The Skill Builders Society Imprint
Empowering Communities With Life-Skills Classes and Programs Made Possible By Grants
The Imprint Project leaves a lasting mark by empowering marginalized communities with free, trauma-informed and research-backed skill-building programs so every person has the opportunity to thrive.
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Our Impact
Geographic Reach:
Agencies, shelters, and learning centers in 1 City and 2 Counties in Maryland served with free skill-building programs and workshops
Skills Built:
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Resilience and emotional regulation
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Critical thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving
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Communication skills
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Self-awareness and emotional intelligence
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Leadership and teamwork
Measurable Outcomes & Real World Success— For Youth:
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Increased confidence → improved academic performance and grades
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Strengthened resilience → better ability to navigate challenges
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Enhanced communication skills → stronger peer and family relationships
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Team-building and cooperation → positive classroom engagement
Measurable Outcomes & Real World Success
— For Adults:
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Personal strengths identified → clarity in career direction
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Confidence built → pursuit of meaningful, sustainable employment
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Communication skills strengthened → improved family & workplace relationships
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Resilience developed → better stress management and problem-solving
What is Imprint?
Our free programs and mentorship equips adults and youth in underserved communities with essential life skills and mental wellness strategies for greater confidence and success.
When Skills Grow, Communities Thrive.
1 in 5 youth and adults experience a mental health condition, highlighting the need for skill-building.
When skill-building happens in groups, communities grow stronger and more resilient.
Skill-building boosts confidence, improves academics, job performance, and fosters long-term mental wellness.
We deliver tailored life-skills education—from community classes to skill-building groups and partnership trainings—designed to equip communities and organizations with vital life skills for greater success and mental wellness.
"Ms. Dianne's classes are always impressive, not your typical classes. In addition to working with the group, she also works with people one on one and digs deep, helping them to find their strengths and their traits for leadership... she creates original experiential activities to draw out what's inside of them and help them integrate what they're learning, so they can develop confidence and chart a path that serves them now and into the future." ~ Adia Del Pino
In just a few hours, Adia built a new transportable, monetizable skill by working in tandem with me! Your donations also allow us to hire youth for skill-building employment opportunities, in a culture where they often feel overlooked and underestimated. (Read Adia's story here.)
Community
Partners
We're bringing our life-skills programs and our signature engaging and accessible activities directly into communities, schools, and organizations where children and adults can most use them to build essential skills for lifelong success.
"I have used Dianne Fanti's educational programs and tools with my students, and some of my special needs students and they really enjoyed playing the games included. We have also been exploring and using the other 20 activities in the kit together. Living in a time where many people feel hurried and stressed, having hands-on, experiential activities and creative outlets are so helpful. The game also encourages the children to connect with each other and participate together, and they are happier when they are connecting. To unplug, to be able to practice mindfulness and being present in enjoyable ways while building resilience, to limit screen time (which helps with better sleep) and to get children off of their phones and connecting with each other and their families ~ these are all quite helpful. So many people are looking for ways to slow down, to unplug, and to recharge themselves, and This program can help them to do all of those things!" ~ Sharon Flynn, LCPC, School Psychologist in Baltimore City schools
Our program for adults can help them strengthen their ability to:
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Overcome addictions
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Build meaningful relationships
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Discover their strengths for meaningful & sustainable work
"Dianne shares as many techniques as she can, that can help people to reset their thinking. And she provides insights into the problems that so many people who are dealing with trauma and acute needs can use. There are a lot of people out there who react to their stresses before they can think about it. A lot of these techniques can help people calm their bodies even in just a couple of seconds and she provides many techniques so they can support themselves now and in the future..." ~ Naomi Berkenbilt, LCSW-C
YOU CAN HELP US EXPAND OUR REACH
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Donate
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Partner with Us
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Sponsor a Program
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Volunteer
How to Donate Online:
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Click on the "Donate Now" button below.
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On the PayPal page, use the dropdown menu to select "Skill Builders Society" from the list.
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Enter your donation amount.
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Choose pay with PayPal or your credit card.
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Your tax-deductible donation will be processed through our 501(c)3 nonprofit fiscal sponsor, The Obasi Foundation, and will be directed to Skill Builders Society Imprint.
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How to Donate via Check:
Mail your filled out check made payable to our fiscal sponsor, the 501c3 nonprofit The Obasi Foundation, with "Skill Builders Society Imprint" written in the memo line to:
The Obasi Foundation
2004 Bonhill Drive
Reisterstown, MD 21136
Thank you! You'll receive a tax-deductible receipt by mail.
We appreciate your support!
Meet our Peer-based Advisory Board
Nathalia Gordon, MHS
Master's in Human Services
Nathalia Gordon holds a Master's in Human Services, and has been a Human Services Program Development Specialist for 30 years with Maryland agencies, including Healthy Start and Maryland Family Network. She has more recently become a Professional Life Coach. She began her career by offering support services to children, then expanded her services to include families. She is passionate about helping those who've been marginalized to have opportunities and support to overcome adversity. On our advisory board, Ms. Gordon is our Quality Assurance Specialist. She enjoys reading, writing, and spending time with her family in nature.
Sharon Flynn, LCPC
School Psychologist
Sharon Flynn is a School Psychologist who has been working in the City Schools since 1996. She is currently assigned to schools at the pre-Kindergarten through fifth grade level. Sharon has also been working as a Learning Consultant at the Dyslexia Tutoring Program since 2011. Sharon explores developing meaningful relationships with her students. She believes in recognizing individual
strengths and capitalizing on these qualities to help students thrive. She also enjoys
teaching students valuable coping skills, facilitating social and skills groups. In her free
time, she loves to practice yoga, read, explore new places, garden and spend time with
her husband and her beagle.
Jean Seville Suffield, DNM
Doctor of Natural Medicine
After initially pivoting from her career in business, Dr. Suffield
became an educator with a keen focus on leadership. From
her position as a teacher, she became a department head,
and then a Superintendent of a Canadian school district for 5
years. She further expanded her reach, becoming an
Assistant Superintendent for a school board that oversaw
thirty schools for another 5 years. She loves brain-based
learning, creative thinking or ‘thinking about thinking,’ and
fun, interactive, experiential learning. Dr. Suffield was so impressed with Dianne's ability to make complex subjects understandable to the public that she became a member of The Skill Builders Society Imprint Advisory Board.
Naomi Berkenbilt, LCSW-C
Clinical Social Worker
Naomi has been a social worker since 1995. She has spent her career working with disadvantaged individuals of many ages. Between working in foster care, and with special needs children and struggling families, to working within community mental health with adults and children, Naomi has learned many techniques to assist individuals with regulating their emotions. Many of the techniques provided in the "Reset for wellness" program enhance techniques Naomi has taught. Dianne provides excellent resources to help the individuals in these populations. Naomi enjoys walks with her family and her granddogs, going into the forest, and taking pictures of wildlife and nature.