ASK > INVITE > TRUST

Three bold verbs that embody what it is that we, as an Organization, are here to accomplish.

We are here to provide a product and service which provides our youth with a compelling reason to turn to the South Side Saints as their primary solutions providers. South Side Saints is a process innovation that provides a solution to inner city youth that simply want and demand a better quality of life, a better quality of service. Our strategy is to ‘drive’ our children to

1. Ask South Side Saints first for fresh ideas, inspiration and instruction.

2. Invite South Side Saints into their lives to be their coach, their personal assistant, their friend.

3. Trust South Side Saints to provide solutions that work and exceed expectations.

Ask. Invite. Trust- The desired end result of the commitment by all of our leaders to remain focused on why we are here, what we do and how we will go about our day to day operations. It's a call to action that engages our endless curiosity, our passion, and our drive to be first and best in everything that we do.

The following Vision statement sets the stage for this endeavour. It creates and communicates a clear, simple customer-focused vision. It provides a concise and compelling sense of direction for the team and organization.

Our Vision focuses on attracting people, driving repeatability and continually extending our global market reach. Our efforts will result in optimized organizational value and will position us for dominance in the “Quality Lifestyle” arena - again with the goal of ensuring that South Side Saints is the first choice around the city, state and possibly country whereby people will Ask, Invite and Trust the South Side Saints to be their instructor, life choice resource and trusted friend for years to come.

OUR VISION

Our Vision is comprised of three interrelated but distinct aspects: our purpose, our mission and our organizational values.

OUR PURPOSE (why are we here)

Every business has to have a reason to exist – a reason that answers the fundamental question of “why are we here”? While it is true that we are here to teach children the fundamentals of football and cheerleading, this is not our purpose. For South Side Saints, this big question has a simple answer:

“We are here to enhance our children’s life and educational experiences.”

We will accomplish this by providing our children with an educational base that will provide the most effective and practical whole product solution for success in any walk of life. Strengthening our opportunity for success will be the added reward of the lasting and impressionable experiences that our children will benefit from when they share the end result of their learning experience with family and friends.

MISSION (what we do)

South Side Saints is an on-demand sports and lifestyle oriented mentoring organization

Our committed staff will walk our children through the entire life process from start to finish without missing a single step. Our approach will be to deliver positive life experiences and mentoring directly into our children’s lives.

It is important to note that we are not totally a “sports” driven organization. Our content is developed solely to maximize learning and provide our children with a “step by step” experience that produces results that work.

Our organization will be instantly recognizable by our high quality, simple, but effective formula. Our name – “South Side Saints” – will however be branded as a ‘process innovation’ – a new way to learn how to live that will provide a compelling alternate to traditional lifestyles that end up a dead end street.

VALUES (How we will get there)

Values are the principles and beliefs that guide the decisions and actions of individuals, cultures and businesses.

For South Side Saints, our Values are more than just a set of words. The following values reflect the energy and spirit of an organization that has the solid foundation to lead change as the world around us evolves and they articulate a code of behavior that guides us through that change with integrity.

The values reflected here are a call to action that asks every South Side Saints Board Member, Co-coordinator, Officer, coach, parent and child to commit to a common set of beliefs about how we work in our World today.

Our four corporate values also suggest another important value – L.I.F.E! We value the “well-being of our children and will try to provide positive learning solutions that provide children with the right tools and information to lead healthier lives

LOYALTY

We are loyal to our children, our affiliates, our parents and the Organization. We are grateful to each and every one of our parents and children for placing their trust in our organization. We are grateful to our affiliates for their commitment to our success and their contributions which continue to move us forward. We are grateful to our recreation center partners and prize their investment capital as if it were our own and will work effortlessly to maximize return on investment for all that being successful children who become positive forces in our society.

INTEGRITY

Honesty, responsibility and accountability – three guiding fundamentals that govern our quest to be an organization with the highest standard of ethical conduct. We earn the trust of others through consistent honesty, truthfulness and transparency in all our relationships and business transactions. We accept responsibility for success and failure. We take accountability for all of our decisions and actions. We never make excuses for anything or anyone. We are, will and always will be an organization to trust and believe in.

FREEDOM

We will inspire an open innovative learning organization led with a relentless commitment to understand, anticipate and fulfill the needs of our children. For South Side Saints, this innovation starts with an invitation to our leaders and staff to imagine, to dream and to do things ‘outside the box’ – to be creative in all our solutions. Coupled with empowerment, the solutions developed and implemented by our team(s) are designed and communicated to our children with the goal of instilling confidence and a ‘freedom to achieve’ which will be inherent in all our offerings. Be informed – Be inspired – Be free.

EVOLUTION

 We are an organization led with a passion and commitment for growth and advancement. We set and meet aggressive commitments for self and others. We are willing and ‘free’ to stretch and exceed the expectations of our children, our leaders and our parents. We are leaders that stimulate new markets and evolve the way in which people learn. And most importantly, we seek out opportunities to lead this change.

Always With Unyielding Integrity!

Respectfully,

Richard Vaughan

President

Southside Saints Youth Football and Cheerleading