It’s all about the Kids!

“So many kids just don’t have a chance …    And kids are our future…. It’s all about the kids.”

B.W. “Stoney” Stone

Stoney’s Kids is all about the kids. It’s about giving children the tools and essential life skills they need to make healthy lifestyle choices and become successful adults.

It’s about an all-volunteer, non-profit organization that gives nearly 100% of every donated dollar directly to local youth programs.

It’s about working with local police departments, school districts, city government and recreation departments to create and fund projects that improve the health and welfare of the kids…projects like funding for Little House to help troubled families…an outing for school crossing guards to say thank you for your hard work all year…buying equipment for schools, such as shoes for a high school football team, because everyone benefits when those kids are on the football field rather than on the streets.

It’s about a man named B.W. “Stoney” Stone who had a vision and commitment to make a positive impact on the future of our young people and the future of East County.  And it’s about the business and community leaders that joined him in 1991 to start Stoney’s Kids when the police department was looking for funding for a new program called DARE.

It’s about the people who continue to invest their time and money today because when it comes right down to it, it is all about the kids!

Why we do what we do ……

• The majority of crimes committed by or against youth happen between the hours of 3:00pm and 6:00pm.  (Carnegie Study of After School Hours)

• Participants in organized after-school programs show improvement in academic performance, reduced at risk behavior, and increased ability to resist alcohol, drug, and gang issues.  (The Daily Californian)

• More than 70% of 7th grade students in the Cajon Valley Union School District (CVUSD) failed at least six areas of fitness standards in the Healthy Fitness program.  (CVUSD statistics)

• Almost half of all youth in El Cajon receive the free or reduced-priced school lunch program; even more qualify in the downtown area (CVUSD statistics)
• Half of all families in El Cajon with children under 18 live in apartments and experience a higher transient rate than homeowners and often a more chaotic home environment.

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