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The mission of Youth for Christ of Polk County is to reach every youth, one at a time. YFC seeks to reach all youth, everywhere.

Youth for Christ of Polk County is focusing its attention on the youth of our community. Every week we meet teenagers in the community, area middle and high schools, juvenile detention centers, institutions, alternative schools, and high risk neighborhoods. Not only do we introduce kids to Jesus, but we also continue to disciple them and strive to meet their holistic needs whether it be physical, emotional, or spiritual.

09/14/2026

𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔, 𝐆𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐄! ⛳️

Today we’re proud to recognize Garner Completesite as a Platinum Sponsor of the 2026 YFC Players Cup!

We’re incredibly grateful for businesses and community partners who choose to invest in the lives of young people. Support like this helps Youth For Christ of Polk County continue meeting students where they are, building authentic relationships, and sharing hope, and impacting young lives.

Thank you, Garner Completesite, for your generous partnership and for helping us make a difference in the lives of young people throughout Polk County!

🏌️ 2026 YFC Players Cup
📅 Monday, September 21
📍 Grasslands Golf & Country Club

09/11/2026

𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔, 𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐗 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐄𝐑 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐄𝐓𝐒 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒! ⛳️

We’re excited to recognize Publix Super Markets Charities as a Platinum Sponsor of the 2026 YFC Players Cup!

We are incredibly grateful for community partners who believe in investing in young people. Their generous support helps Youth For Christ of Polk County continue showing up in the lives of students—building relationships, sharing hope, and impacting young live.

Thank you, Publix Super Markets Charities, for investing in the young people of our community and helping make the 2026 Players Cup possible!

🏌️ 2026 YFC Players Cup
📅 Monday, September 21
📍 Grasslands Golf & Country Club

09/08/2026

𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔, 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍! ⛳️

We are incredibly grateful to Whitehead Construction for stepping up as a 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐦 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐘𝐅𝐂 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐂𝐮𝐩!

Their generous partnership helps make this event possible—but more importantly, it helps Youth For Christ continue reaching young people throughout Polk County at pivotal moments in their lives.

When local businesses invest in YFC, they're investing in the next generation of our community.

Thank you, Whitehead Construction, for believing in our mission and helping us change young lives!

🏌️ 2026 YFC Players Cup
📅 Monday, September 21
📍 Grasslands Golf & Country Club

Everett Whitehead & Son, Inc.

07/25/2026

We would be honored if you joined us as a sponsor for the YFC Players Cup happening on Monday, Sept 21, 2026.

05/24/2026

Can you help YFC clear our Amazon needs list? Camps start ONE WEEK FROM TODAY? Link in comments.

05/21/2026

Would you help us with our Amazon Camp Needs list? Link in comments. Thank you!

Some items are wilderness camp ad some are high school discipleship camp.

05/19/2026

This week we told you the story of the McLaughlin Class of 2026.

Kids who walked in carrying "directionless" and walked out carrying a diploma.

Kids who couldn't speak English and graduated 5th in their class.

Kids like Mario, who now want to give back what they were given.

Every one of those stories started the same way: a week at summer wilderness camp in middle school.

That's why we're asking you to send the next kid.

This summer, another sixth-grader is going to walk through the doors at a Polk County middle school carrying weight no kid should have to carry. We want to put a camp scholarship in their hands. We want to be there for the next seven years.

Whatever you can give, please give. Every dollar puts a kid in the woods, around a fire, in front of the gospel, and connected to a mentor who will not stop showing up.

You are the reason this story keeps being written.

#2026

05/18/2026

At baccalaureate, the graduates flipped their cardboard signs over.

"Joined Youth for Christ and found my purpose."

"Gained support. Returned to school. GRADUATING."

"Fluent English speaker. Found brotherhood."

One of those graduates — Mario — stood up at the ceremony and read scripture to his entire class. Afterward, he handed us a note. In his own words, written to YFC:

"Thanks for shaping me into the young man I am today, keeping me on the right path and following Christ. Always providing food boxes and just checking up on me and our friends, keeping our circle close. Also the great high school camps just making life more enjoyable. Allowing me to assist in camps and help kids the way y'all helped me."

Read that last line again.

Mario doesn't just want what he got. He wants to give it back.

This is what the kingdom of God looks like at street level. A kid who was met, who was loved, who found Christ — and now he wants to be the one meeting the next kid.

Tomorrow, we're asking you to be part of that.

05/16/2026

So how does a kid go from "directionless" to walking across a graduation stage?

For most of the students we've walked with at McLaughlin, the door cracked open at summer wilderness camp.

A week away. Away from screens, away from the noise, away from whatever was happening at home. Conversations around a campfire. A counselor who actually listened. A version of themselves they didn't know was possible.

Camp is where the relationship starts. But it doesn't stop there.

What follows is years of weekly City Life groups. Food boxes when the cupboards are empty. A text on a bad day. A ride when no one else can give one. Mentors who keep showing up — through middle school, through high school, through every reason a kid might give up on themselves.

That's the model. Camp opens the door. Relationship walks them home.

05/15/2026

At their baccalaureate ceremony, the graduates of McLaughlin Academy of Excellence did something brave.

They stood up in front of family, friends, teachers, and pastors — and they told the truth about where they started.

They called it "Cardboard Triumphs." And the first cards they held up were not easy to look at:

"Lost motivation and desired to quit school."

"Language barrier and isolated."

"Direction-less and mentally adrift."

This is who walks into our City Life groups. Real kids carrying real weight. Some have lost a parent. Some are figuring out a new country and a new language. Some are quietly drowning while everyone around them assumes they're fine.

This is where YFC starts. Not with kids who already have it together. With kids who are honest enough to admit they don't.

Tomorrow, we'll show you what happens next.

Address

400 Eagle Lake Loop Rd E
Winter Haven, FL
33883

Telephone

+18633259220

Website

http://yfcofpolk.org/

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