Youth Leadership Foundation
WISH LIST: $100: school supplies for 1 student for a year; $500: a semester's scholarship for 1 student; $1200: a full year scholarship, including summer program, for a student in need
Youth Leadership Foundation focuses its attention on "the majority in the middle" - average students earning grades of C- or better, impoverished inner-city kids who are often overlooked and forgotten. All are tested before they begin so that areas of strength and weakness are identified and addressed. The middle and high school programs teach English, grammar and writing, history, science, and math, along with sports and performing arts. But it is "character education" that is the defining feature of the program. Students participate in a comprehensive curriculum that introduces them to virtues such as fortitude, perseverance, and commitment, and to values like self-respect and respect for others. Mentors encourage them to practice what they learn, and in Character Counts they earn points - and rewards - for completing character-building tasks. YLF recently added a program for elementary students because studies show that children disengage from school at a stunningly early age. Your commitment helps catch them before that disengagement begins, and helps the kids in the middle join the kids on top.
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Michael Barvick Executive Director |
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