Grounded in Gratitude. United for Youth.

This event is more than a yoga class. It's an opportunity to help sustain programs that empower local youth through one-on-one mentoring, academic tutoring, arts enrichment, social-emotional learning, and community engagement experiences. As funding for nonprofits becomes increasingly competitive and several traditional funding sources have been reduced or eliminated, organizations like ConnectiKids are being asked to do more with less.

Community fundraisers like Yoga for Gratitude help bridge that gap, ensuring that young people continue to have access to the support, opportunities, and positive role models they need to thrive. Every registration, donation, and bake sale purchase directly supports ConnectiKids' mission of helping youth discover their strengths, build confidence, and reach their full potential. Together, let's turn gratitude into action.

ABOUT CONNECTIKIDS

ConnectiKids fulfills its youth-empowering, equity-advancing mission in partnership with schools, families, and the community. We provide one-on-one academic tutoring, individualized mentoring, arts and enrichment programs, and community-based learning experiences during the academic year and summer. These connections and opportunities motivate historically underserved kids to embrace high expectations, overcome adversity, and reach their full potential.

OUR HISTORY

ConnectiKids, Inc. is committed to improving the lives of Hartford children and began in 1978 when volunteers initially got together to provide a positive summer experience for third grade students at West Middle School, a public elementary school in the Asylum Hill neighborhood. Upon completing their first summer, the volunteers realized there was a greater need for assistance and with help from local corporations, decided to provide occasional after-school homework help for those students. The group formed what was to be known for the next twenty years as the West Middle School Committee.

OUR IMPACT

The name of the organization was changed to ConnectiKids in October of 1999 to reflect better the program's wide-ranging impact and the connections it makes among children and adults from many walks of life. ConnectiKids has now completed 46 years of operation, having grown to provide multiple schools with both afterschool Tutoring and Mentoring and Enrichment Programs, as well as a Summer Program for over 300 children annually. With the passion of the staff, volunteers, donors, and community ConnectiKids has been able to impact over 15,000 children's lives. We hope you want to become part of our story as we continue to educate, enhance, and empower young people.

JOIN FOR A CAUSE

Please join us for Yoga and help us continue our mission of connecting students facing systemic inequities and other barriers with people, places, and experiences that level the playing field and inspire academic achievement, positive life choices, and big dreams!

Yoga for Gratitude

Bringing Families Together, One Pose at a Time!