As we get through the next several weeks of winter we look forward to the spring and the many great things the Taino Towers Youth Program will be involved in. We have been offered the chance to get our youth into be a part of the Youth Opportunities Program (YOP).  We welcome the involvement of the youths parents to also be involved in helping us be ready for the many great outdoor adventure opportunities YOP has to offer. 

The mission of the AMC’s Youth Opportunities Program (YOP) is to make the outdoors accessible and meaningful to urban and at-risk youth. YOP operates as a resource center for youth agencies throughout the Northeast, teaching youth workers the skills they need to independently take their youth outdoors.

Our signature Outdoor Leadership Training (OLT) prepares youth workers to lead groups on trips that are fun, educational, safety-minded, and organized. We also provide our YOP-trained members with essential support services such as free use of outdoor equipment; trip planning assistance; subsidized overnights at AMC lodging destinations; and participation in customized trips. 

Through our partnerships with community groups, youth programs, schools, and more, YOP ensures that young people enjoy meaningful outdoor experiences with adults who know them and their unique needs. Since 1968, YOP has served over 100,000 youth and trained thousands of youth workers. Join the dynamic YOP community and open up a world of opportunity to the youth you serve!

Outdoor Adventures
YOP supports a wide variety of outdoor experiences from short walks to backpacking expeditions. Activities include:

• Nature walks, Hiking, Camping, Backpacking, Canoeing, Snowshoeing, Cross Country Skiing
  

Benefits to Youth
Young people who participate in outdoor adventures benefit in countless ways as they step into new environments. These outdoor adventure experiences provide youth with the opportunity to develop.

• Leadership skills, Self-confidence and self-respect, Trust, A sense of responsibility for self, others, the community, and the environment, Critical thinking skills, Teamwork experience, Decision-making skills.

     

          

Good things happen when you put  your all into something. We would like to acknowledge the hard work of one of our youth Solomen Zarzuela who has just been awarded a full scholarship to Christ the King High School. Solomen has been a stand out in our youth program exhibiting total respect for his coaches and peers. Please check back shortly for a video interview with Solomen.

Christ the King Regional High School is a private, co-educational Catholic High School with a four-year college preparatory curriculum. Our mission is to create an atmosphere in which all members of the faculty, staff, and student body can attain a high level of self-esteem based upon recognition of their unique abilities and their relationship with God. Our diverse student body is challenged to grow academically, spiritually, socially, and physically to meet the demands of a changing world. Through the collaborative efforts of the Christ the King Community, we empower our student to become independent thinkers and moral leaders.

                                      

In March Ms. Niesha Butler will be helping our young women and men with their jump shoot. Niesha keeps a busy schedule and the youth are looking forward to the help on the court.  We have some very special guest that have offered to help our sports programs and we will keep you posted with updates.

Niesha went to Georgia Institute of Technology, where she was the top basketball player. She is the all time leader for New York high schools in career points scored - men or women, scored 3,127 points in High School, with a 28 points per game average. .  She was personally recruited for Georgia Tech by Stephon Marbury.

Niesha Butler, the subject of one of the country's most intense recruiting wars for a schoolgirl, announced yesterday that she would attend Georgia Tech in the fall. But that does not mean the 5-foot-8-inch guard from Riverdale Country School in the Bronx will stop regarding professional basketball as an option. Butler said she will play at Georgia Tech for at least a year before possibly challenging the rules that prohibit underclassmen from playing in women's pro basketball. For the moment, however, Georgia Tech and its coach, Agnes Berenato, are the big winners.
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                        

                                           
                                           

Many improvement in our lives today are because of the countless hours Dr. King spent paving the way. As we celebrate his birthday let's us not loose sight to Dr. Kings dream. Martin said we all can be great because we all can serve.

We will be holding a youth seminar in the next few weeks to highlight the work of Dr. King. This event will be an afternoon of learning and better understanding his life and the work he did in the civil rights movement. We are looking for a few volunteers to help with this needed event. Most of todays youth have little knowledge of the struggle and sacrifices that was made for their benefit, and by better understanding what happen they become more aware of our past and better positioned to help mold our future.

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                                                               I Have A Dream, DC, 

  

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”    Thank You Martin for all you did for us all. TYT

     
       
 
We would like to welcome our new soccer youth and coaches into the Taino Towers Youth Program. By like minds working together for the common good all all great things can happen. We saw this first hand this past Friday at practice that sports has no color or friendship distractions. A special thanks to all the soccer player and parents that came out and our basketball program players. The youth were able to enjoy a very focused practice and afterwords they joined into team play the remainder of the night. A great start and time for all involved. Many wonderful things are starting to happen in what surly will be an exciting year for our youth. Taino Towers Youth Soccer program taught by; New York Stars Soccer. Practice and play are Friday night from 5:45 until 8 pm. at the Taino Towers Gym. For more info e mail us at info@tainoyouth.com . Come out and supprt our youth or join one of our programs.

     

Happy New Year to all. Things are heating up at the Taino Tower Gym & Youth Program. Last week we had a large turn out for our basketball program and we now are teaching soccer  in the gym. If you have a youth and live in the area we look forward to helping your youth also be all they can be through sports, teamwork and education. Please e mail us at info@tainoyouth.com  and get involved.

                   

The New York Stars Soccer program builds self-worth and promotes physical well–being. 
Soccer teaches perseverance, responsibility, teamwork, and leadership in a safe and positive environment.

                 

We would like to give a very special thanks to the New York Yankees for their help in getting several of our youth to the Pinstripe Bowl, college football game. Many young men and ladies were able to attend the game some with their parents. Everyone was able to enjoy a great football game. We saw childhood friends in groups heading to the game which was just a quick subway ride away from their home. By showing and exposing our youth to different opportunity within the community we are in hopes they will consider all their city and neighborhood has to offer.

The following people were very important in making this happen and we thank; Rocky, Lou, Joe, Ms. Brown, Ann Marget, Maria, Stacy, and Donna. Again this proves when good people get together anything can happen. In less than a week we were able to pull this all together and we thank everyone for their support. So many people helped we were even able to help other groups get to the game. A great way to end and start a New Year.

The inaugural New Era Pinstripe Bowl more than lived up to its hyped billing, featuring a plethora of offense, trick plays and even some controversy. With Syracuse leading, 36-28, and 1:24 remaining, Kansas State wide receiver Adrian Hilburn sprinted 30 yards towards the end zone, supplying the Wildcats the critical touchdown they needed. In his moment of jubilation, he saluted the crowd, an act he and the Wildcats would pay for -- in many eyes, unfairly. He was slapped with a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, making the required two-point conversion 15 yards farther back. Kansas State was unable to complete the conversion, and Syracuse took three knees to seal the contest, 36-34. 

                                                        

         

On 12/29/2010, we will be hosting a video game competition in the Taino Towers Youth Learning Center & Lounge. This event will also highlight a great platform we have found on line, to help our youth pay for college. Over the months to come we will be bringing cutting edge programing to our youth program and searching the world over to find any and every opportunity we can for our youth. Their will also be a grand prize for the winner on this event on 121/29/2010. Happy Holidays... TYT

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                                                      A Little Christmas Cheer !
             

Our little guys did not have much time to practice the song but wanted to send it out to you anyway. We wish all of you a Happy Holiday and we look forward to all the great things happening in the Taino Towers Youth Program in the coming year.....TYT

There was once a young man who lived in a Big Bad City of Rich, Mean, Loud, and Inconsequential things. This young man had a dream of being different, perhaps to one day even do something epic. This idea of achieving was long ago instilled in him by his grandmother when he was a very young boy. In the summers of his youth, he and his baby brother would stay at her small clapboard home in the south. There they'd share a swing, and the young man would sit for hours with his 'gran' those sunny summer afternoons on that large green swing. It was the most vital piece of furniture on her screened-in porch in Virginia.

It was there, one memorable afternoon, she’d tell him that out of all her many grandchildren (and she had close to 60, by then), out of every single one, this young boy sitting beside her was destined for "Great Things." But she had not told him what that Great Thing would be. Perhaps her eyes were clouded by the cataracts of old dreams and the vision outside them had grown hazy. Or perhaps she already knew and wanted him to realize it fully in his own time, and in his own ambitious skin.

As he grew older, the young man had fulfilled a part of that destiny she'd envisioned for him. When most of his friends were running the streets or rotting from the atrophy of urban youth, he’d somehow excelled in school, and soon became a student in college.

Help our youth live their dreams. Merry Christmas

                                             
         
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