Causes: Human Service Organizations, Human Services
Mission: We disrupt the social norm to spark the potential greatness of kids and their community. Scott Foundation provides programs and service FREE of cost to kids in the Arizona foster care system and At-Risk youth. We believe in making the world a more peaceful and loving place by inspiring children to make better choices through selfless service. We do this by providing an evidence-based educational program that focuses on heart-based learning through creative life skills, peace-building and selfless service. The curriculum involves intentional learning through inspiring selfless experiences that give children and the adults that work with them an opportunity to connect, on multiple occasions, with their inner values and live a more joyful life of civic responsibility and selfless service.
Results: For the past 10 years, Scott Foundation has impacted the lives of 4,950+ youth through the development of core social emotional and experiential learning with the help of committed volunteers and community support. Those same youth have made a community impact redirecting nearly $600K in donations back into the community. Our desired outcome breaks the cycle of poverty and violence and ultimately transforms the community by successfully graduating community-minded, "whole-people" with significantly decreased addictive and violent behaviors. This helps prevent the future need for more costly social and criminal justice services. These developing Selfless Superheroes lead the charge, stepping forward and ready to bring about social change; they are our next generation Thought & Service Leaders.
Target demographics: Grow next generation Thought & Service Leaders
Geographic areas served: Cave Creek, Arizona
Programs: Awakening the Superhero inside - Our Masterclass Program holistically invests to fulfill the individual young persons social-emotional well-being, dreams, education, work-learn experiences and safely transitions them to independent living. Through a progressive series of after school and summer activities, we cultivates mindfulness; and bring together the arts and education in a series of uplifting experiences, in a pathway through service to develop kind and caring kids. With a focus on kids first learning to love themselves, they more naturally become our next generation Thought & Service Leaders.