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 * Community Concerns: **


 * 1) Education and Mentoring for the Poor
 * 2) Victims of Abuse
 * 3) Single/Teen Mothers

Our Group chose One Way Farm of Fairfield INC. It helps support both of our top concerns; of education and abuse. They have very effective programs, such as: Animal Therapy, Employment Training, Counseling Services, and Summer Youth Programs. The Animal Therapy Program helps abused kids not to be afraid to touch other living things. The website says, "Through the Animal Therapy Program, they can begin to trust and touch again." This is very important for the children because it helps them adapt back into society. Employment Training also helps them get back into society because it trains them for future employment. For example, they have Barn Sales that help socialize the quiet and withdrawn abused kids. The Counseling Services meets with children on a weekly basis to provide psychiatric care for those kids that have been abused. The website says, "A crisis intervention program allows the children to begin the survival process." The Summer Youth Program has recreational and educational programs that help to replace bad memories that the children have. These things are important to us because we wanted to help kids with their education and victims of abuse. And this agency provides a way to help with all of these problems. We felt strongly about getting kids in unfortunate places out of those environments. We felt strongly about helping them to get better lives. Also, we wanted those kids to get the realization that there is more to life than what they have known. We wanted to get abused kids and individuals better lives and into better environments so they can have better, normal futures. And this program helps make that possible.

One Way Farm of Fairfield INC. spends 79 percent of their profits on the programs it provides, 12 percent on administrative costs, and 9 percent on fundraising. The American Institute of Philanthropy says, "Most highly efficient charities are able to spend 75 percent or more on programs." And One Way Farm gives 79 percent. Fundraising costs were 15 percent of related contributions. The BBB says that it matches 20 out of 20 standards for charity accountability. **Which is good!!!!!!** This is the link to their website: [|www.onewayfarm.org] ​