Live Like Sam Foundation

Summit & Wasatch Counties' Premier Youth Well-Being and Prevention Nonprofit through Positive Programming

The Live Like Sam Foundation honors the life and legacy of Sam Jackenthal by inspiring youth from all backgrounds to embrace self-awareness, courage, kindness, leadership, and joy. We empower youth to develop a healthy self-identity, character, purpose, and community connection by fostering well-being through educational programming. We believe that social and emotional learning gives youth the tools to thrive.

The Live Like Sam Foundation is uniquely positioned to play a critical role in delivering high-impact social-emotional programming to enhance the lives of youth in the Summit & Wasatch County Community.

Park City’s Youth Mental, Emotional, and Social Health Challenges

Summit County is experiencing a youth mental health crisis.  In 2021, a survey of Summit County youth between grades 6-12 found that 70% have moderate to high depressive symptoms, and 47% have moderate to high mental health treatment needs.

Programming offered by Live Like Sam

Well-Being, Life Skills & Character Development | Grades K-12

Inspiring children to develop wellness skills early on to live happy and healthy lives.

Each child deserves the opportunity to live a vibrant life. We teach students mindfulness techniques and empower them to take control of their well-being using fun interactive activities that promote youth character development and improve mental health in schools.

From unique workshops, to summer camps and school-wide assemblies, Live Like Sam aims to improve our children’s mental health through positive programming.

Thrive | Grades 6-12

Evidence-based preventative mental health initiative that empowers and strengthens youth wellbeing.

Live Like Sam, in partnership with WeBeWell, offers an impactful program for Summit & Wasatch County youth, designed to promote youth well-being, emotional resilience, confidence, and healthy life-skills. Our skills lessons are conducted through app and web technology and via in-person and Zoom-based well-being groups.

Thanks to generous grants and donations from our supporters, Live Like Sam is currently able to fully scholarship the $500 value program for each student.

Sam’s Story

Sam Jackenthal was a U.S. Junior National Freestyle skiing Champion, a top internationally ranked freestyle skier, and a world champion inline rollerblader. More importantly, he was a generous, fun-loving individual with a great sense of kindness and community, purpose, character, and self-identity. While our Park City community lost Sam at age 16 to a training accident in Australia in 2015, his legacy of inclusivity, humility, gratitude, and positivity is still an inspiration long after his passing.

Live Like Sam is grateful to be partnered with more than 30 local organizations including Summit County Behavioral Health Department that believe in supporting the positive growth of our youth and the betterment of our community as a whole. 

Offline donations may be mailed to:

Live Like Sam Foundation

1335 Fiddich Glen Ln, Park City, UT 84098

Contact: Ron Jackenthal

Email: ron@livelikesam.org

Phone: (435) 901-0078

www.livelikesam.org