How is SHLF making a difference?

The Strachan Hartley Legacy Foundation recently took the time to evaluate the impact our grants are having on the organizations we support. The findings were inspiring. Below is a summary.

Take a Hike’s mission is to empower at-risk youth through adventure-based learning, academics and community involvement. In addition to classroom learning, Take A Hike students participate in weekly outdoor activities as well as multi-day camping expeditions.

Streetfront provides disadvantaged youth with an opportunity to reengage with the larger educational structure through building up the students’ self-concept. Streetfront students gain confidence through daily PE lessons, regular long-distance runs and outdoor activities.

This is a two week summer camp intended to improve literacy abilities and cooperative interactions of young at-risk inner-city boys. The program embeds literacy development in activities meaningful to the boys in order to increase reading levels and give them a head-start on the upcoming school year.

L’Athlétique d’Haïti is a youth development program that uses sports, education and nutrition to serve the disenfranchised youth of the Cité Soleil and Bel Air slums of Port-au-Prince. Today, 1,500 boys and girls participate in this after school program.