About KeelWorks

Mission Statement 

We get people to work - anyone unemployed. We champion full inclusion and upward mobility for the economically disadvantaged.

Our Cause

In this world there are the haves and the have nots. The haves come to the table, the have nots are on the outside looking in. It is easy to believe that we, with our sterling education, excellent job, good society, and more money than we really need, have these because we deserve them. And that those without these are without them because they simply didn’t work for it.

We believe life is more complicated than that. Given different circumstances, those on the inside and those on the outside might be reversed. We believe everyone has something essential to contribute. We believe inclusion makes for a more peaceful world. We believe we CAN foster sustainable and measured change. We think today’s needy can be the helpers of tomorrow.

Change is difficult, often because we are scared, ignorant, ill-equipped, and alone. KeelWorks addresses these factors for greater success. Our special "sauce" is: address the barriers, arm with basic competencies, provide the savvy of lessons learned, and provide a community of mutual support and accountability for as long as it takes.

KeelWorks has no religious or political affiliation. We believe diversity, in all its forms, breeds perspective, and the learning is better for it. Rich and poor, intellectually advantaged and intellectually challenged, black, indigenous, asian, white, Muslim, Jew, Catholic,Hindu,  or atheist; the broader the base, the better.

We can help the unemployed create jobs where no jobs exist, we can help the displaced workers and homemakers reinvent themselves, we can help refugees from incarceration, tyranny, and poor choices redefine themselves for better futures. We can do this - only with your help.

Who We Propose to Serve

Our mission strategy is to support individual change for upward mobility. These are people who can't gain or sustain employment sufficient to sustain themselves and their family. Who are these people? They are legion. 

Examples include:

• The homeless

• The children of the very wealthy (they would be happier if contributing)

• Previously incarcerated

• The severely disabled (who have been written off)

• Substance users in recovery

• Homemakers and workers displaced by change

• Integrating Refugees

• The under-educated and unskilled

• The unskilled educated