Simple Ways to Get Started

  • Give a young person a job.Young people meet at a table.
  • Teach a young person a skill you know.
  • Share your passion for computers, music, sports, cooking, sewing, model airplanes – you get the idea.
  • Help young people raise money for community projects they design.
  • Dispel negative stereotypes by telling other adults about the great young people you know.
  • Ask a young person's opinion.

 

 

 

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