Hope & Love

Anchor the Soul

Our vision is to see children and adults with disabilities in our community, celebrated and nurtured.

2024 IMPACT REPORT NOW AVAILABLE

Eternal Anchor’s 2024 Annual Impact Report, sent to donors in early 2025, is now available to read online. Learn more about the difference our international network of supporters is helping to make in the San Quintin Valley.

Who We Are

Eternal Anchor

In the heart of rural Mexico, our team is building a movement of inclusion—bringing people together across cultures and backgrounds to ensure that children and adults with disabilities are seen, valued, and empowered to thrive. 

What We Do

We serve more than 250 families impacted by disability.

Eternal Anchor was founded in 2014 to respond to the unmet opportunity of serving individuals and families impacted by disability in the communities of rural Baja California, Mexico.

Why We’re Here

We aim to heal social divisions.

We work hard to heal social divisions so that all members of our community can be valued, experience belonging, and reach their God-given potential.

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Night to Shine is never only about one evening.

It is about what becomes visible when dignity, joy, welcome, and celebration are given room to fill a space. For one beautiful night, our ranch became a place of music, movement, laughter, friendship, and deep belonging as each guest was honored for who they are.

We are so grateful for every volunteer, staff member, family member, supporter, and community partner who helped make Eternal Anchor’s 2026 Night to Shine possible. Hosted by Eternal Anchor and sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation, this celebration was full of the kind of joy that lingers long after the lights go down.

Thank you for helping create a night where every guest was seen, celebrated, and reminded that they matter. #NightToShine #DisabilityInclusion #Belonging #Celebration
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Yesterday, parents and representatives from CONAFE—Mexico's Consejo Nacional de Fomento Educativo, which helps expand access to community-based education in underserved areas—joined us at Eternal Anchor for our quarterly student demonstrations.

What stood out was not performance for performance's sake. It was the quiet clarity of what becomes possible when learning is shaped around the actual student.

This is one of the things that makes education at Eternal Anchor so meaningful. Growth does not move in only one direction, and it is not measured by only one standard. Academic learning matters. So do communication, regulation, daily living skills, confidence, problem-solving, and the steady practice of doing more with growing independence. Each of those pieces counts because each one helps build a fuller life.

That is why individualized education matters so much. Real learning begins when a student is known well enough for teaching to be responsive, practical, and personal. Yesterday's demonstrations offered one more glimpse of that truth. Different students. Different strengths. Different ways of learning. Real progress.

We were grateful to share that with parents and with CONAFE, and grateful for the work our students and staff continue doing day by day. #InclusiveEducation #EducationMatters #LifeSkills #Belonging
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A new school day begins long before the first lesson.

It begins in the quiet shift from home to classroom, in the rhythm of showing up, in the small acts of readiness that help shape belonging over time. For many students, that transition carries more meaning than people realize. It is not only about arrival. It is about entering a place where they are known, expected, and supported.

That matters because inclusive education is built not only through curriculum, but through consistency, relationship, and the steady message that a student's presence matters here. Day after day, those ordinary beginnings help make learning possible.

At Eternal Anchor, we never want school to feel like a place a child simply passes through. We want it to be a place where each student is welcomed into community and given room to grow. #InclusiveEducation #Belonging #SchoolDay
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Our Mailing Address

For mail and packages:

Eternal Anchor
8562 Calle de Buena Fe
El Cajon, CA 92021

For U.S. checks:

Eternal Anchor
3405 S Madison St.
Tacoma, WA 98409

For Canadian cheques:

CAF Canada
401 Bay Street, Suite 1600
Toronto, ON M5H 2Y4
(Please make cheques out to “CAF Canada” and write “Eternal Anchor Fund” in the memo line)