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ShareFest Community Development’s vision is to create an imprint of lasting positive change in our community. We accomplish this through mentoring youth with a focus on developing the leaders of tomorrow, fostering volunteerism in the community through service projects in specific points of influence including schools, parks and community programs, and establishing working coalitions made up of city leaders, schools, businesses and the faith community. ShareFest Community Development began as a simple idea to leverage a community’s assets through the creation of working coalitions, growing local leaders from interested youth and fostering volunteerism utilizing established community organizations. Rather than just coming in from the outside and encourage a community to be a consumer of services, ShareFest helps communities to help themselves, developing ownership. ShareFest believes this is the best way to create sustainable change. Ultimately this leads to improving the community’s long-term well-being through empowering physically and emotionally vulnerable children and their families. The mission of ShareFest is to engage churches, cities, businesses and other local organizations in comprehensive community-building programs and services that meet needs in the lives of children and families. As a relatively new organization (incorporated in 2006, although community projects began in 2004), we established partnerships with a number of churches, providing volunteer support and counselors; community organizations such as the California State University at Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), providing subsidized space; local School Districts; Community Based Organizations and cities such as the City of Manhattan Beach Parks and Recreation, providing equipment and staff. We pride ourselves on operating efficiently with very low administrative overhead. There are many avenues for you to support ShareFest’s work or become a partner in it. View the schedule to learn about upcoming opportunities to get involved.