 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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