WISPER
At the Weekend Survivor's Program (WiSPer), we are strong believers in the ability of our youth to succeed. Our programming and activities are designed to help our youth reach their goals and fulfill their highest potential. We are proud of all our children, and love watching them grow into bright-minded and confident individuals. See how we’re involved in making a difference in our children’s lives.
About Us
Committed to Enriching the Lives of Youth
Children have so much to offer to the world - we believe in the power that they hold, and know that they will mold future generations to come. At WiSPer, we are here to give them the support they need in order to shape them into leaders of the future. We have a number of educational programs and leadership initiatives that help nurture our youth and help them develop the skills they will carry throughout their lives. Donate today, and see how you can make an impact!
Volunteering Trips
Building a Better Future
WiSPer empowers youth in the greater Buffalo area to reach their fullest potential through a wide range of services.
Our youth attend weekend retreats, both in and out of state.
During the weekend retreat, the youth partake in Fitness-Fridays: where they learn positive ways to relieve their everyday stresses; Self-Saturdays: where they are taught how to pamper themselves, treat themselves to the best and increase their personal knowledge of themselves; and Soul-Food-Sundays: where they exercise self-control and self-worth, while doing community services and gaining cultural awareness.
Women Of Peace, Patience, Positivity & Purpose (WOP4)
Making a Difference One Child at a Time
We strive to empower the lives of our young women in the Buffalo community through our variety of programs. Our WOP4 program brings our girls back intune with their nurturing sides, by helping them find freedom within, quiet, tranquility, and hope while making a difference in their lives.
Big Girl Nation (BGN)
Shaping the Leaders of Tomorrow
The Big Girl Nation program is our Graduate program which helps our young adult girls discover who they are and then helps them to build a healthy relationship with themselves.
The BGN Program teaches young women to have BIG GIRL attitudes about who they are, what they want, where they are holding themselves back, why they must love themselves and how to have self-respect.
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News and Updates
Join Our Annual Fundraisers
Each year, we hold fundraising events and a Major Awards Banquet to honor our children for their mental, emotional and behavioral progress, both in their homes and in their communities, but more importantly, in their lives.
CLICK HERE TO SEE OUR CURRENT FUNDRAISER: http://www.adacccrawfordfoundation.com
Meet Our Leadership Coach!
My name is Valerie Crawford, and I am the Founder of the A.D.A.C.C. Crawford Foundation. My mission is to be a physical, mental, and emotional supporter of your child while they are in the process of developing from a child into adult. "Helping Your Children To Believe in Themselves, by Teaching Them How To Make It Through Life with Peace, Patience, Positivity & a Purpose", is my primary goal!
5 Ways to Become an Exceptional Leader
Leadership is a matter of Intelligence (the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills), Trustworthiness (the ability to be relied on as honest or truthful), humaneness (characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people and animals, especially for the suffering or distressed), Courage (strength in the face of pain or grief), and Discipline (train oneself to do something in a controlled and habitual way) ... Reliance on intelligence alone results in rebelliousness. Exercise of humaneness alone results in weakness. Fixation on trust results in folly. Dependence on the strength of courage results in violence. Excessive discipline and sternness in command result in cruelty. When one has all five virtues together, each appropriate to its function, then one can be a leader. — Sun Tzu[10]
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