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!”
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