Teens read to their children or younger siblings using children's book libraries hosted by their teachers and teen parenting coaches, fostering love of literacy and family bonds in both teens and young children.

Partners, sponsors, and supporters:

• State Farm Neighborhood Assist Program

• State Representatives Rhonda Baker, Forrest Bennet, Mickey Dollins, Shane Stone, and Carol Bush

• Capitol Hill High School, Northwest Classen High School, US Grant High School

• Oklahoma County Health Department: Children First

• Disney Corporation

• Dollar General Store Foundation

The ARC Foundation hosts garden parties for youth of all ages at the Urban Neighborhood Community Garden in downtown Oklahoma City. The events are free and open to the public. Participants receive a free vegetable plant to take home and plant. Refreshments are provided.

Partners, sponsors & supporters:

• Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation

• Progressive Financial Services

• Quantify Solar

• Urban Neighbors Community Garden

The ARC Foundation adopted Hefner Park through OKC Beautiful. At that park and additional locations, we host LitterBlitz events to empower youth to keep their community clean.

Partners, sponsors, and supporters:

• OKC Beautiful

• ARC Youth Ambassadors

• Village United Methodist Youth

• Oklahoma City Parks & Recreation

ARC Youth Ambassadors work with the programs of The ARC Foundation as well as their own projects with our support. On-going services include delivering groceries to seniors, ARC's Vineyard, ARC's Veterans Programs, ARC's Read It Again, ARC's Urban Barefoot Gardeners, Adopt-A-Park, LitterBlitz, Youth Force, and Appalachia Service Project. Our fantastic youth participants are also encouraged to start their own projects with our support.

The ARC Foundation provide 20 U.S. Veterans living without air conditioning with a free air conditioner in June 2016. The air conditioners enabled the homeowners to create a cool safe zone to withstand the Oklahoma summer heat. The units were distributed in rural Seminole County.

Partners, sponsors, and supporters:

• Home Depot

The ARC Foundation helps connect U.S. Veterans with other vets for lawn services.

Partners, sponsors, and supporters:

• Home Depot