Youth Development

The Eckerd Family Foundation is committed to supporting efforts that reflect the principles of positive youth development. 

The Eckerd Family Foundation subscribes to The National Collaboration for Youth's definition:  Youth Development is a process which prepares young people to meet the challenges of adolescence and adulthood through a coordinated, progressive series of activities and experiences which help them to become socially, morally emotionally, physically and cognitively competent.

Attention is focused on the following areas:

• Social competencies - work and life skills, problem solving, communication skills
• Moral competencies - personal values and ethics, a sense of responsibility and citizenship 
• Emotional competencies - a sense of personal identity, self-confidence, autonomy, and the ability to resist negative peer pressure
• Physical competencies - physical conditioning and endurance, and an appreciation for and strategies to achieve lifelong physical health and fitness
• Cognitive competencies - knowledge, reasoning, ability, creativity and a lifelong commitment to learning and achievement

• YWCA of Delaware
• Wheels of Success