By City News Service
Dec 10, 2020
REDONDO BEACH (CNS) - The Friendship Foundation announced today that it is planning to develop a $36 million, state-of-the-art education campus in Redondo Beach to better serve the development of special needs students and the broader community beyond high school.
The 3.25-acre campus set to be built at 850 S. Inglewood Ave. in cooperation with the Redondo Beach Unified School District is expected to be completed in the fall of 2022. We hope to create a gold standard program serving teens and young adults to find their passion beyond high school, said Rabbi Yossi Mintz, who formed the foundation 15 years ago with the Jewish Community Center-Chabad of the South Bay with the goal of providing children with special needs the same advantages of their peers to enjoy and experience life.
The facility will have programs dealing with personal growth and development, social and emotional wellness, healthy lifestyle habits and physical fitness and job training and exploration, including the fields of technology, media, hospitality, retail, culinary, office, education, trades and landscaping. We ve learned a tremendous amount serving our special needs community since 2005, working with 10 school districts, numerous partners and hundreds of participants to create integrated programs, Mintz said. The children who started with us 15 years ago have become young adults and are now asking for help finding gainful employment. Each and every one of us wants a purpose in life and a way to contribute to society. That s what our new campus is all about.
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