East Austin Youth Foundation: Welcome
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The East Austin Youth Foundation, a non-profit 501(c) 3 corporation, has been serving the East Austin community for 35 years. The organization has been working with at-risk youth between ages 5-12 since 1971 and continues to play a big role in the community today. EAYF has continuously worked to promote the importance of leadership and the value of self-worth through academics and athletics. There have been many volunteers to work with this program and they all have the same goal in mind: to help the children and families of this community to continue to grow into positive and successful adults and citizens that are ready to take on any challenge they may face.
The following list indicates the schools that we support in the East Austin area, although many children participate from other areas in central Texas.
Elementary schools: Blackshear; Brooke; Campbell; Govalle; Maplewood; Metz; Norman; Oak Springs; Ortega; Sanchez; Sims; and Zavala
Middle Schools: Kealing and Martin
Del Valle School District
Our Mission
Promote the importance of school by rewarding good performances and providing encouragement for academic improvement
Provide tutorial and educational programs for students in the community
Stressing the importance in taking pride in yourself and in your community by knowing that any positive thing you do sheds a positive light on your community as well
Expose children to examples of people volunteering their time and talents to contribute to the community and its people
Mentor the youth of this community about having high expectations for both themselves and the community
Prepare children with skills, discipline, and self-confidence to proceed to higher levels of achievement in academics and sports