23-Dec-2011
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Children and teenagers are getting a sample of a range of professions during the Arizona Youth University summer camps. During the summer, students participating in the summer program learn about what it’s like to be an astronomer, engineer, actor, dancer, journalist and a host of other professions while also learning what it means to be a college student.
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21-Dec-2011
Category : Teen
This is a short video of me putting together the backpacks for homeless kids.
19-Dec-2011

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TeenForce Launches Jobs Program For Youth In Foster Care
Los Gatos, CA (PRWEB) June 07, 2011
TeenForce, a non profit organization dedicated to employment opportunities for youth, and The Terraces of Los Gatos, a retirement community in Los Gatos, today announced a unique partnership to provide part-time work opportunities for Silicon Valley youth in foster care.
Seven workers, including five living in foster care, have been hired through TeenForce to work at the Terraces. TeenForce workers will provide resident assistance, administrative support and food service at the facility. For most of the teens, the assignment at the Terraces will be their first paying job.
âTeenForce is a terrific resource that provides the business community with well-prepared young workers who can make an immediate and positive contribution,â said Alex Candalla, executive director of The Terraces. âWeâre particularly pleased to be providing opportunities for teenagers who are leaving the foster care system and starting out on their own.â
TeenForce collaborated with EMQ FamiliesFirst (EMQFF) of Campbell and Silicon Valley Childrenâs Fund (SVCF) of San Jose to identify foster care job candidates for the positions. EMQFF is Californiaâs largest provider of behavioral health services for children in crisis and serves 60 foster youth in Santa Clara County. SVCF is focused on improving outcomes for foster youth, primarily by ensuring that they receive the proper educational support through middle school, high school and post-secondary education.
âOnly 25% of all foster youth considers attending college or a vocational program,â said Elise Cutini, executive director of the Silicon Valley Childrenâs Fund. âTeenForce has been an outstanding partner in advancing the mission of the Silicon Valley Childrenâs Fund and creating employment opportunities for young people that will serve them well in the future.â
To prepare workers, TeenForce, The Terraces and both agencies created a job readiness program that included workplace safety, etiquette and financial skills training. Working through EMQFF and SVCF, TeenForce interviewed and chose six foster youth from the East Side Union High School District of San Jose. TeenForce received a $ 50,000 grant from The Valley Foundation to help finance this pilot program.
âTeens in foster care struggle with enormous challenges,â said Roberto Favela, vice president of Administration and Foster Care and Adoption Services at EMQ FamiliesFirst. âThey donât have a parent or older sibling who can teach them the skills for landing and keeping that first job. The experience theyâll have through TeenForce will help them personally and professionally for the rest of their lives.â
The program for the Terraces is the latest success for TeenForce, which currently provides young adult workers to 31 companies in Silicon Valley. Since it was founded in 2010, TeenForce has placed 72 teens in jobs, totaling 7,946 hours. Those teens have been paid $ 73,383 in wages.
âTeenForce was launched to help youth of all backgrounds gain work experience,â said TeenForce founder and CEO John Hogan. âOur partnership with the Terraces and both agencies is the first of its kind, and we invite other employers to join with us to create employment opportunities for young people.â
About TeenForce
Based in Los Gatos, TeenForce works with local businesses to create job opportunities for teens and young adults. TeenForce was founded in 2010 to reduce the barriers to teen employment and provide young people with a wide range of work experience, including summer internships, part-time and full-time employment. TeenForce is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that is funded by grants, community and individual donations, and placement fees from employers. For more information about TeenForce, or to provide a work opportunity for local youth, please contact John Hogan at 408.827.3078 or johnhogan(at)teenforce(dot)org.
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29-Nov-2011
SMS Text, Email and Social Media Drive Immediate Member Involvement in Youth Education, Fundraising and Grant Making Efforts for the SoCal Olympians and Paralympians
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) November 28, 2011
The Southern California Olympians and Paralympians has significantly boosted member involvement for its programs since using Trumpia’s All-In-One Multi-Channel Marketing platform, which offers mobile text, email, voice broadcast, IM and social media messaging in a single platform.
Some of the many initiatives of the organization include its Koroibos Foundation, which raises funds to provide grants for athletes who hope to compete in future Olympiads — such as London 2012 — as well as its World Fit and Ready, Set, Gold! programs, which help place speakers in elementary, middle and high schools. These youth education programs inspire and motivate students to look toward exercise, health, good nutrition and fitness as guidelines for their entire life.
The Southern California Olympians and Paralympians has been leveraging mobile text, email and Facebook to provide information about grant programs and enlist the help of US Olympian and Paralympian athletes who serve as speakers in the classroom and participants at events.
Since adopting the Trumpia platform, the organization has more quickly and efficiently gained the participation from its members in each of its various activities, programs and events.
The organization has built a significant mobile text marketing database after using its July and August email and Facebook campaigns to get people to opt-in to receive its new SMS marketing campaigns. Then, for its SMS request for speakers in mid-August, the Southern California Olympians and Paralympians received responses within 24 hours from nine people who committed their time to volunteer.
Similarly, after receiving a large donation and sending out a SMS text campaign to solicit grant applications, the organization gained 14 responses within 48 hours. And when seeking someone to present a medal at the Cycling Nationals event, the Southern California Olympians and Paralympians also used Trumpia’s mobile text marketing solution to quickly gain 12 responses within 24 hours.
Since using Trumpia to better engage its Facebook fans, inviting people to text its keyword, OLYMPIANS to its short code, 99000, the organization has enjoyed a 33 percent increase in Facebook Likes, a 21 percent increase in post views and an 11 percent increase in post feedback.
“Fifty Southern California schools rely on our program to help ensure that students stay motivated in achieving fitness and academic excellence,” said Cathy Marino, president of the Southern California Olympians and Paralympians. “As a result, communicating immediately and effectively with our members is absolutely crucial. Using Trumpia as our main communication system makes a big difference, giving us a much more active way to engage our members and carry-out our mission of sponsoring Olympic hopefuls.”
Added Marino, “Olympians rarely look at their emails. So, it took a lot of phone calls and tons of follow-up – and perhaps as long as three weeks — to obtain the results that we realized in just a few days by using the Trumpia platform.”
“The Southern California Olympians and Paralympians use of Trumpia illustrates how our All-In-One platform can help all types of organizations combine mobile text, email and social media messaging to involve their members and customers on a much more personal and effective level,” said Derek Rhie, director of sales and support for Trumpia. “Were very pleased to be able to help the organization use multi-channel communications to boost their response rates and grow their organization – all in an affordable and highly impactful way.”
About The Southern California Olympians and Paralympians
The Southern California Olympians and Paralympians (SCOP) helps fund the dreams of future Olympians and Paralympians; coordinates member appearances at youth, community and corporate events; offers fellowship to members of past and current Olympic teams; and supports the creation of an active, visible worldwide Olympian organization. More than 800 Olympians and 300 Paralympians from past and present Olympic Teams who live and work in Southern California draw upon their athletic experiences to inspire and pass on Olympic ideals to our communities and to enrich the lives of the youth of Southern California. The SCOP holds telephonic board meetings, stages a Welcome Home Dinner for Olympians after each summer Olympic Games, provides speakers to local community groups, participates in celebrity golf tournaments and provides grants to Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls through its Koroibos 501C3 charity.
About Trumpia
Trumpia is the only All-In-One Multi-Channel Marketing and Messaging platform that gives marketers and their customers the greatest level of choice by incorporating SMS and MMS text, email, voice broadcast, IM and social media. For the same price that other providers charge for a single stand-alone email or mobile marketing solution, companies can now afford Trumpia’s multi-channel technology that integrates every popular messaging channel and the most comprehensive set of mobile text marketing features in the industry today. In doing so, Trumpia allows marketers to orchestrate a coordinated cross-channel marketing strategy via a single, web-based system to dramatically increase response rates, brand awareness and return on investment.
Thousands of small businesses, non-profits and Fortune 500 companies are harnessing the power of Trumpia’s patented technology directly from Trumpia or through one of its resellers. With Trumpia’s White Label Reseller program, savvy marketers are creating their own branded website using Trumpia’s opt-in, permission based marketing software platform. Resellers can set-up their own pricing, profit margins and monthly plans. Trumpia’s support team is available to serve customers seven days a week — Monday through Friday, 7:00 am to 6:30 pm, and Saturday and Sunday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, Pacific Time. For more information about Trumpia’s All-In-One platform and White Label Reseller program, sign-up for a free webinar or call 1-888-707-3030.
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Californians for Drug-Free Youth [CADFY] and the Foundation for a Drug-Free World Co-Sponsor Red Ribbon Week 25th Anniversary Awards Ceremony
Hollywood, CA (PRWEB) October 28, 2011
Californians for Drug-Free Youth [CADFY] and the Foundation for a Drug-Free World commemorated the 25th anniversary of Red Ribbon Week on Wednesday, October 26, with an awards ceremony at the Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre in Hollywood. Awardees included Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Mr. Henry Lozano, Director of Los Angeles County Teen Challenge and Urban Ministries Initiatives, who created Red Ribbon Week in 1985.
Mr. John Redman, Executive Director of CADFY, stressed the importance of community support in combating drug abuse.
“Our communities have faced an onslaught of challenges and hardships over issues due to substance abuse. And I believe that our children have the right to make informed positive choices and pursue their dreams. They have the right to grow up in a safe and drug-free community. And that is why I am so very proud of our partnership with the Foundation for a Drug-Free World,” Redman said.
The ceremony was emceed by Erika Christensen whose role as the heroin-addicted teenage daughter of the White House drug czar in Traffic not only earned her critical acclaim but also brought her face-to-face with the gruesome consequences of drug abuse. Actor Jason Dhoring, known for his roles in Veronica Mars, the Moonlight series and his recurring role in the hit TV show Ringer, presented the awards.
The Red Ribbon Week Awards honored civic and community leaders in drug education, prevention and rehabilitation.
The “Drug Prevention through Education Award” went to Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca for his work to rehabilitate offenders through education-based incarceration. Upwards of 1,600 youth have also been trained on the “Truth About Drugs” curriculum of the Foundation for a Drug-Free World through the Sheriff’s VIDA [Vital Intervention and Directional Alternatives] program. Through Sheriff Baca’s help and encouragement, some 200 members of his Sheriff’s Clergy Council have now trained as Drug-Free World Prevention Specialists. Chief Jim Lopez accepted the award on the Sheriff’s behalf.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa received the “Community Prevention and Awareness Award” for his comprehensive anti-gang strategy. Mayor Villaraigosa launched the Summer Night Lights Program four years ago, providing organized nighttime activities in parks for at-risk youth during the months of the highest gang violence. The results have been dramatic: a 17 percent reduction in violent gang-related crimes and an 86 percent reduction in gang-related homicides the first year of operation. The award was accepted on his behalf by Ms. Alicia Avalos, Director of the Summer Night Lights Program.
The “Substance Abuse Treatment Award” went to Mr. Henry Lozano, founder of Red Ribbon Week, former deputy assistant to the president and director of USA Freedom Corps during the George W. Bush administration. Mr. Lozano now heads Los Angeles County Teen Challenge and Urban Ministries Initiatives. The 10 Teen Challenge centers across Southern California returned some 700 program graduates to drug-free lives in the past year alone.
The “Say No To Drugs” team received the “Drug Prevention Outreach Award” for their work promoting drug-free living through the Say No to Drugs Holiday Classic 5K/10K, the Artists Against Drugs Art Show, and the Students Run LA 5K and 10K, their work with the LA Marathon, and their massive distribution of The Truth About Drugs booklets.
Victorville Federal Prison Warden Ms. Tereser Banks received the “Prison Education Reform Program Award” for her groundbreaking work to rehabilitate inmates through vocational training and drug education, using The Truth About Drugs curriculum.
Mr. Fred Thomas was recognized with a special award for his work educating youth on the harmful effects of marijuana and other illegal substances.
Mr. Bob Adams, Vice President of the Church of Scientology International said, “We are fighting a war against the drugs that are killing our youth. It takes a powerful collaboration of community, clergy and law enforcement to accomplish the goal of a drug-free world.”
Red Ribbon Week began in October of 1986 when CADFY sponsored its first statewide celebration. It was initiated by Mr. Henry Lozano after the death of his high school friend, Enriqué “Kiki” Camarena, a DEA Agent who was killed in Mexico while investigating a major drug cartel.
In March 1985, Mr. Lozano and Congressman Duncan Hunter launched “Camarena Clubs” throughout the Imperial Valley, California. Members pledged to lead drug-free lives and wore red satin ribbons in Mr. Camerena’s memory. In 1988, President and First Lady Reagan endorsed the campaign as “Red Ribbon Week,” a national week of drug prevention activities to honor Camarena’s legacy. Red Ribbon Week is the oldest and largest drug prevention campaign in the country.
CADFY is a non-profit organization working in collaboration with individuals, agencies and organizations to bring parents, youth, schools and communities together to build and promote safe and healthy environments.
The Foundation for a Drug-Free World is a nonprofit public benefit corporation that empowers youth and adults with factual information about drugs so they can make informed decisions and live drug-free.
For more than 20 years the Church of Scientology has garnered the support of its members in community-wide programs, which today form the largest non-governmental anti-drug campaign in the world. In partnership with the Foundation for a Drug-Free World, the Church of Scientology sponsored and produced a 16-part series of award-winning public service announcements and a feature-length documentary that form the core of the Foundation’s drug prevention program.
Bob Adams
Phone: (323) 960 3500
Email: mediarelations(at)churchofscientology(dot)net
Church of Scientology International
6331 Hollywood Blvd., Suite 1200
Los Angeles, CA 90028
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