TURN THE TIDE
RUN & RIDE
Saturday, July 4th 2009
What’s it About?
It’s about creating a community of adult mentors who encourage our students to lives lives full of integrity !
It’s about providing our students with the skills they need to become responsible and dependable adults!
It's about building strong student leaders who will help their friends turn away from drugs and gangs !
Our Kids are in Trouble !
The need for mentors in Columbia has never been greater. Every statistic and measure of our children’s future potential is heading in the wrong direction. Each year there are more high school drop outs, teen pregnancies, alcohol and drug related incidents, teen suicides and gang activity then the year before. The time to do something is now and the way to turn things around for many of our children is through a strong mentoring relationship with a caring adult.
Our Kids Need your Help!
Our children need a consistent positive influence in their lives to help them through the tough challenges they face as teenagers. They need someone to stand up for them and their future against the wave of pressure from peers, gangs, the media and other negative influences before they make major mistakes and end up damaging their future, hurting other people and filling our courts and jails.
How you can help TURN the TIDE