Guidance Wealth in the Community
Our team is dedicated not only to serving clients, but also to serving and supporting our local communities. Thank you to the clients and families who have joined us in our previous serving opportunities! Below are some of the organizations the Guidance companies and staff support:
Feed The Children
Feed The Children addresses four basic needs: food and nutrition, water and sanitation, education and health, and livelihood community development. In addition to helping families and communities around the world achieve lasting self-sufficiency, Feed The Children responds quickly in times of disaster to provide emergency supplies for those in need. This organization serves the United States including our local community, as well as, more than 15 other countries. Elkhart is home to one of six Feed The Children distribution centers. The Guidance team along with our clients have had the opportunity to assist in hygiene and food box preparation and assembly, product sorting and screening.
RETA - Reason Enough To Act
RETA is a faith-based, pregnancy and family resource center in Elkhart. RETA currently provides a variety of free services including: Abortion Recovery Support, Parenting education and material assistance, Grandparent support, Men's Coaching - Encouraging men to be responsible fathers and husbands, Mother's Club - weekly support group for moms, Pregnancy Help Services, and Abstinence Education. The Guidance team and their families have participated in the annual banquet and the Run/Walk fundraisers.
RETA is a faith-based, pregnancy and family resource center in Elkhart. RETA currently provides a variety of free services including: Abortion Recovery Support, Parenting education and material assistance, Grandparent support, Men's Coaching - Encouraging men to be responsible fathers and husbands, Mother's Club - weekly support group for moms, Pregnancy Help Services, and Abstinence Education. The Guidance team and their families have participated in the annual banquet and the Run/Walk fundraisers.
Five Star Life
Five Star Life was formed to address the crisis of students mentally checking out in middle school and physically dropping out in high school.
Five Star Life has 3 objectives:
1. Challenge students to change the way they live by changing the way they think about themselves.
2. Challenge students to own their academic success by monitoring their grades and taking the necessary corrective action steps.
3. Hold students accountable by connecting them to a mentor or as they refer to them - a coach.
Five Star Life was formed to address the crisis of students mentally checking out in middle school and physically dropping out in high school.
Five Star Life has 3 objectives:
1. Challenge students to change the way they live by changing the way they think about themselves.
2. Challenge students to own their academic success by monitoring their grades and taking the necessary corrective action steps.
3. Hold students accountable by connecting them to a mentor or as they refer to them - a coach.
The Crossing
The mission of The Crossing is to empower struggling students to become contributing members of their communities through academics, job training and faith-based mentoring. Whether it is due to economic status, social or mental or emotional issues, learning disabilities, or other obstacles to education, many young people have a difficult time not just succeeding in academics, but succeeding in their personal lives as well. They need education and guidance in the classroom, in a job training environment, and in their personal lives. The Crossing provides an excellent academic education by maintaining accreditation with the Indiana Department of Education and maintaining a balance of certified teachers with other professionals.
The mission of The Crossing is to empower struggling students to become contributing members of their communities through academics, job training and faith-based mentoring. Whether it is due to economic status, social or mental or emotional issues, learning disabilities, or other obstacles to education, many young people have a difficult time not just succeeding in academics, but succeeding in their personal lives as well. They need education and guidance in the classroom, in a job training environment, and in their personal lives. The Crossing provides an excellent academic education by maintaining accreditation with the Indiana Department of Education and maintaining a balance of certified teachers with other professionals.
CAPS - Child And Parent Services
The mission of CAPS is to ensure that every child lives a life free from abuse and neglect. CAPS accomplishes this through education, advocacy, and intervention with families and the community to support safe, stable, nurturing relationships for all children. Programs provided by CAPS include CASA - Court Appointed Special Advocate, the Child and Family Advocacy Center, Healthy Families Elkhart County, Parent Aide, Parenting classes, Supervised Visitation, and the Building Blocks Laboratory Preschool.
The mission of CAPS is to ensure that every child lives a life free from abuse and neglect. CAPS accomplishes this through education, advocacy, and intervention with families and the community to support safe, stable, nurturing relationships for all children. Programs provided by CAPS include CASA - Court Appointed Special Advocate, the Child and Family Advocacy Center, Healthy Families Elkhart County, Parent Aide, Parenting classes, Supervised Visitation, and the Building Blocks Laboratory Preschool.
Area youth and high school athletics
Area school Dollars for Scholars programs
Big Brothers & Big Sisters of America
Church Community Services
Faith Mission
Gale Sayers Foundation
Girl Scouts & Boy Scouts of America
The Lerner Theatre
Lions Club
Police Protection Fund
RENEWED Ministries
Riley Children's Foundation
Ronald McDonald House
Salvation Army - Adopt a Family
Sherpherd's Cove
St. Vincent de Paul Society - St. Joseph County
Toys for Tots
Wounded Warriors Foundation
Greater Elkhart Chamber of Commerce
St. Joseph County Chamber of Commerce
Indiana Chamber of Commerce