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Camp Horizon was founded in 1982 when a handful of friends decided to find a way to positively impact the community. They agreed that changing the lives of abused and neglected children living in foster care would be valuable to the children as well as the community. And so it began in the summer of 1982, supported by a shared goal of investing in the future of our community. The challenge of our new organization was to reach out to the “bruised and broken-hearted.” www.camphorizon.net www.iwillsurviveinc.org www.jaredsheartofsuccess.org

From our humble beginnings of only eight campers sleeping in tents in a parking lot of a local church, to our current week-long and year-round programs at a state of the art camping facility, our mission has remained the same. Each child we serve through Camp Horizon gives clearer vision to our course: that new day, that better day, lies before us.

After that first weekend retreat, we realized that we needed to build a stronger partnership with the Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS) in order for Camp Horizon to continue to provide this amazing experience for children living in foster care. With their cooperation, the retreat was expanded to a week-long summer camp. For the first seventeen years, programming consisted of a summer camp and a holiday party in December.

Challenged by the transient nature of foster care placement, it quickly became a high priority for us to keep as many kids consistently involved as possible and make our programming year round.

In 1999, Camp Horizon expanded its programming by adding the Leadership Development Program for campers ages 1218 who had previously attended Summer Camp. Year-round events were also added. These programs include a holiday party, an annual family reunion, and several opportunity days which include life skills development and recreational activities for everyone.

Our newest program created in 2010 is the Camp Horizon Adult Mentoring Program (CHAMPs). It is designed for our graduate campers ages 18-23. The CHAMPs program focuses on real world life skills and continues to cultivate the family that these graduate campers have been a part of for so long.

Camp Horizon is dedicated to preparing our youth with the skills and relationships they will need to manage the process of aging out of foster care. Overcoming the effects of childhood abuse and/or neglect is a life-long process, but Camp Horizon’s oneto-one mentor matching program, intentional life skills lessons, loyal volunteers, and family-like environment, help our campers by addressing the challenges and allowing them to consistently beat the dismal odds.

We need your support to help us fund programs that help pre-cancer survivors, breast cancer survivors, and postbreast cancer survivors.

Pre-breast cancer survivor: The everyday person who might be concerned about their health and decides to go and get screened. After getting screened, they get diagnosed with breast cancer and need financial assistance for medical costs, nutritional food, health care products, living costs, and travel costs. Or they do not have breast cancer but may carry the BRCA gene and we want to help keep their risks down. Or they do not carry the gene and do not have cancer, we still want to help ensure the recommended activity and proper nutrition are in place to reduce risks.

Breast cancer survivor: The thousands of breast cancer survivors in the state of Georgia have survived breast cancer according to completing treatments and no longer having a malignant tumor. They however, still need education on preventing the tumor from returning and emotion healing, sometimes Post Traumatic Stress Disorder can occur or Depression. Financial assistance may still be needed to get nutritional food in the home, cover medical costs, health care products, travel costs to health care facilities and more. Several, nationally, are dealing with Affordable Housing issues, Employment issues, and more. Let’s work together to reduce Generational Poverty and Situational Poverty locally, nationally, and internationally. Global initiatives begin in 2020.

Post breast cancer survivor: According to health care professionals, once you pass a certain amount of years after the removal of malignant tumors – you are considered a breast cancer survivor. After three years you still need educational training to provide for your self and your family, ongoing support, and possible financial assistance to keep an emotional stability. After five years you still need those services. Too often, breast cancer survivors get affected by a tumor returning in the breast or end up getting a new cancer (ovarian cancer is the most common connection and they are both hormonal cancers).

Our programs are Economic Support, Prevention Education, and Health and Wellness Services. All three categories above can be accepted into one or all these three programs on a case by case basis through an application process.

Jared’s Heart of Success Inc. is dedicated to advocating for gun violence prevention through education and youth empowerment.

We foster the “Heart to Succeed Youth Mentoring and Leadership Development Program” which focuses on empowering youth and young adults both male and female through group mentoring, prevention, opportunities, education and life leadership skills design to build self-esteem and character for life-long success.

Saving Lives. Building Futures

JHOSI provides prevention and empowerment programs to youth and young adults male and female. We strive to enhance the lives of individuals through enrichment programs that serve and inspire individual advancement.

Our programs result in the increase of self confidence, educational and personal development.

Jared’s Heart of Success work also consists of Advocacy. We currently partner with organizations to advocate on behalf of public safety measures that can protect people from all forms of violence and gun violence. Our goal is to bring awareness to gun violence and to educate and empower individuals with knowledge and strategies needed to help save lives.