ASLAN Youth Ministries is a nonprofit organization serving some of the most impoverished areas in Monmouth County, within Long Branch, Red Bank and Asbury Park, New Jersey. For over 43 years, Aslan has provided community outreach programs for grade school and high school students and their families. In 1996, Aslan was invited, and accepted the challenge, of providing several life-saving services in Ouanaminthe, Haiti, located along the northeastern border of the Dominican Republic. OUR MISSION ~ Aslan’s mission is to provide relationship-based programs that permanently impact the bodies, minds, and spiritual needs of at-risk, urban youth. OUR PHILOSOPHY ~ From the moment a child comes to Aslan he or she is challenged to become a servant leader. Our students understand what it means to be on the receiving end of charity but are rarely afforded the opportunity to appreciate what it means to serve the needs of others and to recognize their own gifts and talents to imrpove their own circumstances. Aslan has a multicultural staff and volunteers, which helps our children develop a healthier attitude toward race. At Aslan, we incorporate three main components into our services and programs for our children and their families. This approach to programming includes emotional and spiritual growth, educational enrichment to fuel the mind, and recreation and enrichment services to motivate the body, mind and spirit.