Tall Ships® Youth Adventure Program 2007
Sails Aboard ASTA Member Vessels
Funded through a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), The American Sail Training Association’s Tall Ships® Youth Adventure program provides positive life changing experiences on ASTA Member tall ships and sail training vessels for youth in underserved communities through a series of scholarship and grant programs to make out of school time programs more accessible and affordable to young people. ASTA and ASTA Member affiliates identify at-risk youth and collaborate with other local youth serving organizations such as Boys and Girls Clubs, Girl Scouts, etc. ASTA and ASTA Member affiliates work with these local organizations in designing, delivering and monitoring after school or out of school sail training programs that foster self confidence and self efficacy. Program participants learn teambuilding and leadership skills that they will carry with them when they step ashore and into their transition to adulthood. Tall Ships® Youth Adventure provides young participants valuable experiences that prepare them to positively deal with the challenges that they will encounter throughout their lives.
- ASTA Awards $55,000 For Sail Training in 2007 (Media Release PDF: June 07)
- Living Classroom Foundation's Tall Ships®Youth Adventure "Fresh Start" Program
- "Words From An Alum" - Tall Ship Education Academy's Tall Ships® Youth Adventure Program Aboard the Seaward
- "A Week on the Sloop Providence" - Providence Maritime Heritage Foundation
- Call of the Sea receives funding to support sail training programs (Media Release PDF: April 07)
- BaySail receives a $10,000.00 grant from the American Sail Training Association
(ASTA). (Media Release PDF: April 07) - Schooner Virginia Awarded Grant from ASTA for its Youth Sail Training Program (Media Release PDF: April 07)
