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MISSION:

Create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.

VISION:

All youth achieve their full potential.

ACCOUNTABILITY:

By partnering with parents/guardians, volunteers, and others in the community we are accountable foreach child in our program achieving:
• Higher aspirations, greater confidence, and better relationships
• Avoidance of risky behaviors
• Educational success

Who we are

We are people who believe in the power of relationships.  We are people who believe in youth.

Our goal is to connect kids to supportive mentors, to meaningful experiences, and to inspirational adventures that change their lives forever. Every youth who walks through our door is respected where they are, and challenged to grow.

What we do

We get kids out there. We mentor. We support. We guide. We help kids build up their self-confidence, their skills, their resiliency, and their love for learning. It’s all about flipping that switch from deterred to determined. It’s all about sitting in that passenger’s seat as they learn to “drive.”

Why we do this

Every child has a unique spark burning deep inside.  Sometimes, it takes some coaxing to bring it out but it’s always, always there. And with encouragement, that child’s spark will ignite.  

We believe that relationships are the best way to kindle that spark, and that new experiences fan it to a flame.  We believe the world will be stronger and more vibrant with each flame a full-on bonfire.

Esther Residence is a transitional program for women who are leaving incarceration and/or treatment programs. We provide a safe, nurturing community based on safety, respect and dignity.

“So you never thought you needed a game warden.” 

At The Ecology School, we study the relationships that all living organisms have with one another and with our shared environment. We explore ways that we, as humans, can build communities that sustain the very ecosystems that in turn sustain us.

We approach the science of ecology through wide-eyed, hands-on exploration of the ecosystems outside our door, making nature’s lessons memorable with play, humor, and games, and applicable with real life models of sustainable farming and living.