Philanthropy

The Park West® Foundation

Providing new directions for youth

In 2005 Albert and Mitsie Scaglione founded this not-for-profit organization as a way to give something back to their Detroit community. The Park West® Foundation was organized to provide much needed help to people wherever it is needed.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 

Galatians 5:22, 23

Currently focusing on young women, the Park West® Foundation diligently works for those about to "age-out" of the state-sponsored support system. Literally overnight these essentially parentless young women are handed a plastic bag with their belongings and sent out survive on the street. Feeling abandoned, and without the skills needed to find a job or a place to live, the girls face a host of problems. They are looking for help and the Park West® Foundation is there to assist them in both simple and complex ways.

The foundation's goal is to create a more complete support system for these young women, and to eventually serve young men as well. The Park West® Foundation is currently searching for a building to offer housing, education, day care, and job training all under one roof. This ambitious vision will need volunteers, mentors, grit, enthusiasm, tenacity, and heart.

The Park West® Foundation is confident they will achieve their goal to provide a safe environment for those most vulnerable in their community. By doing this, they aspire to provide opportunities for these young people to attain a better life and a chance to experience the American Dream.

How can I help?

Some of the causes Park West® Foundation supports

Art Donations Made to Universities

As part of the Scaglione family's commitment of bringing art to the people, Albert, Mitsie and Marc Scaglione have donated a significant amount of art to universities and other non-profit organizations, including: