“Preparing people to live with, through, and beyond challenges”
Shelton Bady, CEO

The Shelton Bady Foundation was founded for the purpose of assisting those in our society who are in need, especially the children and families who are living in poverty, helplessness, or those who are experiencing hopelessness, as well as individuals who are dealing with the challenge of HIV or AIDS.

The Shelton Bady Foundation will concentrate on seeding innovative programs and service initiatives, which will seek new solutions for addressing societal needs. With obesity reaching epidemic proportion, and with Houston ranked very high on the obesity scale, there is a need to get our children and adults in programs that promote physical fitness. Affordable fitness programs are greatly needed as a proactive measure against obesity and disease.

The Foundation will address the concerns of family and community, as well as worldwide humanitarian concerns. With the word “dysfunctional” a very familiar part of today’s vernacular, it is also a concern of the Foundation to ensure fathers take their rightful place within the family unit. With the development and implementation of a strong adult male mentoring program, today’s men can be directed to rule themselves, so they can positively affect their families and the world.

Our goal is to be instrumental in strengthening the family unit. A strong family is the nucleus by which all things that affect our economic growth system are launched. According to the U.S. Census Bureau 2003, Texas has the lowest percentage of high school graduates in the nation for the second straight year in a row. Educational attainment is the scale used for predicting income. This could ultimately harm Texas’ economy as less educated people enter the work force making Texas less competitive and having a negative affect on the state’s demographic figures.

Currently we are involved in providing solutions for children in Kenya who have been adversely affected by the AIDS epidemic. The Shelton Bady Foundation (through The Preparation Ministries) has contributed to the efforts towards providing safe havens for homeless, orphaned, and at-risk children in Kenya. These children are greatly disadvantaged due to dysfunctional families, hunger, homelessness due to parents dying of AIDS, and lack of access to the basics that children need in life. The streets of Kenya are full of children ranging from newborn to young adult. AIDS is a recurring cycle. Children whose parents died of AIDS are repeating the cycle by becoming sexually active very young and becoming infected as young adults. The Shelton Bady Foundation’s goal is intervention through various programs to house, feed and educate homeless children, as well as educate adults in the area of parenting, family counseling, and ultimately reconciling children with their families or provide foster care and adoption for children of deceased parents.

Greenspoint has experienced undeniable improvement due to the cooperation of business, civic and religious leaders. However, the economic limitations have impaired transformation. Some of the missing support elements are community centers, family-oriented programs, and child watch and development programs.

The Shelton Bady Foundation will concentrate on seeding innovative programs and service initiatives, which will seek new solutions for addressing societal needs.

The Foundation will address the concerns of family and community, as well as worldwide humanitarian concerns. Our initial goal is to be instrumental in strengthening the family unit. A strong family is the nucleus by which all things that affect our economic growth system are launched. It is also a concern of the Foundation to ensure fathers take their rightful place within the family unit, with the development and implementation of a strong adult male mentoring program.

Currently we are involved in providing solutions for children in Kenya who have been adversely affected by the AIDS epidemic. The Shelton Bady Foundation (through The Preparation Ministries) has contributed to the efforts towards providing safe havens for homeless, orphaned, and at-risk children in Kenya.