Empowering Young People To Fulfill Their Promise
On The Road Collaborative
  • Home
  • Our Work
    • Skyline Middle School
    • Thomas Harrison Middle School
    • 8th Grade Academy
    • Harrisonburg High School >
      • 9th Grade Academy
      • 10th/11th Grade Academy
      • Apprenticeships
    • Learning Showcase
  • Take Action
    • 5 Year Anniversary
    • Donate
    • Volunteer >
      • Academic Coach
      • Community Teacher
      • Health & Fitness Volunteer
      • Internships
    • Work >
      • Youth Leader
    • AmeriCorps
  • About Us
    • Blog
    • Founding Story
    • Our Partners
    • Our Financials
    • Our People
    • In the News
  • Donate

The Intersection

12/29/2014

0 Comments

 
There are many reasons NOT to start a new organization. There are already a lot of non-profits.  It is difficult to raise money. The risk of failure is high (anywhere between 50-80% of new businesses fail within the first 18 months).  The shininess of the new soon fades away (as the nearly 90% of people who fail to achieve their New Year’s resolutions will soon be able to attest).

Yet there was one reason that I kept coming back to about why I SHOULD launch On the Road Collaborative, a new 501c3 youth empowerment organization, and it is summed up well in the following quote:

“Your life should be about finding the intersection of the world’s greatest need and your greatest passion.” ~Gary White, Co-Founder, Water.org

Whether you are talking about the 6,000 hour learning gap that low-income children experience by the age of 12 or that 70% of children in the Harrisonburg City Schools are coming from a low-income background there is tremendous need for more time for academic practice, more connection to a network of caring adult mentors and more access to college and career learning experiences beyond the school day hours for hundreds of children in the Harrisonburg community, especially in the middle grades.  The traditional school day is no longer enough to fully meet the needs of all our children. 
 
Our passion at On the Road Collaborative is about 'empowering young people with opportunity’ and doing our part to bring our community together to share our collective strengths and play an active role in preparing the next generation.  In preparing to launch On the Road, we realized that our passion and purpose was less about a particular after school program, and more about working with those throughout all corners of our community to ensure that every child has a champion, is on the road to college and career and is able to fulfill their unlimited promise.   

So while there were many reasons not to launch On the Road Collaborative, at the end of the day, we needed just one reason to do it:  it is our intersection.  Where's yours?

PS:  Learn more about our vision and how you can take action at:  ontheroadcollaborative.com/takeaction

Picture
Brent Holsinger is the founder and president of On the Road Collaborative and the author of this post.  Brent believes that we have the power as a community to work together to expand opportunities for young people so that every child can fulfill their unlimited promise.  

Have something to say...? Our vision is for this blog to be a space for diverse voices in our community to share their perspective and ideas for how we can affect positive change in the lives of our young people.  Let us know what's on your mind.
 
0 Comments

#GivingTuesday

12/1/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
Black Friday.  Cyber Monday.  Giving Tuesday?!
I am sure you have heard of both Black Friday and Cyber Monday but you may not have heard about Giving Tuesday.  It is a national day that unites us in giving back.  

Join me today in making a financial gift to a non-profit organization that is delivering hope, impact and change in communities locally, nationally and abroad. #GivingTuesday is not about On the Road Collaborative.  It is instead about our belief that collectively, when we all pitch in, we can literally change the world.  

Find time today to show your support and give thanks to an organization you believe in and help them advance the causes you care about most. 
 
0 Comments

    Author

    On the Road Collaborative

    Archives

    November 2019
    February 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    August 2018
    March 2018
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    August 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    February 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Site Map

Home
Our Work
Take Action
About Us
​
Blog

Take Action

Donate
Volunteer
Work

Contact Us

Office: 128 West Bruce Street
Harrisonburg, VA  22801
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1393
Harrisonburg, VA  22803
Phone: 540-360-1123
Email: contact@ontheroadcollaborative.com
Picture
On the Road Collaborative
 Copyright © |
All Rights Reserved.