To empower young people to make their world a better place to live.

When students are invited to attend a Project Trust retreat, it means they are viewed as an opinion leader and potential agent for change in their school. At the retreat, they will learn skills, in leadership and team building, as well as developing a deeper understanding and respect for their fellow students. Ideally they will take these skills back to their school and lead classmates in respecting other clique groups and students in the school, which will create the positive culture Project Trust was designed to instill.
Bullying is a serious problem facing many students. Our schools should be working towards educating the whole child, and that should include social and emotional growth, as well as intellectual growth.
During this retreat students will be role playing many situations that happen in a school. They will be able to watch themselves and others in activities that will help them to create a more positive environment.
From learning what to do if you are being bullied, what to do if your friends are the bullies and if you are the bully how to stop.
At the retreat students will write a letter to someone who is being bullied or to someone they have bullied. They are encouraged to allow this letter to actually be delivered to the student.
This retreat will be a 3-Day retreat held at an overnight camp with a maximum of 70 students.
At the end of the retreat students watch a video of everything that took place during this retreat. We would love to have new cameras for this as the ones we are using now were purchased in 2000.
Thank you for allowing us to apply for this grant.