Help good teens avoid trouble, by engaging them in productive positive activities! The Debutante & Esquire Boot Camp is an intense preparatory program, its purpose is to give youth the tools and resources needed to succeed as they pass into adulthood while instilling cultural pride and knowledge of black history. Tau Omega Kappa(TQK)is a youth membership organization focused on strong values, scholarship, and achievement. The purpose of TQK is to provide social, cultural, academic, and civic activities to African American Teens that expand their minds and prepare them for life.

Now entering its third year, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Schenectady County has hosted the Schenectady Youth Marathon (SYM). To date, over one-hundred youth have completed the SYM with the support of numerous volunteers. Youth completing the SYM report increased fitness levels, as well as decreased time spent on the Internet, playing video games, and watching television. In addition to the fitness component, youth receive nutrition information based on the USDA “My Pyramid” program, and report a greater understanding of nutritional issues.

We are an informal organization with a mission to endeavor in multi-cultural events promoting Indonesian arts and language amongst our members, and the general Delaware public. We are a diverse non-racial and non-religious club, open to any individuals who would like to have fun and gain a richer understanding of our culture. So come and join us! We are currently looking for volunteers to help us on our upcoming show in August. We are in need of young energetic people who would like to learn new things, make new friends, perform or just help us set-up the stage. It's a fun summer project.

Squish is a kid rock band from Vancouver, WA ages 12-15 years old. They are sending a message to their peers across the United States and playing concerts up and down the West Coast, about the dangers of an anti-sedentary lifestyle. Their song, "Personal Space Invader" is about how their friends are in their basements playing video games or watching t.v and how they want to be free from the t.v and are out playing in the sun, riding bikes, water skiing and doing all these fun activities.

Starting February 2009, I will be biking across the country to raise money for my high school's environmental action club. The experience will be a wonderful opportunity for me to raise money for my club and thus lessen the carbon footprint of my school, and therefore community. Currently, the environmental action club (which has just been founded this school year) is devising a composting program for the school. We have met with "Compost Masters" from around town, and are talking with school administrators about this new possibility.