Bringing Light to the Families of our Community
That every patron that walks through our doors would be changed for the better.
Our vision is that every young person who enters our facilities would be given the opportunity to visualize their purpose through access to community resources, programs, and mentorship. By creating positive change in our youth, we seek to give hope to families in our neighborhoods for the next generation.
Creating space for youth to access their potential
Our spaces are open resources for youth to utilize to develop their athletic, artistic, and professional pursuits. The patrons of our facility will have access to quality, positive relationships with members of their community that care and contribute their time, resources, and mentorship in order to develop the next generation
Breathing Hope into Abandoned Neighborhoods
Our inaugural project seeks to breathe new life into two abandoned blocks of the Lavilla neighborhood of Jacksonville. Surrounded by development, our location will be a beacon of light to the local youth to be a part of the new resources coming into their community.
“We have raised the bar. … But that doesn’t raise it just for the youth. That raises it for the parents…That raises it for the leaders. That raises it for the teachers. We’ve all got to take a step up in a world that is unraveling as fast as this one is.”
— M. Russell Ballard