Ideas from a convo with Ross

Daily Care for kids of all ages for as long as they need, more than just after school programs, Life programs. Safe place for people to come and feel welcome which their outside lives may not provide. Long term shelters and foster care may have to become an option when a parent dumps a child on our doorstep. The parent may be lost but atleast the child is saved. Associate with schools from pre-k to community colleges and universities. Provide forums for kids and parents to interact and learn together as well as on their own. Teach parenting to adults who seek advice and enable them with the skills to become better assets to their children. Provide job training for unemployed and workshops to enable workers to refine thier skills. Rehabilitation programs for those who are truely ready to change thier lives for the better. Provide the life necessities that are currently lacking in the system. Comfortable shoes and warm weather clothes for members. Community service is a must for members in any way possible. Specialized mentors who can help mold the youth and teach adults in specific areas of interest. Stress relationships and helping one another over materialism. Advocate individualism as a source of free expression to fight hate and racism and other forms of degredation.

Ross's Additions:
The main core of the program will be to provide a space to foster childhood development. This is to make up for the lack of learning that most kids receive in the public school system in this country. Set up a program where college grads can come and mentor children, offer homework help, perhaps even provide more advanced school development....Also offer children the ability to be creative by giving them supplies and materials to express their emotions.


Another idea was to partner up with existing non-profits like the boys and girls club and possibly local community libraries so that we can expand our impact and not carry all the weight of responsibility, at least in the short term. Basically, kids are just looking for a place where they can chill after school and not feel burdened and pressured like they are at school. But the key aspect that we're trying to promote is to make the future generation into social entrepreneurs with the mindset and tools to make a better community for the future.