ATLAS provides loving support with a hand up and out of difficult times
ATLAS of the Lakes Area was opened by Dave Butterworth, who had been serving on the
board at the Spencer ATLAS.
The Spencer ATLAS board began taking a look at the ATLAS mission and vision with the discussion leading to the potential goal of expanding and broadening the scope of the ministry. The goal is to reach more people and to promote helping others who find themselves with high needs. Eventually, this led to the possibility of opening a satellite office in the Lakes Area.
In January of 2019 the ATLAS of Spencer board authorized the establishment of the satellite office in the Lakes Area. The ministry was organized during a year that was slowed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Finally, in February of 2021, ATLAS of the Lakes Area received its official 501(c)3 non-profit status and The ATLAS of the Lakes office officially opened on February 4, 2021.
ATLAS of the Lakes Area is a Christian non-profit agency that is here to serve the "invisible" in the community.
THE BEGINNING
ATLAS OF THE LAKES
ATLAS of the Lakes Area Mission and Vision
Sharing Our "Daily" Mission and Our "Ongoing" Vision
Our Mission
To build loving relationships and to be advocates for those in need, providing Christian guidance and mentoring support, resulting in over-all growth and betterment of lives.
CHANGED LIVES THROUGH
CHRISTIAN LOVE AND ADVOCACY
Our Vision
To unite the broad community in providing life-altering help
to those facing high needs.
Atlas seeks to be a catalyst for cooperation among churches,
Christian ministry groups, secular groups, and government agencies,
while being a clearinghouse connecting
those in need with the appropriate caregivers
FOSTERING COMMUNITY AWARENESS,
CONCERN, AND RESPONSE
TO AREA RESIDENTS WITH HIGH NEEDS
ATLAS is only a tiny piece of the huge vision of helping those with high needs
in the Iowa Great Lakes Area and surrounding communities.
We truly need the help and hearts of the entire community
to meaningfully accomplish this Mission and Vision.
THANK YOU FOR THE PART EACH OF YOU DO TO HELP
THOSE WITH HIGH NEEDS WHO YOU ENCOUNTER IN THE COMMUNITY.
Also, we are eternally grateful for all you do for ATLAS that helps us do the same.
BY JOINING TOGETHER,
WE MAKE A SIGNIGICANT DIFFERENCE
IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS!