Goals
Moontown is a social enterprise forged from the belief that an organization can commit itself to addressing critical social, environmental and economic problems by employing sound business and earned income strategies to support it financially. Our model combines the very best of a for-profit enterprising with the very best of the not-for-profit, philanthropic world, as we believe this social innovation model is the wave of the future.
Objectives
- Help teens realize their unlimited potential by providing baseline sustainable lifeskills for success
- Provide hands-on learning activities in emerging green business and clean technologies
- Promote reading, writing, mathematical and creative and critical thinking
- Identify role models and mentors in public, private and non-profit arenas
- Facilitate greater appreciation of agriculture, business, environment, and social fairness
- Create agents of change who are motivated to make a difference protecting the planet for a profit
