Zobel Associates

We're raising money to benefit Zobel Associates (Dynamic Opportunities), and any donation will help provide transportation for the students and staff at this non-profit school for exceptional individuals.

More information about Zobel Associates (Dynamic Opportunities): Zobel Associates is a non-profit association that conducts research into educational instructional models such as Project-Based Learning. We are doing business as "Dynamic Opportunities" in the Raleigh, NC area. Dynamic Opportunity is a private school for middle and high school students with special needs. We provide students with job training, social skills training, and life skills practice through the project-based learning model.

However, our school is in desperate need of reliable transportation to deliver these services to our students. We currently have a non-functioning bus that needs to be repaired so that we may provide these students with a safe mode of transportation to and from school, events, and job training.

Any donations provided will help to repair the bus and help to offset any additional cost for the operation of the vehicle, and to help hire a dependable driver. This is a small non-profit school and financial support from the state is not readily available. Any donation you provide will not only provide a mode of transport for these kids today, but it will provide a Ride into the Future that is much needed for our kids.

We thank you in advance for ANY donation you can provide and we ask that you visit our website and see our kids for yourself. We think you will fall in love with them as much as we have.

https://www.dynamicop.org/

Please share this Gofundme page with anyone who you know will support our awesome kids.

Have you ever known, loved, or encountered a young person with a neurodivergence? Well, at Dynamic Opportunities, educating these very special youth is both our passion and our privilege!

Unfortunately, many of these students have been failed within traditional models of education: they've not been successful academically or socially, and have not obtained the life skills they will need to lead independent and fulfilling lives. And to make matters worse, these youth are often bullied, overlooked, underserved, and even in many cases, isolated simply because of their differences. Well, we're here to say: there ARE options, and Dynamic Opportunities is a great one!

As a non-profit school exclusively for neurodivergent middle and high school students in and around Raleigh, Dynamic Opportunities' mission is to develop in these very special youth the academic, life, and social skills they will need to become independent and contributing members of society. We are the only school around that pursues this mission daily through the use of Project-Based Learning... a creative, hands-on, and collaborative approach that works for students who have been failed by other, more traditional methods. And it works!!! While their previous educational experiences were much like trying to put a square peg through a round hole, the way our students bloom in this environment is simply amazing! You can read more about us and see how we're developing self-confidence and self-worth in these uniquely-abled individuals at www.dynamicop.org! And just watch as the parents and students below share how transformational Dynamic Opportunities has been to them:

This year is our 10th Anniversary as a private school, and we've got lots to celebrate: the growth of our student body from just 19 to over 60 in just these 10 short years, for one. Also during this time, we have made extraordinary efforts to keep our tuition as low as possible, in an intentional effort to ensure socio-economic diversity amongst our student body. And that has worked too!

But now that our program has experienced so much growth, it seems we're out of space! We're having to turn away students every day because we just don't have the physical capacity to accept any more bodies. And that is a heart-breaking tragedy for our entire organization!

So we're going to do something about it! We're raising money through this GoFundMe to support our relocation to a building where we can grow and expand our student population. To be frank, while the need is there, the means are not. While we need for this journey to lead us to a property which will allow us to achieve growth while continuing to keep our tuition as low as possible, things are expensive here in Raleigh (as you know), and as a non-profit in this economy we are already struggling to make ends meet. More space = more money, and we just don't have it... YET!

So here's the question: Can you... WILL you... help us bloom? Will you support our expansion efforts with a donation in honor of that neurodivergent kiddo you know? We're pleading for your help on behalf of all the uniquely-abled youth in the Raleigh area who are struggling to find their way and need us now, more than ever.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you... from the very bottom of our hearts. You can rest easy knowing that your gift - no matter how great or how small - will help us not only keep our program open, but expand it to other students in our local community who need us! We hope you will give knowing that - only with your help - will more of these uniquely-abled students BLOOM!