These are the programs offered by Street Poets. They harnesses the healing power of poetry and music to build community and inspire the next generation to write, rap and dream a new world into being for us all.
Journey Out received a grant to support and help sustain their newly implemented Survivor Advocate program, which employs a Survivor to help train clinicians on identifying victims of human trafficking, as well as provide crisis response and follow-up case management services to identified victims of human trafficking at their bedside (in clinical settings). Journey Out also provides basic need (food, clothing, hygiene products, and PPE) resources to clients, particularly those who we place in transitional housing. They expect to serve approximately 300 victims of human trafficking over a 12-month period. The mission of Journey Out is to help victims of commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking leave a life of abuse and violence, overcome their fears and empower them to reach their full potential and achieve their goals. Journey Out also received a grant from the Leo Buscaglia Foundation in February 2020.These young scholars are THANKFUL for their Parentis Foundation reading mentors! #guidingthenextgeneration #readersareleaders #weareexperiencecorps Boys & Girls Clubs of Capistrano Valley (BGCCV)
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Friends of Mark Twain Middle School 
received a grant to fund the continued operation of the Seeds to Plate program for one year. The mission of the Friends of Mark Twain Middle School (MTMS) is to enhance and support the programs and facilities at MTMS in the Los Angeles Unified School District. This volunteer organization is comprised of parents, legal guardians, school staff and faculty and community members. One of their programs is Seeds to Plate, a garden based education program that operates at MTMS. It is currently serving approximately 750 students. Friends of Mark Twain Middle School received a grant from the Leo Buscaglia Foundation in 2020.
We’re incredibly pleased to share that the wonderful pair, author Cindi Alvitre and illustrator Carly Lake, will be visiting one lucky school this December 8th in promotion of their work “Waa’aka’: The Bird Who Fell in Love with the Sun”—a rendition of an indigenous American creation story. We look forward to seeing and hearing from you!
Received a grant for rent/occupancy/utilities, fitness instructor salaries, program staffing and home studio tech including lights, Zoom and cameras for remote classes. The funds will help F4TC to serve 750 individuals in 2021 free of charge through weekly fitness classes. Fit 4 The Cause provides diverse exercise and nutrition education programs for low-income communities, many of them with special needs. They serve thousands of beneficiaries including vulnerable children, at-risk teens and fragile seniors in Ventura, Simi Valley, Conejo Valley and the San Fernando Valley. They continued to keep their communities together during the pandemic, offering virtual classes daily. They hope to transition back to on-site classes as the pandemic lessens.
A 2021 study published in the National Library of Medicine, revealed that parents underestimate the impact of cancer on their children is both hard to imagine and easy to understand. When you’re burdened with keeping yourself or your children’s parent alive, keeping food on the table and raising children, it’s an impossible task. That’s where we step in. We assess the unique needs of each family and the impacts of cancer and respond accordingly. We stop at nothing to lessen the burden of cancer. You will never walk alone when you Walk With Sally.
