Project Action Foundation's mission is to prevent juvenile crime by providing disadvantaged and "at risk" children the opportunity to obtain training in the physical and cultural arts of dance, gymnastics and martial arts. Project Action Foundation, created as a public charity 501( c )(3) in October 1994, currently has participating sponsor studios in over 4,000 U.S. cities. Project Action provides underprivileged children scholarships to attend these established and recognized studios. Project Action received the 1997 Governor's Community Investment Award in Florida from the late Governor Lawton Chiles and was recognized the same year by California Governor Pete Wilson for it's work fighting juvenile crime and keeping children out of gangs. Law enforcement agencies and school counselors account for most of the children who are referred to Project Action.  Project Action closely monitors school grades, attendance and behavior. Many of our current scholarship children have shown remarkable scholastic turnarounds, sometimes from straight F's to honor roll, after becoming involved in Project Action's scholarship program.

Across the United States, there are over 4,000 gymnastic studios, 21,000 dance studios and 18,000 martial arts studios providing numerous benefits to several million children. The physical and cultural arts are uniquely suited for the personal development of children, stressing such values as respect, discipline, courage and integrity while also teaching goal-setting skills and instilling a positive work ethic. However, at an average annual participation cost of over one thousand dollars, these studios are completely inaccessible to our target group, socially and economically deprived children. Many times this leaves them no other alternative than to choose far less desirable activities. Project Action was created to provide these schools a vehicle to reach out and help these youth. The children earn their continuous participation in Project Action through attendance, maintaining good grades in school and exhibiting good behavior, all of which are closely monitored.

Project Action is supported entirely by community-based fundraisers which means ....WE NEED YOUR HELP!

Ichiban Kararte is a Project Action School.  Please contact us if we can help.