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To positively impact girls across the Greater St. Louis community through our unique program that combines health and wellness education with a goal-oriented running program.  Our goal is to prepare and educate girls for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living during their critical years of development (i.e. ages 8-14).  The program is designed to empower young girls to believe in themselves and embrace their full potential as they become young adults.  We are a non-profit organization supported by the St. Louis community that is financially responsible to ensure long term growth and sustainability.

Youth Service America believes that youth, communities, and democracy thrive when we all work together for the common good. YSA is a leading global nonprofit that activates young people, ages 5-25, to find their voice, take action, and acquire powerful civic and 21st Century skills as they solve problems facing their communities. YSA supports its activation campaigns with grants, training and resources, and recognition programs for young people and their adult champions. Youth-led projects use Awareness, Service, Advocacy, and Philanthropy (ASAP) strategies to create social and environment change.

The Silver Creek Sportsplex Foundation aims to ensure that every child, regardless of financial ability, is able to participate in local amateur athletic training and competition. The Foundation strives to develop athletes’ character and self-assurance, teach fundamental athletic skills, and expose young people to the atmosphere and camaraderie of sports. We believe that every young person deserves the chance to participate in youth sports and gain the many benefits that supervised amateur athletic programs provide. Mental and physical well-being, confidence, ethical character and good sportsmanship are qualities that last a lifetime.

Footpath Foundation is a nonprofit that believes every child should have the opportunity to reach their fullest potential in life. Our mission is to provide outdoor experiences all kids need to become resilient and productive adults. Through outdoor experiences, we help kids learn skills to reduce stress and anxiety while increasing their coping skills, problem-solving and positive values. We do this by introducing them to nature and through outdoor experiences such as summer camp, outdoor adventures, equestrian therapy, and our after-school program, Footpath Nature Club.

“To instill in ALL Lynchburg City Public School students the aspiration to pursue and to provide them with the tools and resources to attain a post-secondary education.” They believe that Lynchburg’s young people must have fair and equitable access to quality education, make financially literate decisions, and have opportunities to access higher education in order to ensure a secure future. Through Beacon of Hope’s innovative High School Future Centers and the middle and elementary school college access programming that are flourishing in their City Schools, including Kids to College, they hope to help light the way to higher education and a secure future for the region’s workforce.

The mission of the Andy Roddick Foundation is to work with our community to expand opportunities for young people to learn, thrive, and succeed.  We believe that talent is universal but understand that opportunity is not, and we know opportunity matters. Children in low-income communities experience an opportunity gap – they consistently have less enriching opportunities outside the school day than their better-off peers. To eliminate this gap, the Andy Roddick Foundation develops and invests in effective programs to create meaningful opportunities for children to learn, succeed, and thrive. For more information on how we are expanding opportunities for children and youth, visit our Programs page.

At The Crossroads reaches out to homeless youth and young adults at their point of need, and works with them to build healthy and fulfilling lives. By bringing our services directly onto the streets, we cultivate long-term, unconditional relationships with young people who would otherwise be disconnected from consistent support. We empower our clients to accomplish their individual goals, build community, pursue their passions, and find their own paths to happiness and stability. We believe that there are no limits to what our clients can achieve, and that every homeless youth deserves the chance to build an outstanding life.

The Opportunity Network is an intensive, six-year program designed to equal the playing field for high-achieving, underserved high school and college students by creating access for them to career opportunities, professional networks and competitive colleges. The Opportunity Network believes influential networks are essential ingredients for success not emphasized in career development programs for youth, so we take an innovative approach by underscoring the power of personal connections and professional relationships as vital complements to skills and experience. Through interaction with executives, intensive networking training, coursework in careers, internships and college counseling, our students dramatically change the course of their futures.

YEAH! YOGA is a youth development organization sharing the tools of yoga and mindfulness with youth involved with or impacted by the criminal legal system in the Greater New Orleans area. We nurture youth's physical and mental health, social emotional development, healing, and resilience to empower young leaders and help reduce carceral system involvement. We envision a world in which oppressive systems are dismantled, where trauma, poverty, and Blackness are not criminalized, and in which all youth are empowered with resources and opportunities to realize their human potential regardless of their social location. We envision youth that are empowered and self-actualized, that believe in their capacity to achieve their dreams and are supported in doing so.

Camp Unalayee is a wilderness camp for kids from all walks of life, begun in 1949. We are a community that cultivates a deep respect for the natural world. Our programs offer a balance of freedom and responsibility that generates self-confidence while creating a safe place for kids to discover their own creativity, new friendships and a unique sense of community.Our campers:· Grow through personal challenge and cooperative living· Develop respect for themselves and others· Develop a sense of self and the confidence to stand up for what they believe· Experience challenges and unexpected accomplishment· Have life changing experiences that stay with them forever· Become stewards of wild places

The mission of CityKids is to empower urban young people, ages 13 to 19, through arts and educational programs to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to succeed in school, the workplace and in life. CityKids believes that to solve the problems facing youth today, we must listen to young people; empower them with the tools to make their voices heard; partner with them to find solutions; and challenge them to create change. Our vision is supported through CityKids’ guiding principles which help young people to develop artistic and leadership skills and include: Safe Space, Youth-to-Youth Communication, Multicultural Bridge Building, and Leadership Development.

Homeless Youth Connection’s (HYC) mission is to eliminate barriers to graduation for homeless youth and create lasting solutions for a successful future through community support and increased awareness. HYC's goals are to provide homeless teens with case management, housing, basic needs and services as they make positive, life-affirming choices toward becoming responsible, productive adults. At Homeless Youth Connection, we believe that together with educators, government agencies, churches, community partners, local corporations, service organizations and compassionate and caring community members, we will be able to help youth who are experiencing homelessness find strength and hope for a successful and sustainable future.