What is The Promise?

​In April 1997 at the Presidents' Summit for America's Future; Presidents Clinton, Bush, Carter, Ford and First Lady Nancy Reagan representing President Ronald Reagan, joined General Colin Powell in the Presidents' Summit for America's Future. They offered a challenge for all Americans to help at-risk youth gain access to five basic tools that create opportunities for success. 
​These resources are known as the Five Fundamental Resources, The Promises:

The Little Red Wagon
“The little red wagon. A symbol of childhood.  It could be filled with a child's hopes and dreams or weighed down with their burdens.  Millions of American Children need our help to pull that wagon along.  Let's all pull together."
General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret)