga, TN 37412, (423) 855-9652. Continue reading
The United States has the largest prison population in the Western world.
In 2006, over 2.2 million men and women were in American federal, state, and local prisons and jails. Since 1970, the rate of imprisonment in the US has risen over 400 per cent, and the average length of prison sentences has grown substantially. Continue reading
NASCAR teams up with Breakaway Outreach to give racing adventure to urban youth and inner-city kids.
The IRWIN Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway is the big show. “The World’s Fastest Half-Mile” is NASCAR’s gladiator event and the most popular night race in the entire Sprint Cup circuit… and a group of Chattanooga inner-city kids will see it live and up close! Continue reading
The latest numbers on poverty among U.S. children are so striking that they make you do a double take.
In 2009, 31 million kids were living in families with incomes below twice the federal poverty threshold. Continue reading
Partner with Breakaway Outreach in helping hundreds of inner-city kids throughout Chattanooga get off to a good start this school year! We will be distributing new backpacks the week of August 15, and here are some basic school supplies needed:

Extra Items
Supplies and donations can be made until August 12.
Please call us at 423-933-6986 or email info@breakawayoutreach.com if you have any questions.
2011 Summer Camp DVD release party this Friday night at Ooltewah United Methodist Church at 6:30pm. Please RSVP if you plan on attending and to receive your own personal copy of the summer camp DVD to be distributed at the party!
Breakaway’s summer adventure camp for prisoners’ kids, inner-city children, and at-risk youth. DVD release party is scheduled for July 1, 2011.