(cont'd from yesterday's post)
Austin Harvest's open-air fresh produce and floral shop opened last summer. The students "came up with the name, they came up with the manifesto, they designed the way it looks. They choose what we sell. … Nothing is being done apart from them making the decisions.” This teaches agency - the truth that what you do matters, that your choices make a difference.
Two businesses partner with By the Hand to provide mentoring, to provide skill training like flower arranging, and to provide the produce at their cost.
There's no better education/transformation than actual experience. These students will never forget their successes and mistakes in managing this business and working together.
Faith-based By the Hand Club for Kids provides hot meals, tutoring, chapel, Bible study to kindergarten-through-college students who are failing. They specialize in reading skills, a major indicator of future success.
from Stream
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