Folkston, GA · North Florida Border

Watch what grows when you
invest in people.

A trade skill and the discipline to keep what it pays — planted together, in a community that's been asked to choose between the two for too long.

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The Ledger

Statement of need

01Unfilled jobs across Florida, most in the skilled trades427,000
02Share of Florida's trade workforce under age 25<10%
03Financial-literacy questions the average U.S. adult answers correctly49%
04Same score, for Gen Z specifically38%
05Child poverty rate in Baker County, on our southern border19.3%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · Associated Builders and Contractors of Florida · TIAA Institute–GFLEC P-Fin Index, 2025 · DataUSA / U.S. Census ACS

Two accounts, one investment

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Sowing Seeds starts with a trade. Right now that trade is welding: hands-on training for young people in Folkston, Georgia (Charlton County), who want a skill they can build a living on. It's real work with real tools, and local businesses like Wright's Welding have put their own support behind it. Jyziah, one of our first participants, is proof of what that can look like.

Welding is where we begin, not where we stop. Electrical, HVAC, plumbing, and carpentry are planned next, so the program can grow as fast as the need around it does. Each new trade will follow the same approach. Teach the work properly, put participants alongside people in the trade, and send them out able to earn.

Current trade

Welding

Coming soon

Electrical · HVAC · Plumbing · Carpentry

Trade Pathways

Seeds to Skills

Hands-on welding training is available now. Electrical, HVAC, plumbing, and carpentry are planned next.

Cohort → Placement · ~6 mo.

Financial Literacy

Seeds to Savings

Budgeting, credit, and first-paycheck onboarding for youth, young adults, and families — timed to land right when the income does.

Youth · Adult · Family · Ongoing

Community, on the record

Photo galleries

Ribbon Cutting With The Mayor

12 photos

Ribbon cutting, proclamation, and community cookout at Raymond Roberts Legacy Park.

Basketball Court Goals and Lighting Installation

20 photos

Neighbors, volunteers and local trade crews raising new LED light poles over the community basketball court — from the first pole set in concrete to the first night of play under the lights.

New Stadium Lighting

10 photos

The Legacy Project: a $20,000 Georgia Power grant, volunteer crews and neighbors turning an open field into a lit ballfield, new bleachers and a playground the whole community can use after dark.