Xcel partners with local church to develop
"faith-based" youth center.

Beginning June 7, 2001, Generation Xcel will operate a second youth center in lower Manhattan in partnership with Abounding Grace Ministries, a church located in an historic East Village building at 9 East 7th Street. The building's fourth floor will be converted into a fully functional teen center, complete with an auditorium, lounge, and game room. The partnership represents a unique opportunity for Xcel to adapt its "by youth for youth" outreach model to a faith-based context.

To see the completed room, go here.

 
Xcel's "Cave": a faith-based,
teen center in East Village.
"David escaped to the cave. ... All those who were in distress or in debt or discontented gathered around him, and he became their leader." (I Samuel 22:1-2)
The Cave has been underutilized for at least 50 years.
Water damage and worse is the result.
9 East 7th St: Built in the mid-19th century
as one of NYC's first fire-proof buildings.
At one time, the Cave was a cafeteria.

The Cave can accomodate up to 200 people at one time.

Fully furnished, it will include a computer lab, basketball court, game room, lounge, and sound stage.
The cost of rehabilitating, furnishing, and upgrading the the Cave is $90,000. To pledge your support, click here.

"There's a hole in the ceiling."
Walls need to be resurfaced.
Exposed pipes and broken bricks.
Boarded up, broken window.

 

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