L.I.F.T.

12/18/2020

This year had provided many un-planned challenges for us to be present with. Michelle is sharing ways to process grief by allowing rather than masking & internalizing in this video: 🙏❤️🎄
https://www.facebook.com/138208302918643/posts/4914639431942149

10/10/2020

Upcoming Applied Su***de Intervention Skills Training
November 2-3, 2020, Kewadin, Sault Ste Marie
This is an excellent class for anyone that engages stress in their interactions with others.

09/05/2019

Accepting friends free of conditions...

08/15/2019

Sacred Bundle Project will be at Hessel Pow Wow this weekend. They are doing health & wellness screenings for youth ages 10-24.

07/11/2018

Insightful article on boundaries, and a reminder of how easy it is to sacrifice authenticity.
Full article: http://www.somaticpsychotherapytoday.com/polite-versus-honest/

12/14/2017

Challenge Day at Les Cheneaux Community School was a very empowering day for all involved. Thank you to all the kids & adult participants!

12/11/2017

Today begins a week of Challenge Day Programs at these local schools: Rudyard, St. Ignace, Cedarville, & Pickford. Please support the kids & volunteers that have signed up for this life changing program of connection & cooperation.
LIFT is sponsoring Challenge Day this year with support from The Mott Foundation, Highfield Foundation, Community Foundation of the UP, & Chippewa County Community Foundation.
The link is an article of the experience of a previous downstate Challenge Day:
https://patch.com/michigan/clawson/challenge-day-an-eye-opening-life-changing-experience

One-day program at Clawson High School opens hearts and minds through group activities and discussions.

05/20/2017

02/15/2017

Unfortunate news...We are announcing that we will not be offering the Annual Steve Tassier & Mark Izzard Memorial Pike & Perch
Fishing Derby this year due to Possible Ice Conditions and Participation.

12/14/2016

LIFT just sponsored Challenge Day in Cedarville and St. Ignace Schools, with support from generous grantors. This is the video Sevan, one of the facilitators, produced. For those of you that attended Challenge I invite you to BE THE CHANGE! and share your experience with classmates, teachers, and administrators. For those who were unable to, let your teachers & administrators know you are interested, and we will work with them to bring Challenge Day back.
 Lucas Izzard Foundation for Teens (LIFT) sponsored these events with support from:
o Charles Steward Mott Foundation
o Chippewa County Community Foundation
o Community Foundation of the Upper Peninsula (CFUP)
o Michigan Health Fund Foundation
o Olivia P. Maynard
o Roberts P. & Ella B. Hudson Foundation
o St. Ignace Area Schools
 Approximately 100 students & 30 volunteers per day participated at each school

https://vimeo.com/178244557

A breakthrough experience to bring classmates together. "Changed my life forever." Challenge Day is an award winning social and emotional learning…

10/11/2016

Kevin Hines will be at the LSSU Fine Arts Center tonight at 6 PM

10/08/2016

Color the Islands

10/08/2016

Check out the photo gallery from Color The Islands this past weekend.
http://lucasizzard.org/

Welcome to L.I.F.T and FTF: The Lucas Izzard Foundation for Teens (LIFT) and Fund The Future(FTF) in the past, has facilitated an Applied Su***de Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) class in Cedarville, Micihigan. For more information on LIFT and This training program has been taken by almost one m...

10/01/2016

Color Run fun!

02/24/2016

It is with regret that the Board of Directors of the Lucas Izzard Foundation for Teens is canceling what would have been the 6th Annual Steve Tassier & Mark Izzard Memorial Pike & Perch Fishing Derby March 5-6, 2016, due to the uncertain & unsafe ice conditions.

We plan to continue the event in 2017, when winter conditions will hopefully be more favorable.

We wish to thank all those that have supported LIFT & this event, and will be contacting donors and volunteers individually.

09/29/2014

... And the adults had fun too!

09/29/2014

Cedarville Jersey Mud Run & Kid's Fun Run provided a range of excitement for participants & spectators alike.
We thank everyone who volunteered or donated to this fundraising event!