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Youth Leadership Foundation mentors inner city students

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    DC program helps underserved children reach 'Beyond the Dream'

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Thanks -- in today's installment of beyond the dream we focus on mentoring.

There is a great need to -- young people as we know living in America's inner cities.

In Washington DC for example the youth leadership foundation better known as -- left is focused on helping underserved children.

Achieved excellence lease -- full potential and thereby transform their communities for the better.

What do you may -- is the purpose of your life.

A 120 boys from the inner city of Washington DC.

Learning the value of purpose to understand they of one life to live and they should make it count for something good.

-- -- Better experience to the greatness -- he's here less -- about.

Teaching young African American boys of virtues of character and academics sports and life is -- the youth leadership foundation is all about.

Why a left as it is known is a faith based organization that -- 300 students throughout the school year.

Providing supplemental classes in math science creative writing.

And most importantly.

Reinforcing.

Character.

Can someone so little -- -- congress.

Right crude exploited students -- rights and justice.

Honesty.

Stands all religions and so when we teach honesty it's not just telling the truth.

But it's about personal integrity and that's gonna -- and in the classroom that's gonna guide them in life.

To realize their full potential.

As -- executive director David Cook knows that many boys living in the inner cities of America are growing up without a positive role model.

That he says is a conservative factor to many kids dropping out of school.

Cook -- why a left provides character development to help every child stay in school to achieve their dreams.

So you can come waited on the academic abilities and the world.

Like you need to weather all that peer pressure to make it through those four years and to be the example and be the role model.

For the other students in the class.

I have my best descent -- chairman short term goals for myself.

And I've tried them -- line.

So after I T one I know I have another one again so I never stop pushing myself.

Many of the program as a volunteer mentors -- graduates of the wireless program.

And now they're college students who have the kind of character.

That will end able them to achieve their dreams and be a role model to other boys in the hood.

They see this program just -- had become more than leader and to follow my own instinct.

The world needs the -- out -- in this program trying to push you to be a good man you know characters very important.

You know be a virtuous guys to be the best person -- be.

And it's also be a good man everywhere you can be the youth leadership foundation also provides mentoring.

And character building for young girls to learn more about this organization go to foxnews.com.

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