Spread Your Wings, LLC “Saving Lives, Empowering Youth.”
Based in Ankeny, IA
Spread Your Wings is a 501c (3) organization that has the mission to be proactive, empowering, and preventative to save youth from “bad guys/women.”
The main program is S.A.V.E. Kids. (Self Defense Against Violence & Exploitation.) The program focuses on empowering students between ages 9-14 to defend, prevent, and save themselves from abduction, all types of violence, exploitation, and human trafficking. 2-hour Classes are included as part of the regular educational curriculum. Free to schools and students.
We not only teach physical self-defense skills but educate students on every aspect of abduction, trafficking and exploitation: we follow up with fifteen 5-minute weekly lessons that include a review of safety awareness strategies, reminders of the tricks and lures used by the bad guys, a self-defense skill to practice, and empowerment strategies. We help students become courageous, improve their self-esteem, and realize their value and worth.
Spread Your Wings also has a Youth Center offering programs for youth recovering from trauma, families dealing with violence between children/ bullying, empowerment camps for teens, and
programming to help improve the mental health of youth ages 5-18 years old.
We also offer speaker services.
Service Area: Iowa
Contact: Amy Ratekin, Founder/Executive Director Spread Your Wings, LLC
Organization Address/YOUTH CENTER ADDRESS:
10200 NE Frisk Dr Ankeny, IA 50023
Ankeny, Iowa 50021
Phone: (515) 202-5287
Email: amy@iowaspirittkd.com
Website: https://spreadurwings.org/