Causes: Children & Youth, Education, Job Training, Secondary & High Schools, Vocational Counseling, Youth Development Programs

Mission: Our mission is to empower students with vital tools that will increase their career and life opportunities.

Results: We have served more than 6 million US teens since 1985.Students give CHOICES an “approval rating” of 85%, and teachers give it 97%. Come see why teens love our workshop, and why business volunteers find it so rewarding to deliver in the classroom.

Target demographics: keep teens "into" school!

Direct beneficiaries per year: 40,000 students in 25 states

Geographic areas served: North America

Programs: CHOICES, an interactive live classroom workshop that empowers teens to make positive educational CHOICES to increase their career and life opportunities. In two 45-minute sessions trained community volunteers take students through real-world exercises on the consequences of dropping out and the benefits of educational attainment, also introducing them to skills for success such as self-discipline, decision making, time management and goal setting. CHOICES has been delivered to more than six million teens in three countries since 1985.Our follow-up activity is a cell phone text messaging game that teens play out of school to help them practice making thoughtful choices. The game asks them to guide a fictional in-game character facing daily choices based on the classroom workshop, engaging them in critical thinking to address challenging situations they will themselves face in high school.