McCurdy Ministries: McCurdy Ministries: 103 years of making God’s difference in the Española Valley!

Española’s population is 87% Hispanic, 9% Anglo and 3% Native American

According to the updated 2013 census update 28% of Española’s population lives under the Federal Poverty Line

25% of those over 25 in Española have not graduated from high school or earned a GED

Rio Arriba County has the highest death by heroin overdose rate in the United States

Our mission is to provide ministries in Jesus’ name to help Española Valley students and their families succeed in school and in life

We accomplish this mission by providing

Educational ministries to support the K-12 th grade students of McCurdy Charter School

A free morning preschool and low cost, afternoon faith-based preschool

A low cost After School Care program

A free mental health counseling program called Project Cariño

A summer camp called Camp Stars for K-6 th grades including STEM education and VBS fun

A Breakfast and Lunch Program for McCurdy Charter School students so our students won’t go hungry

A Volunteers in Mission program which welcomes more than 500 volunteers from across the U.S. yearly

McCurdy touches the lives of 500+ students every school day and makes God’s difference because of the faithful support of United Methodists all around the country and we

The difference McCurdy Ministries makes is limited only by the power of our convictions and the strength of our faith when we