Grantee: MeWater Foundation
Project: MeWater Youth ENGAGE Program
YCA Funded Project Cost: $31,600
The MeWater Foundation delivered a 2-year grant project that served approximately 1,400 youth, ages 5-20 in the Bay Area. They provided surf education and safety camps through 64 ENGAGE camps. The MeWater Foundation provided CPR and First Aid classes to youth participants. These camps included drug prevention and mental health programming. This also included the acquisition of a clean vehicle to provide transportation to youth participants to access natural resources.
Program quote: “I love everything MeWater is about, especially since it made a direct impact on me as a kid growing up in the city, it taught me to really appreciate nature around us and it prompted me, couple years later, to seek it out more through hikes, public state parks, and now I plan to surf which all started from MeWater. Thank you all so much!!!!!”
