Young People Are Dying

Imagine

Imagine a country decimated by the highest teen pregnancy rates in the industrialized world (costing the country at least $7 billion annually). Where more than five million high school age young people binge drink at least once a month. Where 53% of twelfth graders report having used an illicit drug in their lifetime. Where 17.4% of students reported carrying a gun to school in 2001. Where an average of 14 young people are murdered each day. Where a young person commits suicide every 15 minutes. Where 11 million young women and men report struggling with eating disorders. Where one of every 3 girls has had sex by age 16 and 2 out of 3 by age 18. Two of 3 boys have had sex by age 18. Imagine a country where young people between the ages of 13 and 24 are contracting HIV at the rate of 2 per hour.

The country you are imagining is the United States of America. Regardless of all of the horrific issues facing young people in Latin America, Africa and across the world, we must realize that the United States remains one of the most destructive places in the world to grow up. Something must be done. Please help us.

boy with a ball is a non-profit organization that works in teams to dynamically impact young people in cities across the world through:
• reaching young people in their neighborhoods
• equipping them to grow into leaders
• building communities of and around them
• releasing them to improve the world

You can help boy with a ball help young people today by getting involved.

Please become a regular visitor and participant in this website and spend some time checking out our website at www.boywithaball.com.

Together we can build a future for our communities and nations by equipping young people to listen and lead, live and love. There is no fight more worthy of living for. There is no fight more worthy of dying for.

Come fight with us.

Jamie Johnson
executive director
boywithaball
www.boywithaball.com
email-boywithaball@gmail.com
phone-866-510-3688

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
Martin Luther King Jr.US black civil rights leader & clergyman (1929 - 1968)