Teach meditation to 50 at-risk girls

 “I got pregnant at 13.  I have a lot of problems, but when Transcendental Meditation came into my life it gave me this open door to something that I never knew could be there.” 

 -           Student, New Village Charter School

Thank you for supporting the David Lynch Foundation’s at-risk youth outreach.

 New Village is a four-year, all-girls, and public charter high school with a maximum of 180 students. Since our partnership with New Village Charter School began in 2010, we have taught the Transcendental Meditation technique to more than 300 students. 

Since 2013, the David Lynch Foundation has taught more than 40 young women at New Village Charter School Transcendental Meditation – a cost-effective, non-religious technique for reducing stress and enhancing intelligence and creativity.

The students are trained by Puki & Lynn, our wonderful TM Instructors who work with DLF. As a school, New Village students meditate twice a day, once in the morning and once at the end of the day.

TM gives students a practical tool that empowers them to release stress and, at the same time, enliven their creativity and learning readiness. A new study, published in the June 2013 issue of the journal Education (Vol. 133, No. 4), found that meditating students were less likely to dropout of school or enter prison and more likely to be accepted to post-secondary institutions. 

All of us at the David Lynch Foundation are thrilled that we had the necessary resources to teach these at-risk girls, many of whom are homeless or coming from the foster care or juvenile justice system, this invaluable tool.  

Of the young women that learned to meditate through the support of the David Lynch Foundation…

• 84% self-identify as Hispanic or Latino,

• 11% self-identify as Black or African American,

• 2% self-identify as White or Caucasian,

• 1% self-identify as multi-ethnic or other,

• 1% self-identify as Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander,

• 34% have limited English language proficiency,

• 50% are pregnant or parenting,

• 98% of students and their families live at or below the poverty line, and

• 100% have been abused or neglected.

Looking forward, we anticipate teaching an additional 45-60 girls at New Village Charter School during the 2014-2015 school year.

Again, THANK YOU. 

This is all made possible because of the generosity of people like you. 

If you would like more information on this partnership or any of our other outreach initiatives, please feel free to contact the Development Office at 866-962-0108 or donations@davidlynchfoundation.org.

Best,

Katharine Tagarello

Associate of Institutional Giving and Stewardship

The David Lynch Foundation

(212) 644-9880 ext. 232 Katie@davidlunchfoundation.org

Links:

• DLF's work in Schools
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