Philanthropy

The Park West® Foundation

Providing new directions for youth

In 2005 Albert and Mitsie Scaglione, owners of the acclaimed Park West Gallery® and Cruise Art Auctions founded this not-for-profit organization as a way to give something back to their Detroit community. The Park West® Foundation was organized to provide much needed help to people wherever it is needed.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 

Galatians 5:22, 23

Of the many groups the foundation helps, New Directions For Youth aims to provide under privileged children with a support system to ease the difficult transition from foster care to a fulfilling life as young adults.

Currently focusing on young women, the Park West® Foundation diligently works for those about to "age-out" of the state-sponsored support system. Literally overnight these essentially parentless young women are handed a plastic bag with their belongings and sent out survive on the street. Feeling abandoned, and without the skills needed to find a job or a place to live, the girls face a host of problems. They are looking for help and the Park West® Foundation is there to assist them in both simple and complex ways.

The foundation's goal is to create a more complete support system for these young women, and to eventually serve young men as well. The Park West® Foundation is currently searching for a building to offer housing, education, day care, and job training all under one roof. This ambitious vision will need volunteers, mentors, grit, enthusiasm, tenacity, and heart.

The Park West® Foundation is confident they will achieve their goal to provide a safe environment for those most vulnerable in their community. By doing this, they aspire to provide opportunities for these young people to attain a better life and a chance to experience the American Dream.

Check back soon to find out how the Park West® Foundation, a name you can trust, with over 40 years of experience in the world of fine arts, both at sea and on land, gives back to our greater world communities.

How can I help?

Some of the causes Park West® Foundation supports

Art Donations Made to Universities

As part of the Scaglione family's commitment of bringing art to the people, Albert, Mitsie and Marc Scaglione have donated a significant amount of art to universities and other non-profit organizations, including: