Scholarships & Goals of Tracks 4 Kids
For every two hundred and seventy dollars donated, our friends at Emerald Imagination Station will pay for half of the membership fees for the Leadership Robotics and History program for a single child. The Leadership Robotics and History Program runs every fall at the Interurban Railway in downtown Plano.
Goal 1
Three to Five free Autism seminars given to the public each year. Tracks 4 Kids has accomplished this goal for the last twelve consecutive years from 2014 all the way through 2025.
Goal 2
To raise enough financial resources to give two scholarships for the leadership Robotics and History program each year to children who could could use help in developing social skills and who may lack the funding sources necessary to take part in the LRH program. T4K has reached this goal for the last two consecutive years providing scholarships to two children each year from 2024 through 2025
Goal 3
The development of clinical tools to enhance clinical treatment for children on the spectrum and supplying said tools for clinical use to medical practitioners specializing in the treatment of autism. T4K started development of its clinical tools known as Creativity Challenges ( which focus on problem solving techniques, social skills development, and building self esteem) in 2021 and has continued to expand the number of creativity challenge tools each year. As of 2025, Tracks 4 Kids has developed over forty creativity challenges for kids on the spectrum.
Goal 4
Building up Steam Initiative: raising the financial resources necessary to aid in the opening of an autism center located in Allen Texas focused on helping children who are diagnosed with High Functioning Autism and or Social Communication Disorder. T4K achieved the first stage of this goal in February of 2025, donating six thousand dollars for renovations for the autism center known as Emerald's Imagination Station. Emerald Imagination Station was opened this year as the primary headquarters for Tracks 4 Kids in May of 2025.
Goal 5
Raising the needed financial resources to further develop the creativity center section of Emerald's Imagination Station. Expansion plans include remodeling the interior for seminar use related to Autism education, updating amenities, train wall murals, installation of projectors etc.. This goal is in its beginning stages and we are currently raising funds to achieve it.
Goal 6
A current goal of T4K is to expand Tracks 4 Kids footprint beyond Collin County to include the metroplex. In 2024 and 2025, T4K has been and is currently meeting with a wide range of non-profit agencies and medical practitioners whose overall goals include advancing the welfare of the public through educational resources and family based social skills interventions. To date Tracks 4 Kids continually interacts with the Club Foot Research Foundation and the Plano Conservancy as well as multiple college campuses, and a wide range of clinicians.
Goal 7
Tracks 4 Kids in conglomeration with the Clubfoot Research Foundation and Emerald's Imagination Station, has been working on a data base to provide overall resources for the autism community since 2022. The resources include research articles on medical initiatives conducted across the globe as well as existing medical and community resources within Collin and surrounding county's in the state of Texas. The data base development is ongoing and Tracks 4 Kids is looking to double its existing community resources data base by the end of 2026.
Goal 8
Emerald's Imagination Station is continually working to advance resources for the autism community. Tracks 4 Kids, to aid in this advancement, will be working on raising funds for a child's playground as well helping to expand the autism centers footprint in terms of a new building that will allow Emerald's Imagination Station to provide more clinical programs.
Goal 9
Future endeavors may include but are not limited to: Helping to develop new clinical treatment tools, providing continuing educational tools for teachers and clinicians, as well as helping to advance students in learning about the neuro-divergent population.