Sunshine Skate Outreach Project

Community safety

County of Los Angeles (select only if your project has a countywide benefit)

Pilot or new project, program, or initiative (testing or implementing a new idea)

This project heavily impacts low income and minority youth (African American, Latino, Special population (Sensory Sensitivities), foster youth) in Los Angeles County by giving them a safe place to express themselves, build mental/physical health, feed their emotional well-being, and have FUN!

This grant will help us expand our reach to communities throughout Los Angeles County by providing a safe place for youth, families, and adults to participate in roller-skating activities that will provide self-expression, foster resilience, empower a growth mindset, and build self-awareness. We equip underserved youth with tools for mental/physical health and emotional well-being, helping them thrive and reach their full potential in life. Our sunshine skate outreach project brings together everyone in Los Angeles communities regardless of age, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or social economic status. Our project aims to provide roller-skating events for the community for free.

So many young people, families and adults have a hard time paying the price to attend events in their community, while being educated and provided community resources that can help their careers, college education, livelihood, and local businesses. Our skating events our affordable, with the aim to be free, and give families access to venues like SoFi, where they otherwise wouldn't be able to afford a ticket to attend an event in their city. The Sunshine Skate Foundation has had two successful events at SoFi and the Debbie Allen theatre that helped raise money for LA wildfire victims.