Anisa+&+Katie++editorial

Building a youth center Five things 1.playing basketball. 2.hanging with friends. 3.going on my computer. 4.doing my homework. 5.going to the mall. Hey, how many of you guys/girls like to play something after school? Mostly everyone right? How many of you get bored after school and have nothing to do? Well we think that building a youth center will be good for you to hang with friends, have fun and your mom and dad will always know where you are at all times. With this youth center kids can come here after school to do homework, read, take out books, play basketball, tennis, and go on the computer like you normally would. This youth center could give teenagers a chance to stay out of trouble and perhaps give them a job to help younger kids learn, play, and have a good time. If teenagers are given opportunities to work they can get out of doing drugs and drinking and having sex and can just work with kids and get paid. Even though the youth center will cost lots of money we can make it worth it by raising money at a car wash or a bake sale to support building this youth center. With out this youth center kid can be out doing drugs getting drunk getting pregnant and will drop out of school, won’t get a good job could loose their license do to drinking and driving. So now that you know what sort of things you can get in trouble/ get into, do you think we should have a youth center? If so then will you please help us raise money to build this for all of you, (including teenagers.) Fact 1: Kids and teens are more likely to do bad thing such as: Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drug use or Sexual activity when after school hours are over. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17.6pt;">Fact 2: Children and teens are most likely to be victims of crime after school, when walking home with a group of friends. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17.6pt;">Fact 3: Kids that walk home by their self’s are most likely to get stolen by some one that followed them home and knows that their mom and dad are at work. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17.6pt;">Thank you, for reading our paper now that you know what can happens to kids if we don’t have a youth center so please help us raise money for it. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17.6pt;"> BY: Anisa & Katie