Supporting the Alliance

A Strong Case that Deserves Your Support You can make a difference in the lives of youth throughout our great city by supporting the Arlington Alliance for Youth, Inc. Please take a moment to consider the five promises our youth need to thrive:

1. Relationships with caring adults
2. Safe places with structured activities
3. A healthy start and future
4. Effective education and marketable skills
5. Opportunities to serve others

Children with this support are 5 to 10 times more likely to be successful and become productive adults and good citizens. They are also less likely to become involved in risky behaviors like drugs, sex, violence, or alcohol.

While the development of all our youth must be our first priority, there are two other advantages that benefit our community from saving a youth at risk. First, our community saves up to $2 million dollars over that child's lifetime in costs associated with juvenile and adult crimes, welfare costs, and lower tax revenues. Second, our systematic efforts can develop a sense of caring that will make Arlington a great place where families can raise children and enjoy the benefits of a connected community.

While every city faces similar societal problems, Arlington has the potential of becoming a shining example of how communities can best help and encourage their youth. We have good leaders, concerned citizens, and the desire to make our community a great place for families.

Supportive Programs and Activities: The Arlington Alliance for Youth helps organize and/or support the following activities in pursuit of the Five Promises:

• Arlington's Annual Youth Collaboration Breakfast builds understanding and teamwork between civic, educational, non-profits, governmental, faith-based, and other youth service providers.
• The Small Grants Program encourages more adults to reach out and help our youth learn leadership, community awareness, and commitment to neighborhoods.
• Global Youth Service Day mobilizes youth groups to complete service projects in our community, provides recognition of adult servant leaders of our youth groups, and celebrates the best youth service leaders in our community.
• We strongly endorse the Five Promises as way that our community can deliver the support that our youth need to thrive. Your donation will help us inform parents, grandparents, and concerned citizens about the benefits of these promises.
• We are a proponent of establishing a system where by we can measure the key parameters in our community that illuminate the success of our efforts to develop the next generation of citizens and community leaders.
• As an advocate for our youth, we are striving to help our City become recognized as one of the Top 100 Best Communities for Young People.
• We support and participate in the Mayor's Youth Commission, the Teen Court, and the Strong Neighborhood Initiative.

Who supports the Alliance? We are an IRS authorized 501(c)3 non-profit organization that offers you the opportunity to support the above vision. We hope you will join these organizations in supporting the Alliance with your efforts and/or donations (click here).

Your special invitation to become a "Partner" in this Alliance: Our pledge card (click here) outlines various levels of giving. We encourage you to pledge a level of support that satisfies your commitment to our youth. Please complete the form and mail it with your check to the address provided. Thank you for your help in providing the Five Promises to all of our youth.