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We believe that every human has the potential to become as great as
they can imagine. But if their imagination is not nurtured, they cannot
fathom the potential of themselves.
Our Mission
LifeUnfolded will eliminate the statistic that one in
four homeless are former foster youth. We will meet foster youth
between the ages of 14 and 20 and introduce to them the idea that their
misfortunes have only given them a source of expression that can be
used to create and inspire. We will nurture the talents that these
children possess and offer them ways to utilize that talent to succeed
in life.
Through the programs we offer, the recognition we achieve, and already earned community respect of our professional team, LifeUnfolded will increase the awareness of the need in the Foster System. Our approach to the Organization will intoduce the community to the idea of fostering and adopting older children, rather than waiting on lists for newborns. We will voice the importance of a home for every child, while enhancing the situations the Foster Youth are in currently.
Our Vision
The number of children in shelters and group homes will decrease, while those who do remain will graduate with confidence and pride in themselves and everything they are ready to offer as an outstanding member of society.
The number of Transitional-Aged Foster Children in the system will drop 5% in Arizona within the first 2 years of our programs. We will contribute to the steady decline following that time period.
Our Means
We believe that in order to accomplish extraordinary feats, such as
ours, we must set forth in an extraordinary way. Rather than operating
solely with the funding provided through outside sources, as much as it is needed and appreciated, we will take a different, and perhaps more steadily reliable approach.
We will generate the majority of funding ourselves. We will open a
second-hand children store whose sole purpose is to fund this
organization. This store will be located in Phoenix, AZ and it will be
called Unfolded. We will take pride in the quality of clothing we
accept and distribute and also maintain a very structured and unique
pricing strategy. Clothes are clothes, and that is how they will be
sold, the name on the tag will not effect the price. Since LifeUnfolded
is aimed at serving a specific age group, our store will allow us to
contribute to two other incredibly important groups of society. The
first group will be the families who shop at our store. We believe that
no child should ever feel ashamed of themselves simply because they do
not have the same quality of clothing as their peers. And as sad as it
is, children are sometimes taunted and belittled for this status alone.
We will provide a way for families to afford nice, quality clothing and we
will offer nothing less. We will also provide those same families a way
to sell or exchange the clothing that they have already, as long as the
apparel meets our quality standards. The second group that we will
serve will be the remaining age groups in the foster system. All of our
excess clothing will go directly to group homes and shelters. We will
also hold clothing drives every other month that will further
contribute to these children. We believe it is possible to help
everyone, and this will be our means of doing so.
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