Empower Youth Foundation

Thank you for being one of our valued partners! Together, we can help our community thrive. 🧡

We hope to see you in September at our first fundraising event! It’s going to be a great time!

Just in time for the holidays, a wonderful opportunity to support a good cause and when a great gift for a little one in your life!

Enter to Win: Lego Infinity Gauntlet! Empower Youth’s Winter Raffle — Lego Infinity Gauntlet! Empower Youth’s Winter Raffle kicks off December 1st, 2025, with the drawing on December 23rd, 2025. Tickets are just $5 each, or grab a bundle of 5 for $20!🎁 This month’s prize:A LEGO® Infinity Gauntlet — the ultimate collector.....

Report cards are out and conferences are coming up — a time for both celebration and reflection.
If you hear, “They’ll catch up” or “They just need more time,” remember: time alone doesn’t build skills.
Learning happens through effective teaching, practice, and support — not by waiting for readiness to appear.

A HUGE thank you to the local businesses who donated to our Empowering Readers Raffle for Empower Youth Foundation and Mater Academy of Northern Nevada. Thank you!!!

🎟️ Raffle Alert! 🎟️
We’ve partnered with Mater Academy in Reno to bring the Fit Lite® Literacy Program to students who need it most—and you can help support this powerful cause and win amazing prizes!

💥 Prizes include:
🛍 Gift baskets • 🍽 Dining experiences • 💆‍♀️ Spa & self-care • 🛒 Local shopping • 📱 Tech & services—and more!

📅 Drawing during Harvest Literacy Night October 23rd at Mater Academy!
🎯 You don’t need to be present to win.
🎟 Get your tickets now ➡️ [Insert Zeffy Link]

Empowering Readers Raffle 2025 🎉 Win Prizes & Support Literacy with Empower Youth and Mater Academy!The Empower Youth Foundation has partnered with Mater Academy in Reno to bring the Fit Lite® Literacy Program—a powerful, research-based reading intervention—to students who need it most. Every raffle ticket you buy hel...

The Empower Youth Foundation is proud to serve underserved students in Northern Nevada by offering unparalleled, science-driven literacy interventions.

📖 Today is International Literacy Day!
Did you know 63% of American high school graduates read below proficiency, and up to 20% of the population is affected by dyslexia? Literacy is the foundation of all learning but too often, kids are left without the tools they need to thrive.

At Fit Learning, our Fit Reading program transforms readers at every level. Using evidence-based methods and personalized instruction, we help learners build fluency, confidence, and a love for reading. Most students achieve 1–2 years of academic growth in as little as 40 hours.

🌟 On this Literacy Day, we celebrate the power of reading and the future it unlocks for every child.

At the start of this intervention, none of the 16 learners who received Fit Learning's Fit Lite Literacy Intervention were performing at grade level. After 6.5-10 hours of intervention delivered by The Empower Youth Foundation, 56% of the students were at or above grade level! This is the power of Science-Driven Instruction in the Learning Model.

Big Gains in Little Time!
▪️Sixteen 1st graders at Mater Academy in Reno, Nevada received between 6 and 10 hours of Fit Lite Reading instruction as part of Tier 3 intervention—and the results speak volumes!
▪️10 out of 16 students met 100% of their Stretch Growth goal on the i-Ready Reading assessment.
▪️The median progress toward Typical Growth was 154%—more than 1.5 years of growth in a fraction of the time.
▪️Typical Growth reflects the expected annual gain for a student based on grade and starting level.
▪️ Stretch Growth sets a higher bar—designed to help students below grade level catch up.

This is what happens when powerful instruction meets precision delivery.
Proudly delivered by Empower Youth Foundation and Fit Learning.

The Empower Youth Foundation is honored to deliver the Fit Lite Literacy model to under served learners in Northern Nevada!

Fit Learning Expands Fit Lite Literacy Program as a Solution to the Ongoing Academic Crisis Fit Learning Announces Expansion of Fit Lite Literacy Program for Schools Across the United States...

The Fit Learning method is effective at unlocking the academic potential of ALL learners! The Empower Youth Foundation is proud to offer this highly effective research-based model to the learners we serve in Northern Nevada

Navigating the Transition to Middle School - Beacon College - A World of Difference For many children with learning and attention issues, the transition from the familiar comforts of elementary school to the increased demands and hectic pace of middle school can be particularly challenging.