Keep Your Fundraising Activity Safe

When your youth group is doing a fundraiser, it is imperative to make sure that the proper safety precautions are followed.

Never allow door-to-door sales without direct adult supervision. Period.

In a sad case, an 11-year-old boy selling candy for a PTA fundraiser came to the door of a 15-year-old boy who was home alone at the time. The youngster was invited inside, sexually molested, and then murdered.

This is not an urban legend. The murder happened in Freehold, New Jersey on September 27, 1997 and it raised the fundraising safety issue to national prominence.

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Youth League Basketball Offense

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Coach Al Sokaitis provides youth league basketball coaches with key concepts and strategies needed to develop a successful offense. The program emphasizes teaching players how to play within the framework of various offenses. Among the topics covered are: warm ups, offensive concepts, post play, the four out set, transition offense and the flex offense. This comprehensive DVD is a must have resource for anyone involved in youth league basketball. 61 minutes. 2006. About the… More >>

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Volunteer for Chocco youth group/ Ecotourism in Peru

Hampy is a non profit organization created in November 2004, whose central objectives are: To provide sustainable development at local, regional and national levels. To innovate methods of teaching Spanish to foreigners throught interactive, fun and experiencial classes. Volunteers are required for this placement as it One of the largest projects that is currently running within the Community of Chocco has a youth group that meets three times per week. The primary focus of this group is to pro actively reach and educate the next generation of Chocco in an attempt to increase their awareness of the potential for growth within the community. Each two hour session includes training on how to run a small business, English language training, team work activities and problem solving skills. Chocco has social problems like teen pregnancy, alcoholism, domestic violence which need to be addressed and solutions need to be sought to better the future for the next generation. To innovate the volunteer work through well organized and structured projects. To generate preventive therapy and health programs.

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