Kristin Fairchild

Learning Vision & Conviction Through Service Mission in Motion: A Chain Reaction That Lasts a Lifetime A teenager with a dream can imagine a better future. A teenager with vision and conviction can change one. At Chain Reaction, we help young people discover their purpose and develop the confidence to lead with courage. Every service project, leadership challenge, and mentoring conversation is designed to build two life-changing qualities: Vision and Conviction. Vision helps teens see what's...

Learning Interviews & Appreciation Through Service Mission in Motion: A note from the Executive Director on the a skill every teen needs Each week we teach important leadership lessons—but let's be honest: teenagers have developed an impressive ability to tune adults out. Sometimes even the best lesson only lands in snippets. We asked ourselves a simple question: How can we make our lessons stick? And we FINALLY figured it out…. Immediately after the lesson is taught we ask each student an...

Learning Execute + Effort Through Service Mission in Motion: Where Effort Meets Change May marks the moment our teens have been working toward all year — not just the end of a program, but the beginning of their next chapter. At Chain Reaction, Execute + Effort means more than getting things done — it’s about building the habits that make graduation, employment, and independence possible. This is the month when effort meets transformation. Our teens are completing their time at Chain Reaction...