OUR STORY...
Drawing upon the personal experience they had with their own troubled sixteen –year- old son, Karen Lee and Dr. Charles Lee founded The Pinnacle Schools (an alternative school) and Elk River Treatment program in North Alabama five years ago. Through perseverance, love and the support of a dedicated team of professionals, they have helped hundreds of struggling teens regain their self esteem and confidence.
In her pursuit to help struggling teens, Ms. Lee soon discovered there were too many families without the means or resources to help their child. Channeling the same passion to advocate for troubled teens that resulted in the founding of The Pinnacle Schools, Ms. Lee has formed the Teens Path to Success Foundation, a non profit 501(c) (3).
The mission of The Teens Path to Success Foundation is to provide assistance and support to disadvantaged troubled teens experiencing psychological, emotional, medical, and family difficulties. Teens like 15 year old Hannah of Alabama. Hannah’s family came to us in October of 2009 desperately in need of help for their child but unable to afford the necessary treatment and medical care. This young girl was in crisis. She was angry, skipping school, had failing grades and was having thoughts of suicide. Our scholarship provided a new beginning for Hannah, and having improved emotionally, physically and behaviorally, she has successfully completed the first semester of her 10 grade year. Hers is a success story and only one example of the many cries for help we hear each day. Without the scholarships, financial aid and other resources provided by the Foundation, Hannah could have become another statistic. The ultimate goal of The Teens Path to Success Foundation is to reduce statistics and continue to provide the resources necessary to promote the growth and development of confident, healthy and productive young men and women.
“What I feel I am getting out of this program is learning how to love me for who I am. Trying to figure out who I really am. Trying to build a positive relationship with my family, showing respect for myself and others has been a hard thing for me, but I feel I’ve come a long way with that. I’m still learning how to look at myself as a positive person and not as some selfish or even foolish person. I’ve addressed my issues about my abandonment and I feel as if it’s helped me to understand that what my Mom did to me is not my fault and there was nothing I possibly could have done to stop her. I’ve also learned I was a negative role model for my brothers and I’ve learned that in order to be positive, I’m going to have to work hard to set good examples. So, that is pretty much what I’ve learned so far.”
Hannah – Treatment Phase II 12/09
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