ROLLIN FROM THE HEART THE IAN POODS BARRY FOUNDATION
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Mission Statement
Improving the lives of disadvantaged and at-risk youth and young adults by providing them the opportunity to participate in skateboarding, surfing and camping in an effort to promote less sedentary, more active life styles and make positive life choices. Teaming them with peer/mentors that share the values of kindness, compassion and acceptance; we strive to instill confidence in those we serve to overcome barriers regardless of their economic, social or mental health status.
About This Cause
What do we do? We currently run 5 after school skate programs serving 120-150 weekly and looking to add 2 more programs this year. We currently are running a STEM curriculum Skateboard building class in collaboration with Open Source Skateboards teaching 10 high school students from Monarch School (a school where all the students are affected by homelessness). We provide a weekly 1 hour class deal with social and emotional growth to all all the high school students at Monarch School. We have provided career day field trips to local business for over 150 kids this yearly. Sent 40 kids to the YMCA/Element skate camp in 4 years. We have distributed over 700 skateboards to children and young adults in San Diego, along with over 2500 pair of new skate shoes. We do all this by provide disadvantaged and at risk children and young adults the opportunity to participate in a variety of fun activities they may not have access to including skateboarding and surfing. We have also integrated camping career development, social/emotional growth programs. Rollin’ From The Heart Foundation seeks to empower these children and young adults by providing them opportunities to develop the life skills necessary for success. Focus, dedication, discipline and fortitude, to overcome obstacles, are attributes we strive to encourage. Our goal is to facilitate the development of healthy and active lifestyles while providing a physical outlet for anxiety and stress that many of these young people face. By engaging with these young people on a personal level and interacting with them both as peers and mentors, Rollin’ From The Heart is striving to give them the confidence to believe in themselves and help them discover their own unique passions and identities. Where do these activities and events take place? We bring it to them! Our events take place at Residential Youth Shelters, Recreational Youth Centers, Homeless Shelters, Group Homes and Schools. We use our beautiful Southern California Beaches for our surfing activities. When do we hold these events? We work with each Facility and their Staff Members on an individual basis. Most are weekly after school programs. Our activities and events must be appropriately worked into the programming for the population that is being served. How do we accomplish our mission? Rollin’ From The Heart encourages participants to engage in activities that many of them have not had the opportunity or equipment to participate in. Using this peer/mentor interaction we strive to teach by example. The caring volunteers of Rollin’ From The Heart are there to share their own life experiences and passions with these young people and express themselves, both as mentors, peers, and friends in a real, engaging and fun way that many of these individuals seldom experience. We donate boards, helmet, pads and ramps to each school/organization that we work with. Our volunteers build a professional, portable skate park that can include quarter pipe ramps, grind boxes and rails. This mini-park is left, as a gift from Rollin’ From The Heart Foundation, at the facility so that that the kids have a place to skate and recreate. The surfing takes place at local beaches that are convenient for the group we are serving to get to. There we provide, surfboards and boogie-boards as well as instructors for one on one lessons.