Changing Lives

As this season of giving begins, and your inbox is likely crammed with appeals from worthy organizations doing vital work (especially now), we humbly ask for your financial support to provide a safe alternative educational environment for kids with nowhere else to turn.

Our student members and their families seek us out for various reasons - it cannot be distilled into one explanation. However, we can state that our members have interests and goals that were not being met by their school. They have been bored, anxious, or disenfranchised; most had tried to make school work for them in many ways and locations, with similar results. School is not for everyone. Many are seeking a hands-on, interactive, and dynamic environment where they can be creative, imaginative, inventive, and curious, explore and make mistakes, get their feet wet, both figuratively and literally, follow their dreams, and spread their wings - with folks who will accept them as they are and support them, unconditionally, to grow into their authentic self​.

The Funding Appeal below highlights just two of the twenty-eight young people who call DRC their educational home this year. Thank you for taking the time to read their stories and support our mission so we can continue our life's work.

Every contribution has the potential to change a child's life. Thank you!

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digital Funding Appeal 2024 (11 x 17 in) (8.5 x 17 in) by maria7245

DRC News

We had another three day week at DRC Canton - with tons of kitchen fun, board & card games, walks to the Grasse River, and Tuesday skating.

The Pop-up crew had fun at the Massena Library on Thursday and the Nicandri Nature Center on Friday. Janine reports that they worked on collaborative projects and played some games and went for a hike on the trails at Nicandri. Thanks again to our generous hosts. We are deeply grateful that we can use there spaces.

Look for these fundraising postcards out in the community. Fell free to grab one or two to share with folks you think would be excited about supporting DRC. Thank you!

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