AAAD

Angels at a Distance, Inc. Programming Priorities

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AAAD believes that equipping our local youth with the knowledge, skills and abilities will help them to advance. Through education, career preparation and selection and financial literacy our youth participants will be able to shake the generational chains of poverty.  AAAD believes that a sense of community and community involvement is essential to the development of good citizenry and youth participants will engage in several activities throughout the year to give back to the community such as visiting and reading to nursing home residents.  AAAD programming focuses on several main objectives. These objectives are: 

 

1. Successful completion of educational goals

2. Financial independence

3. Obtain and maintain career or business

4. Good citizens and leaders in their communities

 

These objectives serve as a foundation for all programming for AAAD to realize our vision.

 

 

Education

 

AAAD, Inc. will provide tutoring in all subjects.  Career exploration and assessments will be utilized to help youth make informed choices about career pathways –technical or college bound.  Youth will receive financial literacy education.  Youth participants will also receive education on the ills of drug use and abuse.  Youth participants will learn home economics and how to manage a household budget.

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Cultural Enrichment

AAAD, Inc. will expose the youth to activities they are not likely to encounter on the Eastern Shore or their local community due to lack of financial resources or transportation.  Some of the proposed activities are museums, sporting events, zoos, theatre, and college visits. 

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Character Development

AAAD, Inc. wants the youth served to feel connected to their local community and have an appreciation for their neighbors so the youth gain an understanding that to have a truly civil society we all have a civic duty to one another.  AAAD, Inc, will utilize their dirt bike program to expose the youth to teamwork in an adventurous setting.  AAAD, Inc. will also use a prison to community mentoring program to expose youth to the harsh realities of crime, drug use and abuse.  

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Self-Leadership

 

AAAD, Inc. will help its youth participants to gain the self-esteem and self-efficacy through the development of time management skills, learning how to establish credit, investing and entrepreneurship.

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Activities

Entrepreneur workshops

Drug prevention & awareness workshops

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Sports

Basketball camps

Local basketball tournaments

***Dirt Bike program coming soon***

 

One-on-one professional & peer tutoring

Culturlal & enrichment trips

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