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Tiny Mighty and Strong's mission:

We build stronger rural communities by providing family-focused programs that are rooted in our core values: safety, courage, love, empowerment, and service.

Tiny Mighty and Strong's vision:

To ensure that youth and families in rural communities have a place where they can access quality enrichment opportunities that support connection and inclusivity, resulting in healthier families and stronger communities.

Who is TMS?

Tiny, Mighty and Strong (TMS) is youth-led organization that was founded in 2019 to provide rural communities with local, affordable, quality youth development care for youth Kindergarten-12th grade. Our six rural communities in Northern California and Southern Oregon are: Tulelake, Newell, Dorris and Macdoel, California and Merrill & Malin, Oregon. Demographically, our communities have a median population of 1,000, median income of $30,000/year, 72% of our communities are LatinX and 88% of our families qualify for free and reduce lunch program.

Our Programs:

Our trauma-informed, youth-led organization creates a culture of care through our organizational pillars and core values. In all of our programs we provide teens with internship opportunities to build their leadership skill through mentoring the younger population. They implement programs, support with community engagement events and are active in organizational operations.

Annually, we provide:

• 27 weeks annually of after-school enrichment programs for youth Kindergarten-6th grade
• 20 day Summer Camp program in Tulelake and Dorris
• Integrated school-district socio-emotional support
• Junior High and High School Teen Centers in Tulelake and Dorris
• Friday Night Live Chapters- Substance Abuse Prevention and Intervention Program
• University of Southern California Mentorship Program
• Paid Teen Internship Programs
• Workforce Placement Opportunities for Teen and Adults
• Community Thrift Store
• Community Food Box Distribution
• Community Engagement Events

Our Organizational Pillars:

• Mental and Emotional Health
• Leadership Development
• Fitness
• Nutrition

Our pillars are what we do. Our curriculum is designed around these pillars to improve every child's self-efficacy and increase their skills through intentional youth development, in a safe environment with caring and supportive adults.

Our Core Values:

• Safety
• Courage
• Love
• Empowerment
• Service

These core values are how we build community within our programs. Our core values encourage students to take action and reflect on how to demonstrate these values to self and others.

We believe in that a safe physical and emotional environment allows them to build their resiliency through courage, cultivating love amongst participants and adults, empowering youth to share what they have learned with others and ultimately increasing their intrinsic desire to positively serve others and self.

Our Impact:

Since 2019, the organization served 660 unduplicated participants, 18,230 total touch points with youth, averaging a 97% organizational program retention rate. Proudly, we have raised $2.7 million in earned revenues. $1 million has been directly invested in our teen employment opportunities and $1 million into the after school, summer camp, teen centers and community giving programs. $0.60 of every dollar donated is directly invested back into the communities we serve.

Annually, we employ over 30 teens and provide over 10,000 healthy lunches and snacks to students and distribute food boxes, clothing and other resources for approximately 200 families.

Why Support TMS?

We create stronger communities by delivering life changing youth development care. We believe to uplift our communities, every family should have equitable access to affordable youth development programs and community resources that build their holistic health through tailored services that cultivate each individuals mind, body, soul and spirit.

We may be tiny communities, but we are mighty and united we are strong.