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Yeah . Well the Capital Guardian Youth

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Challenge is an academy that targets at

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risk youth between the ages of 16 and

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18 . These at risk youth or those youth

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who have been disengaged , dropped out

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of high school or just on the

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borderline of making poor and bad

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decisions . This is a 100

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tuition free , no cost to the parents

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or guardians that live in the district

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of Columbia . So if a parent or

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guardian wants to find out more about

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the academy or even enroll , they can

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start off by going to www dot C G Y C A

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dot org and fell out of pre application .

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Or they can call me at (202) 997

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3824 . For more information about how

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to enroll in the program . Well , it's

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a good program because if you have a

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young man , a young woman between the

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ages of 16 and 18 and they're

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disengaged from the traditional high

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schools , then this is a way for them

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to get reengaged . Uh not too long ago .

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There wasn't too much out there for

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young men and young women who have been

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dropped out of high school uh for them

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to start over this way . They come here ,

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they get their high school diploma , a

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vocational trade as well as a new start

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on life . Well , this program got

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started by gentlemen who saw that young

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men and young women who are considered

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thugs or problem child Children in the

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neighborhood uh kind of disappeared and

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came back months later and they were

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had a new way of doing things . They

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looked you in the eye . They shook your

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hand . Yes sir . No sir . And he wanted

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to know what would have this change

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occurred . So when he investigated , he

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found out that these young men and

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young women went into the military and

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when they came back out , they had a

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totally new way of doing things . Well

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after the draft was over , young men

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and young women could no longer go into

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the military without a high school

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diploma . So he tried to come up with a

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way to still help these individuals .

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The way he came up was the challenge

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program Which Inc three things . It

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incorporated counseling , incorporated

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military , uh customs and courtesies .

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And it also incorporated the education

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piece . So with those three things

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together created the challenge program

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and it's been in effect for over 20

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years . Well here at the Capitol

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Guardian Youth Challenge Academy . We

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are not here to discriminate on any one

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individual . We welcome everybody . All

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race , color creed and gender . We're

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here about changing lives . So if

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you're tired of being tired and you

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really want to make a change in your

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life , I say again , Going to www dot c

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G Y C A dot org Or call me mr Wol yun

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at 2029973824 . And let's

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talk