Our Mission
Our mission is to create, facilitate, manage and fund motivational, educational and inspirational programming to heal our world.
Spring Green was created and operates under a simple belief; our job is not to judge, nor is it our job to figure out if someone is deserving of something. Rather our responsibility lies in lifting the fallen, restoring the broken and healing the hurting. We make it our Foundation's work to hold ourselves to this mantra and have been able to impact countless lives through this belief. We regularly assess the needs of our community and make it our priority to positively impact change whether it be through addiction, restorative justice, or supporting our schools to invest in the youth who will one day be leading our world. We invite you to join us in seeing the light in others, and treating them as if that is all we see.
Partners
Spring Green is proud to work in partnership with organizations that support our mission of healing, restoration and creating connection throughout our community. We recognize the value of collaboration and proudly serve alongside these institutions.
Challenge
Day
Spring Green has partnered with Challenge Day for over 20 years in supporting schools in our area hosting the Challenge Day program. Our BAC program works with Challenge Day through our two day workshop addressing areas of trauma such as abuse, neglect, violence, divorce, addiction and incarceration. To learn more about this visit www.challengeday.org
Maumee Watershed
District Churches
The District Superintendent for the United Methodist Church of the Maumee Watershed District has asked all church leaders to partner with Spring Green in the sharing of the Chasing Hope film. "As a pastor, I was extremely impressed with the emphasis on the value of life in the movie. These children and young adults are not portrayed as statistics but as precious people loved and created by God..." Scot Ocke. Through this action Chasing Hope is being shown in churches and having open and honest discussions on how to best support the healing of this crisis and move forward toward restoration. www.maumeewatershed.org
Team
Recovery
SG has worked for several years with the recovery community in the northwest Ohio region and receives consistent referrals from the Team Recovery program to support their organization in offering education, coping tools and support to those who have struggled with addiction through our workshops and BAC programming. More about their amazing work can be found at: theteamrecovery.org
Vital
Health
Vital Health is a full-service behavioral health center for adults and children. They strive to prioritize the dignity of their patients while providing individualized treatment and holistic mind-body care. Their mission is to improve the lives of our patients, families and each other by providing exceptional care and connecting patients to our vibrant and inclusive community.
The dedicated professionals of Vital Health are changing the way people think about mental illness/substance uses disorders and behavioral healthcare. They provide integrated healthcare which encompasses primary care, behavioral health and substance use disorders.
Their goal is to cultivate life transformation through the integration of practical recovery skills, healing past-trauma and building a strong community around all participants. They aim to transform the destruction of addiction into courage, vitality, and purpose.
https://vitalhcare.com/contact-us/
Chasing Hope:
Solving the Opioid Crisis
This edition of Chasing Hope (CH) which was created with the middle and high school youth in mind, goes way beyond the scope of educating an adolescent on the facts surrounding opioid abuse. After watching this film the viewer will understand addiction, why risks are so much greater in adolescence, what comes with addiction including incarceration, violence, and possibly death. The viewer will get a chance to look at their own coping skills, how they make decisions, and learn how closely linked prescribed opioids are to heroin. Compliant with Ohio Governor Kasich’s educational requirements to teach opioid prevention, this film comes with a discussion guide which opens up a dialogue between presenters and youth for grades 6-12.
Our Diversion Program
An Alternative Route to Life
Parent: It has been said parenting is the easiest thing in the world to have an opinion about and the hardest thing in the world to do. What makes SGEF's Diversion program so unique is we offer a parenting class that runs simultaneously with the teen class. Using the popular and highly successful Parent Project curriculum, trained facilitators discuss discipline, dealing with the adolescent child who is defiant and offers effective tools on how to change unwanted behavior. In addition, parents will be given the latest trends teens are using among their peers as well as social media.
Youth: Nothing changes if nothing changes. Simple right? Yet we get frustrated with teens when they continue to make poor choices that bring about negative consequences. Through these classes, youth will learn how to identify their thinking patterns and the direct impact they have on the relationships and circumstances in their lives. This ten-week course works on self image, decision-making, communication and so much more. Our recidivism rate is one of the lowest in the area and for good reason, we are a comprehensive program that works with teens weekly, including requiring community service hours and a social worker on staff to be sure all issues are successfully being addressed.
"The staff relate with honesty, humor and even singing and dancing. It’s obvious that they care very much for each one of these teens, letting them know that they're there for them any time – and they mean it."
Accomplishments
Spring Green Educational Foundation has helped thousands of students
36,000+
To date, OVER 36,000 people (students, parents, and teachers) have joined the Chasing Hope journey and registered online to watch or show it to their classes. And we are just getting started...
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Thousands of students and staff have been impacted through the Challenge Day program, which focuses on breaking down barriers that lead to bullying, isolation and oppression.
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Organizations have requested to use Chasing Hope for their population.
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Schools in 35 states have shown Chasing Hope to their middle and high school students which will serve over 10,000 students..
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Parents have watched this film in hopes to show their children and create a discussion about opioids and how they cope with stress.