It’s not easy being a teen in today’s fast-paced world, but they aren’t alone. With the invaluable support of the Walters Family Foundation, Ophelia’s Place empowers, educates, and supports youth to make healthy life choices. Its prevention-based holistic services teach teens critical thinking skills they’ll use when dealing with tough topics like Digital Decisions, Healthy Relationships, Sexual Harassment & Conflict Resolution, and Media & Body Image. It’s partnership with the Walters Family Foundation has allowed Ophelia’s Place to reach more than 1,800 youth in rural Oregon middle and high schools through classroom presentations to all youth, girls’ empowerment groups, parent education sessions, and school staff training. Thank you for making an investment in our teens, our communities, and their futures.

The Walters Family foundation understands that helping others is the greatest gift there is – and that compassion is the catalyst for it. Their partnership with Sparrow Clubs allows us to continue to spark compassion in more youth by giving them the opportunity to see that the world is so much bigger than just themselves. Through this generous partnership, which offers both funding and guidance, Sparrow Clubs is able to inspire and empower more kids to help local children in medical need and give them a reason . . . to look up, look around, and take notice. And reach out to others in their community. The Walters Family Foundation is allowing Sparrow Clubs to literally change thousands of lives.

The Walters Family Foundation has generously sponsored video production for the Oregon Symphony’s annual fundraising Gala. Having a beautiful video as the centerpiece of our appeal allows us to show supporters the full breadth and depth of our work in the community. The impact has been immense; we have consistently surpassed our Gala fundraising records, and our special appeal has grown by more than 300% since we began incorporating a compelling video. We are grateful to the Walters Family for facilitating this growth and helping expand our impact in the community.

The Walters Family Foundation understands the importance of leveraging support. By funding appeal videos that allow nonprofits to make their case to donors in a compelling and emotionally resonant way, they are creating a multiplier effect with their dollars invested in charitable organizations. After we showed the videos underwritten by the Walters Family Foundation at our fundraising event there wasn’t a dry eye in the house, and we raised over $500,000 to support SMART’s mission to spark a lifelong love of reading and learning in Oregon kids.

Wilderness Trails, Inc., a Christian faith-based ministry to at-risk/foster young people in Southern Oregon, has been blessed for many years by the Walters Family Foundation involvement. The Foundation has helped sponsor young people to attend our outdoor recreational/camping programs each year since 2010. They were also instrumental in helping us develop a promotional video that has increased our communities’ awareness of our programs and highlighted what we have to offer these young people. Their involvement in our programs has also helped us leverage support from other foundations. We are truly grateful for their support.

The Walters Family Foundation has supported us for over a decade with a depth of interest unlike any other foundation. Their genuine concern for our success was flattering and inspiring. Occasional grants, some constructive feedback, and most recently, a very generous investment in our library and community gathering center has helped us achieve an amazing and successful project that is making a difference in our community.