Spirit of America Foundation Youth and Family Education Programs were initiated in 1995. Since that time we have been fortunate to have had over 5500 young people share excitement and growth through our programs. In additional to touching these lives we have brought the programs importance to their families and communities. We now have programs located in Ohio, Iowa, Mississippi, and Tennessee with many more on the way!

Spirit is highly regarded as an “education program of choice” in our country. Having won the attention of and accolades from local, regional national, and international awards every year since 1996, of two very significant national organizations, the National Water Safety Congress (our now “parent” organization) and the National Safe Boating Council, and we are now 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 life time.

Our children and their families learn by doing, learn through hands on training, and by taking responsibility for themselves and their ship mates. As we all know, hands on experiences in education provides the foundation and a desire for future learning.

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 significant and our country’s families are beginning to recognize, by providing encouragement and inspiration from some of the finest instructors in the country. The greatest gift we can provide for your future generations is hope and promise of lives to be lived to their full potential in a sustainable environment. Spirit of America does both and believes in… “No Child Left at the Dock!”