The Learning Centers
The Community Learning Centers (CLC) offers one-on-one tutoring Monday through Friday year-round to youth K-12 grade. Each child is paired with a tutor in 1-hour sessions and focuses on the subjects the students need the most improvement in. The Village and The Lighthouse children have access to a full kitchen, library, internet and computer services to complete any type of homework or educational assignment. Every day from 6-7pm The Learning Center offers “free time” where the children can come in and participate in various games, art projects or sports that help promote a sense of community for our youth.
Teen Program
Students enrolled in the after school program above the age of thirteen are invited to be a part of our teen program. The teen program includes weekly book clubs led by staff, guest visits featuring various community partners, career nights and college preparation workshops, positive community building outings, and community service opportunities.
Music Program
The Music & Imagination Program is a weekly, year-round program where children have the opportunity to have private one-on-one music lessons. Guitar, bass, trumpet, drums and piano are instruments that are available to the children on-site. The Turner Foundation believes that music is universal and has the power to help our youth break through barriers, improve their education, work ethic, and commitment.
Summer Camp
Every summer the students enrolled in our C.L.C.s are invited to join our 8-week summer camp program. Many students lose reading comprehension and other important educational skills over the summer. To combat this issue, we ensure that our students not only have fun, but also experience educational opportunities throughout the community while emphasizing reading and other skills. Each week is themed around a hands-on field trip to one of the amazing places around Santa Barbara. In 2021, our students visited the Santa Barbara Zoo, Santa Barbara Historical Museum, MOXI, Carpentaria State Beach, the Santa Barbara Presidio, and so many more. Our students were also able to participate in Ocean Camp and Wilderness Youth Project (WYP) where we kayaked, paddle boarded, went on nature walks, and experienced the ocean in a whole new way.
Dance Lessons
Everybody Dance Now! (EDN!) brings Hip-Hop dance lessons to the students at the Village and Lighthouse Learning Centers. Students learn routines to be performed at EDN! winter and spring performances in addition to the winter, spring, and summer performances held at the Centers. Students learn Hip-Hop history, choreography, while getting a good workout at practices.
Art Lessons
Students are given weekly art lessons at the Centers. Lessons include, but are not limited to weaving, seasonal/holiday/cultural projects, origami, clay sculpting, jewelry making, drawing/sketching, ceramics, painting, and photography. Students also conceptualize, design, and create the chalk drawing at the I-Madonnari chalk drawing festival each year at the SB Mission.
The Foundation House
The Foundation House houses young adults that are in unstable living situation ranging from living in their cars, couch surfing or sleeping on the streets. The young adults have a desire to pursue Santa Barbara City College but due to housing and employment barriers, are having a difficult time doing so. The Foundation House will provide employment connections and academic support as well as weekly case management to ensure that the young adults are successful in reaching their individual goals.
Patty & Jon Wilson Scholarship Fund
The mission of the Patty & Jon Wilson Scholarship Fund is to provide financial aid for low-income students who lack adequate economic support to continue their education in colleges, universities or trade schools. Our desire is to help build pathways for committed individuals who have a desire to pursue an education related to their passion, and thus succeed in fulfilling their potential.
Young Leaders Academy
At Young Leaders Academy we mentor young people to grow in character, to embrace their unique gifts, to serve others, and to raise other future leaders.