Danville’s Three Kings of Peace are continuing their efforts to get a mentoring center established, in the old Steel Grip facility at Garfield Park. Local NAACP president Ed Butler first teamed up with Pastors Frank McCollough and Fred Cowen (who replaced Nate “BoBo” Smalls) when they went into schools to try and reach troubled students, and one of the students gave them the Three Kings of Peace name as a sign of respect.
And now, the journey to try and secure COVID relief fund money from the City of Danville continues. Ed Butler told Linda Bolton on 1490 WDAN’s News Makers program, it’s the mental challenges of today’s youngsters that must be met more than anything else.
AUDIO: We believe that if we can get this Three Kings of Peace Mentoring Center open, that we can reach back and be able to have classroom sessions with our young folks. And I’m talking about grade school on up to high school; to have those one-on-one talks with them; and be able to bring them into an area where they feel comfortable.
Pastor McCollough says an updated presentation will be made later this month to the Danville City Council, concerning some of the things the city had suggested.
AUDIO: We had asked the city to come over and inspect, and then have inspected and gave us a general idea of what they need in order to pass that inspection. So we’re on that, we have all of the estimates together; and there will be another presentation to the city on the third Tuesday…
And the third Tuesday in January is indeed next week, January 18th; that will be the night the Three Kings of Peace once again speak to the Danville City Council about their mentoring center idea. Pastor McCollough stated anyone seeking information can call him at 217-766-8735, or go to the Three Kings of Peace website.
