Child and Youth

Louisville Prechool was founded in July 1993 with a mission to provide Boulder County with a quality preschool program that values play, encourages learning through individual exploration and promotes positive social, cognitive and physical growth while having fun.

Alternatives for Youth's mission is to promote academic persistence and success of youth by instilling values that lead to positive choices and positive community impact and by encouraging social, cultural, and self development.

Growing Gardens' mission is to enrich the lives of Boulder County residents through environmentally sustainable gardening programs that empower people to experience a direct and deep connection with plants, the land and each other. VISION We envision inspired people joining together to actively replenish their environment, their community and themselves. We believe in the power of people to co-create harmony between land, water and all living things for generations to come.

To inspire girls with the highest ideals of character, conduct, patriotism and service.

The mission of the Acorn School for Early Childhood Development is to provide high quality, accessible, early care and education programs, and to advocate for higher standards in the field of early childhood education.

Shades of Blue is a non-profit educational organization that focuses on mentoring, counseling and arranging employment referrals for young people who wish to pursue careers in aviation and aerospace.

Pii's mission is to help young children in conflicted societies around the world learn to respect differences and change their behavior through media and school curricula developed through local in-country partnerships.

The I Have a Dream Foundation of Boulder County motivates and empowers children from low-income communities to reach their education and career goals by providing a long-term program of mentoring, tutoring, and enrichment and tuition assistance for higher education.

Blue Sky Bridge strives to prevent child abuse in our community through intervention and education. We create an environment in which healing can begin.

Project YES (Youth Envisioning Social change) provides leadership opportunities for young people through the arts and service learning. Through our Youth Center, Art in the Community, and Lafayette Service-Learning Partnership programs, Project YES empowers young people to not only envision social change, but live it, positively impacting their lives and their communities.