Getting to Know … (45-60 minutes)

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What is Youth Alive?

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Youth Alive is a…• Positive• Peer• Prevention• Program(4P’s)

Positive

• Focuses on positive alternatives with Christ

• Treat each other with “Honor, Dignity, and Respect”

• Valuing each other as a child of God

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Peer

• Youth reach out to others to be drug free

• The connectedness between youth & adult, provides the natural high, an uplifting experience through Christ

• The use of drugs becomes undesirable

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Prevention

• Focuses on “My Choice-Drug Free” through all components of the program

• Encourages a drug free commitment

• Helps youth stop using drugs if they have begun experimenting with them casually

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Youth Alive PLEDGE

I pledge to choose Jesus Christ asmy Highest Power,

I want to be healthy and happyI will say NO to alcoholI will say NO to tobacco

I will say No to illegal drugsI will say No to compulsive behaviors

I will help my friends to say NO to these things alsoI pledge to stand up for what I know is right

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Program

1. Information2. Personal and spiritual growth3. Leadership training4. Environmental change5. Positive alternatives

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1. Information

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