Learn more about the
Too Good programs.
To
ring in the new millennium, the Mendez Foundation introduces two exciting new prevention programs. Too
Good for Drugs and Violence—High School is an evidence based prevention education program designed to equip high school
students with the knowledge, skills and attitudes they need to remain
safe and drug-free. Too
Good for Drugs and Violence -- Staff Development examines the role teachers play in helping
to prevent youth violence and use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.
Participants learn evidence-based prevention education practices
and strategies for keeping students balanced, safe and drug-free.
The
Mendez Foundation develops the Too
Good for Drugs and Violence -- After-School Activites program,
featuring fun, age-specific activities designed to be used in after-school
settings, such as Recreation Centers and Boys and Girls Clubs.
The
Mendez Foundation introduces Too
Good for Drugs II™,
a revised, updated version of the popular Too
Good for Drugs™ program. Based on the most current prevention
research, Too
Good for Drugs II takes our vital prevention message beyond
the classroom and into the home and community.
YANKEE
DAY! The Mendez Foundation forms a partnership with the New York
Yankees...and together they establish an annual event which gives thousands
of children from the City of Tampa Recreation Centers the opportunity
to enjoy a professional game with the Tampa Yankees.
A
Peace-Able Place™, our popular violence prevention program,
is introduced. Now known as Too Good for Violence, this program
meets character education guidelines and teaches children that they
have what it takes to resolve conflicts without violence.
President
Bill Clinton visits Tampa, Florida, and is presented with an A
Peace-Able Place™ t-shirt from the Mendez Foundation.
The
"Summer Parks Program" begins. Through grants from the Govenor's
Office and the City of Tampa, the Mendez Foundation brings its message
to kids at 18 City of Tampa Recreation Centers, using games, skits and
music to teach kids that they are Too
Good for Drugs!
The
Mendez Foundation initiates the first annual "Too Good for Drugs
Walk" in Tampa. This event, which includes many family-oriented
activities, has consistently drawn thousands of children and adults
every year.
The National Football League forms a cooperative partnership
with the Mendez Foundation; 11 NFL teams fund the implementation of Too
Good for Drugs™ in the schools of their respective cities.
Over the next several years, Mendez staff travels to these NFL cities
to train teachers to implement the program.
Too
Good for Drugs™ becomes available on a national basis;
Mendez Foundation trainers begin traveling around the country training
teachers to deliver the programs to students.
The
Mendez Foundation begins hiring full-time prevention Specialists todeliver Too
Good for Drugs™ in Tampa-area schools.
The
Mendez Foundation introduces its first educational drug prevention program, Too
Good for Drugs™, primarily to serve 6th grade students
in Tampa-area schools.
Charles
E. Mendez, Jr., becomes President of the Mendez Foundation, continuing
and expanding his father's work. In 1975, Charles decides the Mendez
Foundation should take a proactive role in addressing the growing drug
abuse problem in the United States. Recognizing the need to be focused,
he embarks on a program of prevention education targeted initially
towards 6th grade children.
Charles
E. Mendez, Sr., a Florida businessman, establishes The C.E. Mendez
Foundation to support local charitable organizations whose purpose is
to help children and families improve their lives.
- Prevention Specialists deliver Too Good in Hillsborough County, FL.
- Too Good for Drugs Walk & KidFest, October 2, 2010.
- Theatre brings the prevention message to life for kids.
- Essential life skills – that's what the Too Good programs teach.
- Cultivating a relationship to real food, from the ground up.
