Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The project will support 50 at-risk students to graduate from high school and enter college. Our students will break the poverty cycle, avoid drugs and stay out of prison. Ultimately, we will help 50 young people live happy, successful lives.

Project Message

"My friends have dropped out of school, my mother doesn't have a job, I don’t know my father, but thanks to Hidden Potential I have graduated and start college in September."
- Sinclair H., High school student who participated in program

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Joel Sutton,
Executive Director
4814 63rd West
Bradenton, FL 34210
United States
941 592 6788
Email:

Project Sponsor

Amit Malik

Organization

Learn more about Hidden Potential Foundation and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in United States and can also be found under Education.

For more information about United States, read the Human Development Report on United States or the Wikipedia entry for United States.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 22, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on September 23, 2007.

Latest Update from the Field

America's Giving Challenge Success Stories

By Mary Schilling-Lorio - Ms., August 22, 2008 12:07 PM

It is great to be able to send you all an update with information about the young people who were sponsored to attend our Potential Discovery Course with the funds raised through the America's Giving Challenge.

Three teens, all from different states, completed the program and each reported different benefits...I am happy to let them speak with their own voice. These quotes were taken from the interviews we had with them after they completed their programs:

"I was really excited to start the Potential Discovery Course because I just finished my first year of Community College but I really did not know what I wanted to study. I am the first person in my family to graduate from high school and continue onto college, but I felt like I was letting my family down. After the Potential Discovery Course, I understand what I want to do much better. I am excited about studying to become a teacher and hope to transfer to a 4-year college at the end of next year. I also understand myself much more and what is important in my life. I understand that I am different than a lot of my friends and that's OK. It was a lot of fun - thank you Hidden Potential!" - Ron, 20, Bradenton, Florida

"My mom signed me up for the Potential Discovery Course because she heard about it in church. I wasn't sure why I was going, but after the first two weeks I started to have a lot of fun with my Potential Coach. I will be a Junior in high school next year and I think that I will apply for college. I didn't think about college before, but now I am pretty sure that I want to go. I think I want to become a computer designer. I am already good with computers and it will be a fun job to have."
- Deonte, 16, Cleveland, Ohio

"I was getting into a lot of trouble at school before I started the Hidden Potential Course. I know my parents were worried, but I didn't really care. Now I know that what I do today will change my future. I want to go to college and get a good job, so I am going to keep out of trouble because if I get in more trouble it will hurt my future."
- Nick, 16, Denver, Colorado

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