Spirit of America is a not for profit organization with a 501c3 designation, and operates with the support of local, state, and federal funding and accepts donations from private and public organizations, foundations, and corporations.

For information about supporting Spirit of America, please contact Executive Director Cecilia Duer at our executive office.

Spirit of America Foundation
P.O. Box 5007
Mentor, Ohio 44061

Cecilia Duer
Executive Director
440.209.9805
director@spiritofamerica95.org

Spirit of America Youth and Family Education Programs, initiated in 1995, have afforded young people the ability to share excitement and growth through our programs. In additional to touching these lives we have brought the programs importance to their families and communities.

Spirit is highly regarded as an “education program of choice” in our country. Spirit of America programs have won the attention and accolades of local, regional, national and international organizations, with awards every year since 1996. We are proud to be recognized by the United States Coast Guard as a leading nonprofit providing outstanding boating and water safety education to American families. We are in the business of providing a SAFE and educational introduction to our country’s young people, their families and communities, to all types of water based recreational activities in one of the most diverse “hands-on” classrooms in America. We provide education and direction to last a lifetime.

Our children and their families learn by doing, retain through hands on training, and by taking responsibility for themselves and their shipmates. As we all know, hands on experiences in education provide the foundation and a desire for future learning, through a sustainable curriculum.

Our young people take part in a curriculum, which is directly tied to local, state, and national education standards in a nontraditional classroom setting. We are reversing the decline in outdoor recreation, which we believe to be significant, by providing encouragement and inspiration from some of the finest instructors in the country. The greatest gift we can provide for our future generations is the hope and promise of lives to be lived to their fullest potential in a sustainable environment. Spirit of America does both and believes in promoting the spirit of life long recreational activity while encouraging self-esteem, hope, curiosity and the ability to see beauty in our environment.

Spirit of America believes in our motto….. “No Child Left at the Dock!”