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Enchanted Island: Enchanted Island is filled with charm and magic, offering eleven fanciful rides and attractions. Ride the historic Encanto Carousel, pedal-boat across fish-filled lagoons, test your skills at our carnival game or the medieval water battle, and enjoy making memories. We have free tickets available! Read more.
Teen Workforce Initiative: The Teen Workforce Initiative is a collaboration between St. Joseph the Worker and Dress for Success Phoenix to help teens and young adults seeking employment opportunities. They help with transportation, clothing, certificates, and so much more. They have workshops and can set up one-on-one meetings to meet the children where they are. Read more.
Alice Cooper’s Solid Rock Teen Center: A faith-based organization, Solid Rock’s primary mission is to make an everlasting difference in the lives of teens by helping them meet the spiritual, economical, physical, and social needs of teens in the community by offering a safe, engaging environment during non-school hours. The centers, located in Mesa and Phoenix, offer free classes, instrument rentals, and open areas for kids ages 12-20. Read more.
For Goodness Cakes: FREE cakes for children in foster care. These are great for birthdays or even graduations. Please click the link for the order form and order guidelines. Cakes must be requested at least 10 days in advance and will need to be picked up from our Phoenix or Mesa Visitation Center. Read more.
Bob’s Free Bikes: Bob’s Free Bikes collects unwanted bicycles, repairs them and re-cycles them back to children in the greater Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area. Check out their website to learn more and nominate your mentee for a bike. It’s free, quick and easy! Read more.
Vision Gallery: Vision Gallery is a welcoming space for art aficionados and casual visitors alike to experience and interact with art. It features a wide variety of media from local and regional artists. The Vision Gallery also offers a Vision Kids Programs where all classes are taught by local professional artists. Read more.
Grounded 32: Grounded 32 is an organization that is all about helping people connect! You can attend one of their art workshops or even a yoga class! Classes are either free or ask for a small donation that goes back into the organization! Read more.
Free Arts: The Free Arts mission is to transform children’s trauma to resilience through the arts! Mentors and their mentees can take part in the Free Arts Family Empowerment Nights. This is a great opportunity to create intentional art projects. Mentors can also take advantage of free tickets to take their mentee to the Musical Instrument Museum. Read more.
Yak N Sup: Get ready for an unforgettable experience on the water at Canyon Lake. Explore the majestic tall Canyon walls as you paddle through the best paddling lake in Arizona. Mentors can receive a special discount to get out and enjoy nature with their mentee! Read more.
Thrive: Thrive is an organization who aims to provide hope and resources for at-risk families and aged out young adults so that they can THRIVE. If your mentee is nearing the age of 18, they may benefit from Thrive’s aging out services. Read more.
Helen’s Hope Chest: Helen’s Hope Chest is an Azura Solution that was founded in 2009 to provide basic needs to Arizona’s foster children and the families who care for them. Helen’s has helped thousands of youth by providing quality clothing, shoes, hygiene items, toys, books, and school supplies at no cost. Read more.