Youth and Elderly

Our Youth:

The Foundation will sponsor youth programs in close proximity to low-income housing developments. The youth programs will include academic and athletic components. The academic component will focus on computer literacy, reading and comprehension, as well as math. The Foundation will provide tutors, mentors, and guidance to youth. The youth will also be taught the Five Factors to Lifelong Success:

1.) Education
2.) The Value of Communication
3.) Giving
4.) Entrepreneurship, and
5.) Defining the Perception of African American Youth

The athletic component will include the sponsorship of youth athletic teams. Again, the sponsored teams will be in close proximity to low-income housing developments. The Foundation will also work with the parents of the youth, to provide them with information and assistance on parenting and the various governmental programs available to them and their children.

The Foundation will also work in connection with local colleges and universities to prepare students for their future endeavors. The Foundation will focus primarily on minority college students, student-athletes and students who are the first in their families to attend college. The Foundation’s efforts will be focused on mentoring and the development of leadership skills.

The Elderly:

The KBK Foundation will focus its activities on elderly individuals who are residing in senior citizen homes, assisted living facilities and low-income housing. The Foundation will seek to provide the target audience with basic needs, such as resources for services, educational services and health screenings. The Foundation will also collaborate with healthcare professionals to provide screenings for glaucoma, diabetes, cancer and other life-restricting conditions.

Joint Collaboration of Elders and Youth:

Recognizing that numerous studies have pointed to the lack of foundation for the current ills being experienced by the youth of America, The Foundation will pair the two diverse groups. The Foundation will recruit elderly individuals to work with the youth. This legacy will take place by bringing the elderly and young people together to come up with a plan of action to assist those around the world who are also in need. These projects will serve as an invaluable lesson in creativity, and provide both seniors and children with the unforgettable feeling of making a difference in someone else’s life and lessening the degrees of separation between the elders and youth involved with The Foundation. The elders will serve as guides to complete projects and teach mini sessions on topics such as, how to write a letter; showing the older children how to proof and mentor the younger children with their letters and projects. The combination of The Foundation’s activities with youths and the elderly will ultimately produce capable, independent and healthy African American citizens.