Cafe Forty-One:Eleven was founded to introduce a relevant way to connect with disadvantaged and at risk youth with community support. Trained volunteers build relationships with high school students and young adults in a non-directive social setting. They identify literacy, life-skill, mentoring, leadership and career training issues and make referrals under the Cafe Forty-One: Eleven umbrella. Our mission is to connect with those young people in greatest need of humanitarian, educational and occupational assistance. Our Starbucks-like atmosphere provides a welcoming place for everyone in the community. It has been designed to protect the identity of the patron in need while staffed by a trained non-professional for appropriate conversation regarding the short and long term needs of our guests. Cafe Forty One:Eleven is staffed by mature adults who provide for humanitarian needs, nutritional advice, preventative healthcare, literacy and drop-out prevention, life skills and character mentoring. Our target audience is homeless young adults, the disadvantaged, the mentally and physically disabled, youth who are at-risk for drug addiction, illegal behavior and sexually transmitted diseases. We also serve veterans and senior citizens in need to companionship and community service. During our years of growth, we have cultivated community partners from every sector, including local and regional residents, businesses, non-profit organizations, schools, government and churches. Each sector helps us achieve our long term goals by providing their resources to reach a very difficult to reach population of our society. Cafe Forty-One: Eleven innovates a new leadership model by connecting the stable organizational structures of the community to work together to provide all residents and guests with a place of opportunity to receive structure, education, inspiration and civic support without the loss of dignity.

Cafe Forty One:Eleven is a faith-based community cafe open to the public with a focus on connecting with high school students and young adults who are disadvantaged, disabled and at-risk for depression, loneliness, illegal behavior, drug abuse, violence or inappropriate sexual activity.

We provide light meals and a place to socialize at no charge to our patrons. Our volunteers are people who base their practical ideals on Biblical world view.

The volunteers are the role models who ensure our mission is achieved. They provide the caring attitude, the listening ear and the knowledge and authority to create a safe atmosphere and provide for the needs of the guests on every level.

Our mission is to provide a safe public place, a well rounded support system to assist our guests in motivation, goal setting, accessing educational and vocational opportunities and development of career paths.

We hope to offer more services in personal hygiene, home economics, learning and behavioral disabilities and personal leadership.

We are currently developing a support system for entrepreneurs to innovate in the culinary, fine and performing arts as well as learning business and financial management. We plan to include the Green Energy sciences, engineering, mathematics, environmental and agricultural sciences.

We strive to provide specific assistance that addresses the needs of the unmotivated as well as the motivated high school student or young adult.

We serve all members of society. The Cafe is open to the public. Our passion is helping young adults get the foundation they so desperately need for a successful life. We assist the homeless, the disadvantaged, the dysfunctional, the mentally and physically handicapped, the at-risk youth, veterans and senior citizens.

Our immediate programs are aimed at developing leaders who understand and care about those experiencing humanitarian needs. We believe we now understand the character of the "need" we are meeting and we are ready to begin partnering with our allies to address nutrition, preventative healthcare, literacy, drop-out prevention, life skills, character training, leadership mentoring. Currently, we are positioned to offer legal assistance, community service opportunities, literacy classes, after-school programming for performing and fine arts opportunities, counseling, nutritional assistance, life skills for those who have experienced traumatic events and character development for all young people.

Please view our "Wishes" for an in depth look at the current programs we hope to adopt. Our goal is to provide a non-residential social setting guided by non-professionals to give long-term support to high school students and young adults while they are continuing to grow up without neglecting the urgent needs of those we identify as high risk.

Tom Walkley - Founder

Tom offers a vision that reaches the North American youth culture. As a family, juvenile and criminal lawyer for 22 years, he knows the justice system, the programs, what works and what doesn't. He values the importance of maintaining personal faith in God, a family of loving relationships and work that motivates the dignity and personal goals of each member.

Tom understands the motivating importance of having a functional and loving family of relationships. He and his wife, Beth have been actively involved in their church for more than 30 years. They have 5 children and 4 grandchildren.

Tom has a unique blend of leadership training, education and ministry that enables him to write personal plans of action and custom solutions for the needs of people that not only enhance individual time management, but also financial productivity.

He is available to assist philanthropists, businesses and charitable organizations with capital development including venture capital funding as well as bank financing.

Tom writes and publishes custom marketing materials that go with the business plans he develops to ensure the close and cohesive relationship between the organization, its mission and its resources.

From marketing and operations to delivery and administration, Tom has extensive experience researching, forecasting, budgeting and implementing changes that result in the growth of any organization.

His resume consists of 32 years of administration, accounting, business and financial management and legal experience in military, corporate, professional services, limited partnerships, non-profit and for-profit industries. He is a licensed attorney in the State of Ohio and practiced for 22 years with an emphasis in Family Law, Juvenile Law, Criminal Law, Elder Law, Wills, Trusts and Estate Planning, Probate, Real Estate, Patent and Business Law. He is exceptional at forming strategic alliances with all groups of society and retains a high level of regard in the local and regional communities.
He is currently marketing a $2M dollar private offering for a $12M project to fund the first phase of a restaurant intended to compete in the fast casual bakery market; designing the architectural drawings and overseeing construction of the prototype commercial facility. This location was designed to grow the community partnership of Cafe FortyOne-Eleven to offer career training and educational opportunities for motivated young adults desiring to experience leadership mentoring, entrepreneurial support to innovate in the Green Energy sciences, engineering and mathematics, environmental, agricultural, vocational education, technology, performing arts, business and financial management and administrative support services.

Steve Friddle, Chairman
Elizabeth Walkley, Trustee
Brian Cowan, Trustee

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Private Donations

Cafe FortyOne:Eleven is very unique in its approach to meeting the needs of today's youth.

First, it brings together every sector of the local and regional community to act upon the needs of today's youth for love, family support, literacy, vocational education, professional counseling when needed, life skills support groups and programs for the gifted without all of the bureacracy.

Second, the identity of our donors is confidential. We rely solely on the support of the gifts of people who want to do the right thing for the right reasons.

Third, we empower ordinary citizens to management positions in our facilities.

Fourth, we train our volunteers in the cultural challenges of today's youth and network with police, schools, churches and professionals who have expertise in their respective disciplines.

Fifth, we offer community service for high school graduation requirements.

Sixth, we offer community service opportunities for area probation departments and courts.

Seventh, we create vocational education and employment opportunities for talented entrepreneurs to achieve financial independence.

To provide on the job training opportunities.

To partner with a business whose facility has been designed to accommodate entry level restaurant jobs, childcare, educational classrooms, the theatre for the arts, a gymnasium or fitness center and a career center.

We would like to partner with individuals, businesses, foundations, non-profit organizations to provide the needed resources for our humanitarian goals as well as programs for the gifted.

Cafe Forty-One: Eleven has successfully maintained it's operations to privately fund its mission for (9) nine years on the generous donations of donors like yourself.

Cafe Forty-One: Eleven has approved a comprehensive nation wide "No dollar left behind" fund raising campaign to Counter the Culture for the benefit of today's youth.