About Overview

Hope Leadership Foundation, in cooperation with Leadership Foundations of America is a start up inner-city youth ministry working within the San Diego Unified School District. HLF's goal is to help kids from kindergarten through college succeed in life by means of mentorship in educational support, sports and recreation and spiritual development.

We provide…

Spiritual development

because… we believe the soul of every child desires to be nourished. "Direct your children onto the right path, and when hen they are older, they will not leave it." -Proverbs 22:6 NLT

Educational tutoring

because… in 2008 the percentage of students by 8th grade who achieved the Proficient or Advanced levels (meeting or exceeding state standards) for the STAR testing was 15.4% in our targeted schools.

Mentoring programs

because… fatherless children are
4.6 times more likely to commit suicide
6.6 times more likely to become teenage mothers
24.3 times more likely to run away
15.3 times more likely to have behavioral disorders
6.3 times more likely to be in a state-operated institutions
6.6 times more likely to drop out of school
15.3 times more likely to end up in prison while a teenager.

Summer sports camps

because… studies show that juvenile crimes increase in the summer months due to the lack of constructive, positive, structured activities.

After school enrichments

because… an anticipated $87.8 million deficit in the 2010/2011 SDUSD budget will cut dozens of programs in an already under resourced district.

School supplies

because… many of our students live below the poverty line and lack basic necessities to be successful.

Life skills

because… many of our students come from single parent families and learning about nutrition, exercise, and positive choices will help reduce obesity, teen pregnancy, and drop-out rates.

©2011 Hope Leadership Foundation. All rights reserved. Hope Leadership Foundation is registered as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.