7 art show at the Upper Perk Community Life Center. Some of those amazing things will be on display for the community to see, Whitmore said, at a Nov. As the director of a community center myself, I see a fair amount of kids without a future picture for themselves and that’s sad to see. “Teens can create and produce amazing things. But everybody uses the arts it’s very universal,” he said. Some students are reached through sports like dodgeball. “It’s a great thing to get involved in to see what we can do for that age group. President of Shattered Studios’ board of directors, Mark Hager of Bally, said Shattered is just the kind of organization the community needs. I feel like I’ve received that kind of help from Shattered and from Derrick specifically for situations I’ve personally been involved in.” “I want to encourage them because they’re not alone and there is help. “I want to give hope to other students who feel they are trapped in bad situations,” he noted, detailing his own past. Benz uses the podcasts to relay inspirational messages. In addition to working with the community centers, they also do events like inspirational speaking engagements including one this July at Harvey Cedars Bible Camp in New Jersey.įor the teens involved, however, it’s all about the artistic outlet and the camaraderie.īoyertown Area High School 2013 grad Jarrett Benz has been partnering with Shattered to develop an online podcast involving video games. Shattered Walls, the third piece of the non-profit, involves partnering with churches and organizations on outreach projects and the like. Whitmore said Shattered Silence also supplies mentors in areas like cooking, welding and dance, to allow teens to “investigate their talents.” On the team’s radar for this year is lobbying to create a community center in Boyertown, as well as working with the Bally Community Center. This year, the students involved in Shattered Silence are working on structural repairs and improvements to the Upper Perk Community Life Center, a community center based in East Greenville that features music, a bar-alternative café, games and special events. Shattered Silence, the organization’s mentoring program, not only provides mentors in their particular interests to help teens grow in their artistic expressions, it also provides opportunities for the teens to reach out to others. Other projects underway include a card game, dance/drama program and musical pieces. The student team is currently working on a graphic novel titled “Legacy,” which sports a popular super-hero motif.
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Students from Upper Perkiomen, Boyertown and other area school districts are taking part. Shattered Studios serves as an umbrella organization for three different facets – Shattered Ink, Shattered Silence and Shattered Walls. They can use those gifts to help other people.” What are they doing with it? Everyone has a legacy both left for them and that they are leaving. “We want to encourage every teen that they have a gift, a talent. “We want to see broken people restored, broken dreams re-imagined and broken worlds renewed,” he explained. The theme at Shattered Studios is a message of hope, and while it is faith-based, Whitmore said everyone is welcomed, no matter what their background or beliefs. “I specifically decided to use the arts to start up Shattered Studios.” It was getting huge and I thought, ‘Someone has to do something about this,’” Whitmore said. I was involved with three suicide cases myself. “I wanted to help teens with depression we noticed across the country teens were involved in self-injury, suicide. Several years later, after establishing a career as a Bechtelsville youth pastor, Shattered Studios was born. And therefore, could easily happen anywhere in the country again.” I said to myself that could have easily happened where I went to high school. “Columbine High School reminded me very much of the high school I had graduated from in terms of demographics, suburban location, and look of the building itself. “The shooting was that final confirmation for me,” he said. And he used the event, perpetrated by two teenage boys, as a catalyst to not only change his college major, but to guide his future in reaching out to at-risk teens. Red Hill non-profit seeks to inspire teens through technology, the artsįor Derrick Whitmore, 1999 was a life-changing year.Īs a freshman engineering student, Whitmore felt a redefined purpose in life following the massacre at Columbine High School that April.
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