Choices Education Group

The problem: Everyday 7,000+ teens become high school dropouts. Each time a teen drops out he or she faces a lifetime of challenges and uncertainty and also forfeits significant lifetime earnings compared to high school graduates. But we as a nation also face a lifetime of healthcare, welfare and crime costs for each dropout. The Workshop: Into this appalling epidemic steps CHOICES, an interactive decision-making workshop that focuses on keeping teens school, motivating them toward higher education and introducing them to practical life skills. In two fast paced hour long sessions business volunteers take students through real world exercises on academic self discipline, time management and goal-setting. We were started by a Seattle dad that broke through to his troubled teenage son and 30 years later we have served more than six million teens across the nation. We currently support over 150 program sites in 15 states and engage 500 volunteers to serve over 50,000 teens every year, that's more than 250 teens every day.