Soaring On New Sights Foundation (S.O.N.S.) is a nonprofit agency providing mentoring outreach programs in Guilford County and the surrounding areas. The program will form partnerships with local organizations/groups with similar mission. S.O.N.S.'s goal is to foster a commitment to the community that will promote pro-social friendships, strong interpersonal skills, and aspire the sense of hope in the future. Only through personal relationships can a sense of individual responsibility be reestablished that will give individuals the commitment to inspire with a sense of pride and accomplishment.
Soaring On New Sights Foundation Youth Leadership is a program that is in direct response to the growing number of individuals that are either falling through the cracks or need assistance to aid in putting their lives together. The goal of the program is to identify individual who are going to have a turbulent period and offer positive support system to avoid the pitfalls that can derail their lives. The focus is slightly different at each level, but the goal remains the same; inspire individual to make positive changes in his/her life. To accomplish this goal, individual must be in a caring, inclusive learning environment that promotes their best effort and reinforces personal respect.
Soaring On New Sights Foundation will focus primarily on community youths. It is projected that within three years, 50% of the system's students will be in middle school. This age group is particularly problematic and a perfect time for mentoring to be effective. S.O.N.S.'s mentoring programs will pair a youth with mentor participating in planned activities to strengthen the relationship between the two and improve the young person's confidence and hopefulness while enriching our community though them giving back “Service with a Purpose.”
Over time, Soaring On New Sights Foundation will create an inspiring environment that will be an invaluable resource to individual, aspiring mentors and the community at large.