When Harris Rosen, a self-made millionaire, “adopted” Tangelo Park—a struggling neighborhood in Orlando—he did something radical in its simplicity: he
When Harris Rosen, a self-made millionaire, “adopted” Tangelo Park—a struggling neighborhood in Orlando
—he did something radical in its simplicity: he invested in children.
He funded free preschool programs. He made sure every young person who finished high school had a full scholarship waiting for them—tuition, books, housing, everything. No child left wondering if college was for “people like them.”
What happened?
High school graduation soared from 25% to nearly 100%.
Crime dropped.
Property values rose.
Families had hope where despair once stood.
All because someone understood: when children rise, entire communities rise.
A Reminder We Need Right Now
Too often today, people sneer at the very idea of investing in children. They call it “woke.” They frame it as wasteful. They argue that children should “pull themselves up” as if toddlers can bootstrap their way out of poverty, trauma, or broken systems.
But let us say it plain:
It is wise. It is necessary. It is sacred.
It is how we all move forward together.
The Lesson of Tangelo Park
Harris Rosen could have spent his millions on vanity projects or simply retreated into comfort. Instead, he poured into the smallest hands and watched an entire neighborhood stand taller.
That is the kind of legacy worth leaving.
Imagine if more of us—individuals, companies, governments—chose to sow into children with that same courage. Imagine how many neighborhoods could be reborn.
Our Call
At RosasChildren, we hold fast to this truth:
🌱 Every investment in a child is an investment in our shared future.
🌱 Every safe space we create for a child strengthens the safety of a community.
🌱 Every child we lift up makes us all rise a little higher.
It is not wrong.
It is the very best thing we can do.
✨ Let’s keep building a world where our children—and therefore all of us—rise together.