Having effective young leaders is an essential component for maintaining a vibrant world community in the future. They will become the next generation of policy makers, teachers, environmental stewards, innovators, and parents. The Compassionate Young Leaders Program prepares them to humanely fill this role by empowering their creativity to research, plan, and implement community service projects within our local community and abroad. This program is designed for high school students and will begin each school year with a one hundred [...]
On the 7th of September the Flourish Foundation conducted a three-day mindfulness retreat with high school juniors and seniors from the Sage School. The focus of the retreat was exploring techniques that refine attention by promoting mental relaxation, stability, and clarity. This retreat marks the beginning of a year-long program that is designed to help high school students develop confidence in cultivating mental balance and compassion through contemplative methods.