01 / ENGAGE
School Experiences
High-energy assemblies and guided conversations help students examine the power, cost, and long-term impact of everyday choices.
DW&Co. Cares
Purpose Can Change a Future.
Meet Scott Chevalier—DW&Co. real estate agent and Executive Director of Powerhouse Youth Project—and discover the local work helping young people find direction, build confidence, and prepare for life beyond high school.
Meet Scott Chevalier
Two roles. One commitment to community.
Scott Chevalier serves as Executive Director of Powerhouse Youth Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping young people discover their purpose and make informed choices about their futures.
Scott is also a Florida real estate licensee currently registered with DW&Co., Real Estate. His nonprofit responsibilities are separate from the brokerage services he provides through DW&Co., but both reflect a deeply personal commitment to serving Central Florida families.
Through school programs, mentoring, career exposure, and practical preparation for adulthood, Scott and the Powerhouse team work upstream— reaching students while encouragement, opportunity, and a trusted voice can still change the direction of a life.
Established
Serving young people since 1994
Local Focus
Programs reaching Central Florida students
Core Strategy
Pathway to Purpose
Leadership
Scott Chevalier, Executive Director
Why Powerhouse Exists
Reaching young people before circumstances write their story.
Powerhouse begins with a simple belief: every student has passion and purpose, and every young person needs someone willing to help them recognize it. The organization creates opportunities for students to connect today’s choices with tomorrow’s possibilities.
Purpose in Action
Real conversations. Practical tools. Trusted people.
Powerhouse brings students, educators, mentors, public servants, and local professionals together to make life after high school feel visible, understandable, and attainable.
02 / EQUIP
Life and Career Skills
Workshops introduce career planning, financial literacy, leadership, workplace expectations, and skills students can use immediately.
03 / CONNECT
Mentors and Career Exposure
Students meet people who can answer questions, model different possibilities, and help turn an uncertain future into a practical plan.
The Powerhouse Foundation
Passion. Purpose. A path forward.
Powerhouse teaches students that identity and direction are not reserved for people who already have every advantage. They can be discovered, developed, and strengthened through consistent support.
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Every student has a passion and a purpose.
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Everyone needs someone in their life to help them achieve that purpose.
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Every choice carries a cost and helps shape what comes next.
Student Voices
Impact is best understood through the people experiencing it.
Students describe Powerhouse as encouraging, educational, welcoming, and relevant to real life. Their feedback repeatedly points to greater confidence, clearer communication, and a stronger belief in what is possible.
Students report feeling more prepared to make thoughtful decisions about their futures.
Participants value learning from people who share practical experience, not just theory.
Many leave with greater confidence that their present circumstances do not have to define their destination.
Hear the Difference
More than a program. A trusted point of connection.
Hear educators, community partners, and participants describe what happens when students are given consistent encouragement, meaningful opportunities, and people who believe in their potential.
Pathway to Purpose
Helping students turn possibility into a plan.
The Pathway to Purpose strategy gives students a practical framework for exploring who they are, where they may be headed, and which relationships and resources can help them move forward.
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Discover Direction
Explore interests, strengths, personality, and the experiences that shape identity.
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Assess the Future
Connect personal qualities with realistic career pathways and opportunities.
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Connect With Possibility
Build relationships with mentors, professionals, educators, and community resources.
Planned Lake Square Mall Campus
The Next Chapter
A dedicated place for opportunity.
Powerhouse Youth Project is preparing an offsite campus at Lake Square Mall. The planned space is intended to create a welcoming, accessible environment where area students can meet mentors, explore career paths, develop practical skills, and continue building their Pathway to Purpose.
The organization hopes to open the campus as early as November 2026. Development schedules can change, and current opening information should be confirmed directly with Powerhouse.
This concept image represents the planned Powerhouse space. Programs,
availability, opening timing, and operating details remain subject to
change.
Choose Your Next Step
Purpose grows when a community shows up.
Learn more about Powerhouse, explore mentoring, or contact Scott directly about the organization’s programs and planned Lake Square Mall campus.
Support Powerhouse Youth Project
Donations are handled exclusively through Powerhouse Youth Project. DW&Co. does not collect, process, hold, or receipt charitable contributions.
Contact Powerhouse
Connect with Scott or the Powerhouse team for current program, partnership, mentoring, or campus information.
Transparency and Independence Disclosure
This page is provided by DW&Co., Real Estate to raise community awareness of Powerhouse Youth Project and the work of Scott Chevalier. Scott serves as Executive Director of Powerhouse Youth Project and is also a Florida real estate licensee currently registered with DW&Co. His nonprofit responsibilities are separate from the real estate brokerage services he provides through DW&Co.
DW&Co. does not collect or process donations for Powerhouse Youth Project and receives no compensation, referral fee, ownership interest, or financial benefit from the nonprofit in connection with this awareness page. Powerhouse has no obligation to refer, endorse, recommend, or direct real estate business to Scott or DW&Co. Any donation link on this page directs visitors to Powerhouse’s independently operated website, where contributions are handled solely by Powerhouse under its own policies and disclosures.
References to Powerhouse Youth Project, its programs, media, and marks are used with permission. Visitors should contact Powerhouse directly for current information concerning its programs, nonprofit status, financial disclosures, donation processing, volunteer opportunities, and planned campus. DW&Co., Real Estate and Powerhouse Youth Project remain separate organizations.