"High Rocks is a place of freedom and acceptance. At High Rocks no one cares if you are rich or poor. Money does not matter. We are a family, an ultimate support system, but above all we are sisters!" - High Rocks girl
High Rocks is an award-winning leadership program for young women ages 13-25. We offer exciting programs year-round.
High Rocks works with girls from all walks of life and accept girls from all different tables in the cafeteria. What they have in common is their heart and their deep desire to make the world a better place.
High Rocks is free. We work with the aim of making our communities stronger, richer, more vibrant places to work and live for all of us over the long run.
The dream of High Rocks is that one day it will become self-sustaining. High Rocks girls will grow up to become staff and board to run High Rocks for the next generation. This dream is becoming a reality. We have a number of alums on our board and several have worked as staff members.
"As we begin the New Year, we choose to embrace the words of Dr. King and work to build one another up in our homes, communities, and our world. It will take much more strength to create a world of love than it would take to destroy it with hatred, but together, we can do it. We must not work to defeat one another. We must not seek to win at the expense of others. We must seek to learn from each other and to teach each other. And, just like Dr. King, we believe that unarmed trust and unconditional love will have the final word in our world."
Excerpt from the MLK speech written by High Rocks girls. Read the entire speech
here.
2012 will be High Rocks' second year hosting a Grow Appalachia Project. Renae
Anderson will be the third High Rocks alum to work with Grow Appalachia, which was started at Berea College, KY and is sponsored by John Paul DeJoria, CEO and co-founder of Paul Mitchell®. The main purpose of Grow Appalachia is to offer support, resources and education to families so they can grow, preserve and sell their own food in order to eat locally and create a sustainable food production system.
The High Rocks Grow Appalachia Project will provide support to 13 local family gardens in 2012.
