Dear Friend of AYM,

I would like to share with you some of the good news at Annunciation Youth Ministries. For the last six years it has been my pleasure to serve Annunciation Parish as Director. I have overseen life changing and Christ-centered mission trips, rewarding faith-filled retreats and service projects where the youth experience the joy of being the hands and feet of Christ.

With influences from the media, destructive personal choices, demanding lifestyles and negative peer pressure, youth today are yearning for role models, boundaries and the chance to live out their faith. The mission of AYM has never been needed more. Annunciation Parish has the largest youth ministry program in Minneapolis. I have seen tremendous growth, expanded programming, increasing volunteer leadership and new staffing.

Here are some highlights;

• 72 participants are registered for the 2008 summer mission trip. 

• Long term leasing of a school bus. 

• Hiring of Summer Hoopla College Interns. 

• Release of an expanded and revamped website. 

• Record setting attendance. 

• Hiring of two part-time assistants.

Even with all these accomplishments, we are faced with the challenges of meeting the needs of some struggling youth and answering the increasing requests for financial aid. To meet these challenges, I am proud to announce the establishment of the “AYM Dream Maker Fund” to help meet current needs and fund our future growth and dreams.

A very generous donor has stepped forward with a $7,000 donation toward our goal of $20,000. Your help is needed in order to make this dream come true! Please consider making a donation to the Dream Maker Fund. Your donation will go a long way in supporting the ministry and programs at AYM. If you want to make a donation by credit card simply click on the “On-Line giving” button on the top right corner of this page and you will be connected to a secure website. Simply fill in your donation in the Youth Ministry Dream Maker Fund line.

On a personal note, thank you for understanding the importance youth group has on the lives of the youth within our parish and south Minneapolis. Your generosity makes my job that much easier and allows my goals to become reality. On behalf of the youth and myself, may God richly bless you now and always.

Jimmy Dunn

Director of Youth Ministry

Annunciation Church