Marketing Firm Partners with Local Urban Entrepreneurs to Teach Life Skills to Troubled Teens
Jay Lillie
August 05, 2009
"Think it out, don't fight it out. Heads up, pants up, grades up!" These powerful words come from self made entrepreneur and Robert Smith.
The Bad News:
540,382 kids dropped out of high school in 2006.
60 billion in annual costs to taxpayers for prisons, jails, and juvenile detention centers.
High school dropouts are 8 times as likely to end up in prison or jail.
75% of state prison inmates and 59% of federal inmates are high school dropouts.
The Good News:
A study of 1000 young people showed that children with mentors were:
46% less likely to begin using illegal drugs
27% less likely to begin using alcohol
53% less likely to skip school
33% less likely to engage in school violence
There are also sponsorship opportunities. The sponsorship for a 2 day event each month for the next 12 months is $150,000. For more information please call Robert Smith at 800-776-5133.
The Bad News:
540,382 kids dropped out of high school in 2006.
60 billion in annual costs to taxpayers for prisons, jails, and juvenile detention centers.
High school dropouts are 8 times as likely to end up in prison or jail.
75% of state prison inmates and 59% of federal inmates are high school dropouts.
The Good News:
A study of 1000 young people showed that children with mentors were:
46% less likely to begin using illegal drugs
27% less likely to begin using alcohol
53% less likely to skip school
33% less likely to engage in school violence
There are also sponsorship opportunities. The sponsorship for a 2 day event each month for the next 12 months is $150,000. For more information please call Robert Smith at 800-776-5133.
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