Giving
21 Years Strong!
Fund 20 Teen Camp Scholarships
Only $2,000 To Go! For 21 years, Tools for Peace Summer Teen Camp has offered young people in Los Angeles a place to discover mindfulness, creativity, connection, and the courage to lead with compassion.
Thanks to the generosity of our community, we have already raised $13,000 toward our $15,000 goal. Your support will help us provide scholarships for underfunded youth from the Los Angeles Unified School District to attend this year’s camp.
Consider Making a Gift
Tools for Peace is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Your generous contribution is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
To donate by check, please make checks payable to:
Tools for Peace
55 South Grand Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91105
Why your donation matters:
Now more than ever, our Los Angeles youth need to feel supported and connected.
Many of the young people we serve are growing up during a time of economic uncertainty, social division, and increasing stress. Tools for Peace offers a place of belonging, connection, and restoration where every young person is welcomed and valued.
The Tools for Peace curriculum teaches that inner peace and community care are effective, courageous, and in high demand. So, please donate.
Your support helps Tools for Peace:
Teach mindfulness and social-emotional learning that helps children and teens build self-awareness, emotional resilience, focus, compassion, and healthy relationships.
Develop compassionate leaders by mentoring youth and young adults through mindfulness, leadership training, restorative practices, and life and career skills.
Prepare young people for the future by providing hands-on leadership opportunities, mentorship, workplace skills, and meaningful service experiences.
Strengthen communities by offering mindfulness, compassion, and wellness programs for youth, families, educators, and the public.
Keep programs accessible by providing scholarships, multilingual resources, and low-cost or free opportunities so everyone can participate.
Create safe, welcoming spaces where people of all ages feel respected, connected, and empowered to thrive.
Measure our impact to continually improve our programs and ensure they meet the evolving needs of the communities we serve.
Your gift helps build safer, more compassionate communities where inner peace and collective care are practiced as an everyday act of courage. Thank you for supporting Tools for Peace.
Summer Teen Camp 2026 at a Glance
As Tools for Peace continues forward as an all-volunteer organization, we have thoughtfully adapted our camp model to work within our means while preserving the heart of the experience.
This summer, we will offer a three-day retreat-style camp experience at the beautiful Maxwell House in Pasadena, California, providing 20 youth with a restorative space for mindfulness, meditation, art, music, creativity, connection, and compassionate leadership.
Your donation helps provide:
Camp scholarships so cost is never a barrier.
Meals, transportation, art supplies, and workshop materials.
Teaching artists, facilitators, and mentors.
A safe and welcoming environment where young people can reconnect with themselves and others.