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Causes: Adult & Child Matching Programs, Children & Youth
Mission: Why we can't wait inc's mission is to empower and develop youth in the under-served communities to become productive citizens in society;also improve parent involvement by encouraging better parent/child relations, and combat growing health concerns in under-served/underprivileged communities such as, but not limited to, childhood obesity and diabetes, and sedentary lifestyles of families.
Programs: We have 24 teens working thru opportunity now which is a summer government funded employment program. Graduated 20 youth males and females. 100 boys participated in the winter film festival with collaboration of vanderbilt university. Certified 24 youth/teens in cpr/first aid. Mentored male teens in various metro nashville schools. After-school program august-april in which all 40 students were promoted to the next grade level.