The Roots of SAVY
After the shock and heartbreak of the devastating news about the Columbine School massacre in 1999, SAVY was founded by Nancy Thomas to fill the need do all that can be done to stop the violence. Nancy realized the best way to succeed is to help the children headed for trouble.
Since the start, SAVY has been successful in raising funds and facilitating a year long training for therapists who are now successfully treating children and stopping the spread of violence. We've helped hundreds of families receive treatment and attend specialized camps. Over a thousand books were donated by SAVY to libraries throughout the US. We sponsored a seminar, in Colorado, on the roots of violence and more!
Read our history (below)! WE are rockin it!
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Nancy Thomas
Founder
My heart was called to work with and help children.
As a Professional Therapeutic Parent working with an agency founded by Foster Cline MD., I was struggling with children who lied, stole, argued and were often violent. I often found myself exhausted and wondering why they weren’t like everyone else's children. They didn't learn from me. I was honest, hard working and kind, they were the opposite! I was MISERABLE!
I had to find the answers to turn them around. I learned so much from this great man and other outstanding professionals in the field but the most I learned was on my knees at night praying for help. That was when I really started seeing the healing happening in the children and I was able to break free and step into the life I always wanted— confident, having fun with my children and free from the overwhelming stress of the past! Laughing and playing with my children the way I’ve always imagined became real life for us!
The History of SAVY, Inc (Stop America's Violent Youth)
SAVY, Inc. is a nonprofit organization started in 2002, by Nancy Thomas in response to the overwhelming number of violent acts performed by youth in our society. Nancy Thomas, a world renowned author and speaker on bonding and conscience development saw many families torn apart by children incapable of caring about right and wrong. These children were lost in a conscienceless mind where empathy, compassion and remorse were nonexistent. After twenty-five years and the successful rehabilitation of hundreds of children, Nancy has started Stop America’s Violent Youth to help educate the public about the severe consequences which can occur when children without a conscience go untreated. She started the organization to bring hope and help to parents struggling to help a violent child.
Hundreds Have Helped
As of this point, many hundreds of hours have been volunteered by lawyers, psychologists, parents, and other professionals to get SAVY up and running.
Accomplishments So Far
With generous donations of time, money and big hearts SAVY's powerful vision and a huge dream to Stop America’s Violent Youth is moving forward! SAVY Inc’s established their non-profit status, Volunteers built this beautiful website and the team of volunteers has been very active.
The following is a list of such donated activities with the estimated market value in parenthesis:
* 1,000 books donated to college libraries, public libraries and support groups ($12,000)
* 7 days of specialized parent training for parents of a Russian adopted child ($1050)
* 27 classes for MOPs (Mothers of Preschoolers) ($450)
* Directed 8 Family Camps for High Risk Children in California ($6000)
* Instruction to 83 social workers, staff and orphanage directors in Hong Kong ($1200)
* Seminar at River of Life Missions in Hawaii ($450).
* 1,200 hours of phone consultations to distraught parents of children with Reactive Attachment disorder and other attachment problems ($12,000).
* Speaking at the Colorado Springs counselors program for Focus on the Family ($1200).
* 7 years of presenting at ATTACh (Association for Treatment and Training for the Attachment of Children) ($8400).
* Presenting at Heal the Hearts foundation in California. *
Presentation at the Millennium conference 2000 of Honor the Child in Wisconsin.
* Fund Raising to help KAY Foundation for specialized daycare for violent kids.
* Web site development ($1500)
* Research 50 hours ($500)
* Grant Writting 300 hours ($2400)
* Legal advice ($1000)
* Bookeeping ($250)
The value of these donated skills is over $50,000!
More Help is Needed
Although SAVY volunteers have been busy, much more is needed. SAVY estimates, that with their plan to facilitate Family Bonding Camps as well as their program to increase effective treatment availability for offenders, youth violence, as measured by the Crime Bureau, will noticeably decrease within ten years.
We need your help to make that happen! Join us
