Special Aspiring Youth and HYLA / TYLA Event
Following the movie, Aspiring Youth students went to enjoy a Dynamo Professional Soccer Game. Dynamo Soccer includes a volunteer organization that helps children from 5 to 19 to develop soccer skills and emphasizes player development over winning for its own sake. The Dynamo Travel League fields boys teams and girls teams from ages 10 to 19. Special thanks to the HYLA and TYLA for sponsoring this exciting event. It was a wonderful learning experience for the students.
Texas A&M University
On September 19th, the Aspiring Youth Leadership Group from Marshall Middle School took a trip to College Station, Texas to visit and tour Texas A&M University. The students were able to learn about college life and the Aggie campus up close and personal. The students met and mingled with current college students, ate lunch on campus and even stepped onto the football field. Our thanks to Texas A&M for their support in encouraging dreams and goals to Aspiring Youth students.
Houston Walk for Success
Aspiring Youth students joined in the Project GRAD Houston Walk for success on October 21st. From early morning until noon they participated in a door-to-door campaign and visited the 6th grade homes of students in their area who had dropped out of school. They encouraged them to return and informed them of the many programs available. The Project Grad Houston Walk for Success is a parent and community involvement event that targets student success.
Each year Aspiring Youth holds an entertaining and exciting Gala, and this year promises to be the best ever. Our 8th annual "Reaching For the Stars" Gala will be held at the Houston Country Club on February 17th. Your attendance is just one of many small ways in which you can make a huge difference in the life of a less fortunate youth. Mark your calendars and plan to have twice as much fun at our 8th annual "Reaching For the Stars" Gala.
Aspiring Youth's mission is to prepare at-risk youth to aspire to and attain their highest degree of success in school and in life. To fulfill our mission, Aspiring Youth focuses on the middle school years when children are transforming from childhood to teenagers. The choices made during the pre-teen years are the foundation for each student's future success.
Aspiring Youth supports the following events:
College for a Day
TAKS Olympics
Map to
Success Contest
Summer Program
Take A Student To Your Employment Program
Trash Bash Public Service
Houston Livestock & Rodeo Field Trip
College Scholarship Essay Contest
If you live in a city with a Randall's Food Store, Randall's will donate 1% of your grocery purchases if you enter the Aspiring Youth® number (number 5130) and use your Randall's card with your purchases.
Kroger Food Stores will also donate 1% of your grocery purchases if you use the Aspiring Youth™ Kroger card with your purchases (please let us know if you would like for us to send you a card to use at Kroger).
Donations to Aspiring Youth® are tax deductible to the extent allowed for 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations. Clothing and small home items donations can be made by contacting Central Donations at 713-948-2828.
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