Guiding our youth towards a life of Faith and Action!
Legacy Driven Foundation, Inc. (LDF) is an organization that provides mentorship and academic support to 3rd-12th grade students in Title 1 schools (underserved/underrepresented communities), helping youth overcome emotional, educational, behavioral, and societal obstacles to achieve independent success.
The movement began at Partee Elementary School in Snellville, GA in 2018 with permission from then principal Dr. Kelli McCain. Current principal, Mrs. Jennifer Clowers and LDF continue to move the needle forward impacting our youth through Faith & Action!
We are always seeking partnerships with schools, businesses and other organization’s within Gwinnett and Dekalb counties to expand our reach and programming opportunities. If you or your school has an interest, please fill out our Contact form by clicking HERE.
* Read a special reference letter from Mrs. Jennifer Clowers, principal of Partee ES in Snellville, GA by clicking HERE.
Mailing Address:
Legacy Driven Foundation, Inc.
PO Box 390872, Snellville, GA 30039
EIN: 85-3595984
Contact us Monday – Friday via email at info@legacydriven.org or at 404-941-0209.
Operating Hours: 9am – 4pm
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@LegacyDrivenYouth
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The Benefits of Mentoring
Examples of Outcomes for our Youth:
- Increased high school graduation rates & lower high school dropout rates
- The US Department of Education reports that while 83% of high school students graduate, dropping out is still a big concern for minority students and those in underserved communities.
- Healthier relationships and lifestyle choices
- Higher college enrollment rates and higher educational aspirations
- Enhanced faith, self-esteem and self-confidence
- Improved behavior, both at home and at school
- Decreased likelihood of initiating drug and alcohol use
How quality mentoring relationships benefit youth?
- Socio-Emotional, Cognitive, and Identity Development Benefits: During interactions with youth, mentors can challenge negative assumptions that young people hold of themselves and help them better regulate emotions, problem-solve, develop coping skills and envision a more positive present & future.
- Resilience: Mentors can function as protective influences for youth, helping them to identify and use their strengths to overcome challenges.
- Positive Youth Development: Mentoring provides a milieu for young people to acquire and practice assets associated with positive youth development, including caring, competence, confidence, connection, character, faith, contribution.
- Prevention of Behaviors Linked to Delinquency: In research on outcomes, youth matched with mentors were less likely to initiate drug and alcohol use, less likely to hit someone, had better peer and parent relationships, and were less likely to skip school than a control group of youth still on a waiting list to receive mentoring services.
- Envisioning Future Achievement in Education: In school-based mentoring programs, youth were more likely to envision a future attending college than the control group of youth on the mentoring program’s waiting list.
