Preparing The Way

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A nonprofit fundraiser supporting

The Wave Youth Center

The Next Phase: A New Building

$156,375

raised by 12 people

$300,000 goal

We are excited to share that we are taking some significant steps forward as an organization! We have experienced great success since opening our doors in this community in 2019. We feel privileged to be a part of so many students’ lives, made possible by generous supporters and community organizations to fulfill our mission;  to provide a safe, inclusive place to meet the needs of the body, mind, and spirit of the youth in our community. We offer support and mentoring for academic, vocational, social, and life skills in innovative and sustainable ways to positively impact individuals and the Big Lake community.

 We were bursting at the seams before the pandemic closed our physical location in March of 2020. Even though the pandemic provided many challenges, we continued to support the youth in our community with our online presence, innovative pick-up activity boxes, and online interaction. Since reopening our physical location over a year ago, we have continued to serve the youth in our community and are bursting at the seams again. We hired two additional staff and will soon have a mental health provider onsite to interact with the students once a week.

 In November of 2021, with an average of 1,200 student visits a month, we recognized that it was time to start the next phase of our development and begin planning for a larger location to continue providing the best programming and take steps towards becoming self-sustaining. We have passionate and dedicated teams of people working on building design, community partners, and innovative approaches to programming with our limited space while we wait for our new building.

 In May, we were presented with and signed a purchase agreement for land in a prime location near the schools to build our new building at a very generous price. As we continue to work with architects and contractors to make the new building a reality, we need your help taking our first significant steps towards meeting our fundraising goal for purchasing the land, paying initial fees to contractors, and preparing the site for the building. Our goal is a BIG one, $300,000, but one we are confident this community can reach by the end of September 2022. 

Please be part of this exciting campaign. Pledge a monthly sustaining gift of $20, $25, $30, or more, or a large one-time donation so we can continue to serve youth and the community in impactful ways! Together we can have an incredible impact!

 

To maximize our impact, please share our fundraiser with others or start your own mini-campaign by clicking on the link below titled ”Start your own fundraiser to support this organization.”

 

Thank you for supporting The Wave and the youth in the community.

 

Molly Schroeder

President and Founder

 

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