Let's Put Our Future First!
Our mission is to create opportunities for our youth to have real success in life while building and supporting our communities and schools. To establish genuine & sustainable change, we promise to always put our future, our children, first!
About Us
Brought together by the tragic loss of our friend and student Maurice Lewis, our team consists of individuals who share the belief that we must put our children, our future, first. We are normal people, mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, wives and husbands, educators and community leaders, who understand that we must act now if we want to create lasting change for our future. We all have different backgrounds, life experiences, professions, hobbies, views, and more. Our journeys give us unique perspective to help our communities, schools, and organizations grow and thrive. Let us help you!
What We Do
We provide professional and personal growth opportunities in schools, businesses, & organizations, youth empowerment events, community coalition building, and much more! Just ask!
Community Building
Collaborating with community members to identify areas of need and organize together to make it a reality.
Education & Growth Opportunities
Decades of experience allow us to create programs for students, teachers, communities, and schools to bring real change and growth.
Youth Empowerment
Committed to working with youth to build their power, confidence, and ability to impact their world.
Our Executive Director Receives the NJ Attorney General Excellence Award for Victims’ Justice!
It's no secret that our organization started within months after losing Maurice Lewis to an act of random and senseless gun violence in Millville. Our founder and Executive Director, Sean Thom, was devastated after losing Reese, his former student, so he decided to do...
Introducing Reese’s House: A Community Cafe!
We know it has been a bit since our last update, but that's because we have been hard at work on Reese's House! If you've been following our journey, you know we lost our zoning to operate Reese's House as a community center last summer. We were devastated when that...
Reflecting on 2023, Looking Forward to 2024
2023: The Bad, The Ugly, and The Good 2023 was supposed to be the year for our community and our organization. We ended 2022 by receiving our approval to operate Reese's House as a multi-faceted community center, held our most impactful toy drive ever, and were ready...