SPARK KINDNESS INC
EIN 46-5037162 · Youth Development Programs (O50)
What they do
SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 2010, SPARK KINDNESS HAS DEVELOPED AN INNOVATIVE MODEL for BUILDING COMMUNITY and ADDRESSING THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS of DISCONNECTION, SUCH AS LONELINESS, BULLYING, RACISM, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, SUICIDE, MENTAL ILLNESS and DEHUMANIZATION. SPARK FOCUSES ON INDIVIDUAL, INTERPERSONAL, INSTITUTIONAL and COMMUNITY SUPPORTS to INCREASE CONNECTEDNESS, RESPECT and POSITIVE HEALTH OUTCOMES.OVER THE PAST 16 YEARS, SPARK KINDNESS HAS GROWN FROM A SMALL PARENT VOLUNTEER GROUP INTO A RESILIENT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH OVER 9,000 MEMBERS IN NATICK, FRAMINGHAM, and MORE THAN 25 TOWNS IN METROWEST BOSTON and BEYOND. DURING THIS TIME, SPARK HAS OFFERED HUNDREDS of FREE PROGRAMS and WRAP-AROUND SUPPORTS REACHING OVER 15,000 INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING PARENTS, CAREGIVERS, EDUCATORS and COMMUNITY LEADERS. SPARK CONTINUES to BE FOCUSED ON OFFERING FREE RESOURCES, IN A VARIETY of ACCESSIBLE FORMATS, to INDIVIDUALS, PARENTS, CAREGIVERS, YOUTH and COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT SUPPORT CONNECTION,
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2014
- Location
- PO BOX 823, NATICK, MA 01760-0008
- County
- Middlesex
- In care of
- % CHRISTINE FORTUNE GUTHERY