where your donation goes
Where Does Your Donation Go?
Nearly $0.80 of every dollar you donate to Discovering Options goes directly to helping at-risk youth in the St. Louis area through the programs that Discovering Options offers.
Does Discovering Option’s Work?
Research proves that Discovering Options makes a truly positive difference in the lives of at-risk youth in the St. Louis area.
According to a 2006 assessment of the PREP programs, principals “felt most strongly” that the program improved family-school relations, as well as the student’s
confidence, respect for others and assertiveness. They also showed “less aggression, more self-control and greater academic effort.”
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Below:
Former Discovering
Options protégé Akeem
“Iking” Bateman now
performs as member
of the St. Louis
Arches tumbling team.
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“If I had not met Dr. Rankin, I think I would have been a normal kid doing bad things
in the neighborhood,” Akeem “Iking” Bateman, a freshman at Beaumont High School,
said of his mentor Diane Rankin.
The two were paired through the Discovering Options PREP Program. Dr. Rankin
encouraged Iking to develop his natural acrobatic skills and helped him get involved
in the Circus Day Foundation. Iking performs regularly with the St. Louis Arches
tumbling team and even got the opportunity last summer to spend two weeks
performing in Israel.
Iking’s story and his achievements serve as a perfect example of the success that
Discovering Options strives to bring to all at-risk kids in the St. Louis area. For
every great success story like Iking’s there are hundreds of at-risk youth just like
him that could benefit from the programs that Discovering Options offers, but are
unable to participate due to limited funding. Your donation could go a long way
towards making sure that at-risk youth in the St. Louis area avoid pitfalls like
drugs and alcohol and are given the opportunity to realize their full potential.
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How Can I Help Discovering Options?
Your tax deductible donation to Discovering Options can be made by telephone at (314) 721-8116, or you can mail your contribution to:
Discovering Options
909 Purdue Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63130.
You can also donate online. Click here to find out how!
