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March, 2010, Oyster Pointer News
Profile of Alternatives and the Monart Drawing program. Oyster Pointer News

January 20, 2010, Daily Press
Student Advisory groups provide input on budget cuts to Hampton Superintendent. Daily Press

January 18, 2010, WAVY TV
AmeriCorps, and Youth Volunteer Corps Mobilize Teens to Honor King on Day of Service.
WAVY TV -10

December 2, 2009 Miller-McCune News
Article on how Hampton's Youth Civic Engagement program leads a national trend to "Build Better Citizens".
Miller-McCune News

November, 2009 National League of Cities Report
Alternatives is cited in National League of Cities Report on Leadership for Children and Families.
Hampton City Page/Daily Press

May, 2009 Daily Press
Front page coverage of the Spring Fest Youth Rally
Daily Press

May 11, 2009 Inside Business
Teen Center building leaders today for tomorrow
Financial classes, marketing among activities
Forget the old image of a municipal teen center as a wide-open building for dances and gym activities. The Hampton Teen Center is re-writing the rules for youth involvement. Inside Business

April 3, 2009 Daily Press
Hampton, VA .When Sandy Donaldson's daughter came home from school in tears, Donaldson immediately asked her what was wrong. Her daughter told her that the art teacher never said anything about her artwork and that had upset her. Daily Press

March 30, 2009 Daily Press
HAMPTON, VA. A stream of earnest high schoolers approached the Hampton School Board this week with one message: Don't cut funding for Alternatives, a youth empowerment nonprofit. Daily Press.

February 24, 2009 Daily Press
HAMPTON - A financial literacy project aimed at teens got a $53,640 boost Monday with a grant from State Farm. Daily Press

August, 2008 Daily Press story about Alternatives' high school group Youth Achieving Change Together's (UTHACT) successful effort to win a spot on the Hampton School Board. Daily Press .

July, 2008 Daily Press story about the ground breaking of Hampton's new Teen Center. Alternatives is a partner with Hampton Parks and Rec and the Hampton Coalition for Youth in the development of the Center. Daily Press

June, 2008 America's Promise feature article about Alternatives' youth civic engagment program KICK -(Kids Involved In Community Kindness) America's Promise article

April,2008 WVEC Channel 13 news article about Uth Act students' proposal to the Hampton School Board that a Youth Advisor position be created. WVEC article

October, 2007 Daily Press news article about unique Youth Opportunities in Hampton. Daily Press article

National Service Learning Partnership about Alternatives' Youth Innovation Fund.
"The lead partner, Alternatives, Inc., is a national leader in youth development with a focus on engaging a broad diversity of young people from all aspects of the community. "
http://www.service-learningpartnership.org/youth_innovation/hampton.cfm

The American Youth Policy forum reports on Hampton's exemplary youth development practices at: www.aypf.org/tripreports/2001/tr1018-1901.htm

“Want a glimpse of state-of-the-art youth involvement? Then visit the Search Institute's story on the port city of Hampton, Va., "where more than 600 young people a year are involved in youth development agenda; the Hampton city schools; In Sync Partnerships, which focuses on school-neighborhood partnering; and Alternatives, "...
www.search-institute.org/assetmag/autumn01/hampton

National Training Institute (NTI) gives a national perspective to the Youth Development Practitioner Apprenticeship (YDPA) Programs and The National BEST Network, which consists of 14 national BEST sites of which Alternatives is also part.
www.nti.aed.org/YDPAprogram.html or www.nti.aed.org/BestSites.html

Cricket Island Foundation announces support for Alternatives youth arts and entrepreneurship program.
www.cricketisland.org/20023grants.htm

Jostens Company: News Release: Alternatives, Inc., which specializes in partnering youth and adults in building communities, and In Sync Partnerships, a Hampton ... been working with youth development for a long time ...
www.jostens.com/company/news/62101Hampton.asp

Hearts to Hands National Newsletter: Find out what we're doing to help youth across the nation. Click here for the Hearts to Hands Newsletter in PDF format.

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