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Each year millions of youth across our nation are left to their own devices without adequate adult support and interaction. Statistics show that youth of all ages, ethnicity and economic backgrounds benefit from the existence of at least one caring adult in their lives. Mentoring supports many benefits to positive youth development including academic improvement, increased school attendance, decrease in drug/alcohol use and stronger family relationships.  Urban Truth is a non-profit organization who believe that our youth are our most precious asset. Our mission is to empower the youth of today and tomorrow with the tools they need for lifelong success.They are worth the investment of our time, money and resources for help in fostering the development of confidence, skills and support needed to realize their full potential. Urban Truth provides life changing relationships, skills preparation and support to youth in our community who are unprepared to face life.

The Mission of Fitness for Kids is to inspire and educate an entire generation of children and young families towards optimum fitness, health and life quality through the metaphors of daily physical activity, healthy nutrition and respectful living.

DETOUR uplifts, motivates, and inspires women and girls through education, empowerment, and entertainment. Our purpose is to provide a positive forum for women and girls to become actively engaged in working towards acquiring the skills necessary to become what they aspire to be and to achieve their dreams. Our goal is to encourage living a fulfilled positive lifestyle, while promoting the revitalization of self-esteem and self-perception. Our message is it is never too late to reposition yourself to passionately seek and fulfill your purpose!

Girl Scouts mission is to build girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place.

GirlVentures inspires girls to lead through outdoor adventure, inner discovery, and collective action.

The Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund offers high school scholarship assistance and programmatic support to Chicago students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. DMSF makes a powerful difference in the lives of Murphy Scholars by providing them with the best opportunity for high school, college, and life-long success

The Denver Scholarship Foundation inspires and empowers Denver Public Schools students to achieve their postsecondary goals by providing the tools, knowledge and financial resources essential for success.

Florida’s Children First, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the rights of at-risk children and youth; the organization seeks full representation of children and youth and meaningful and sustainable improvement in Florida’s child-serving systems using a range of strategies including public policy development, on-going training and technical assistance, and where necessary, strategic litigation.

Our mission is to teach young people effective, peaceful ways to resolve conflict and to develop understanding, respect, and the ability to cooperate with others in a multicultural world.

For Love of Children is a 501(c)(3), community-based nonprofit organization that has been working with young people and their families in Washington, D.C. since 1965. FLOC’s mission is to provide educational services beyond the classroom to help DC students succeed from first grade through college and career. FLOC leverages a network of professional staff, trained volunteers, engaged families, and active community partners to teach, empower, and transform students’ lives. Almost 600 students access FLOC’s after-school, weekend and summer programs at public schools across DC, in FLOC’s headquarters in Ward 1, and at FLOC’s Outdoor Education Center in West Virginia.

The mission of The FORGE is to enrich the spiritual, educational, vocational and leadership development of inner-city families through Christ-centered mentoring thereby bringing transformational growth to Houston?s Third Ward. Our target population is on the low end of every economic scale and routinely falls through the cracks of most empowerment/rehabilitative organizations.

Research shows that the more of the Five Promises our youth receive - caring adultls, safe places, a healthy start, effective education, opportunities to help others - the greater their chances of future success. America's Promise Alliance is the nation's largest partnership organization dedicated to improving the lives of children and youth by raising awareness, supporting communitites, and engaging in non-partisan advocacy to ensure that young people graduate high school with the skills they need to succeed in college and the 21st century workplace.