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Ten Elements/Service: Element Number I: We currently provide tutoring to our after -school clubs. We plan to incorporate this into our after-school boxing club. This will be an easy transition because we already have access to the necessary facilities and teachers. The boxing team membership serves as incentive to raise grades. In turn,thehigherGPA becomes ~n intrinsicincentive.. Our unique introduction to character development (see element # 6) provides the necessary tools to achieve and do well in both academic and career pursuits. And the teachinglmentoring from staff and business/community professionals (see element number 8) give them insight and connections needed to help them along there chosen academic and career path. Element Number 6: Character development is a unique factor we have incorporated into our after-school programs. It encourages responsibility and other positiye social behaviors during non- school hours. Our goal is to provide these young people with the character necessary to make personal, academic, career-goals and meet these goals successfully in the process of training them in the sport of boxing. This also aids in proyiding our youth the opportunity to develop positive social behaviors and life skills. Theses character traits include: l) respect; 2) responsibility; 3) integrity; 4) compassion; 5) perseverance; 6) initiative and 7) forgiyeness. AIl of these character traits are necessary to pursue academic and career goals and be successful once goals are achieved. These character traits are those found in productive workers and citizens. They represent the type of character we appreciate in our government and business leaders. Element Number 7: We provide study materials, as needed. We have 2 computers at the boxing gym that we make available to the youth who attend the club. Element Number 8: OCYC after-school programs are designed with a teacher/mentor or coach/mentor model in mind. Therefore, all teachers and boxing coaches serve as adult mentors the entire time the youth are attending our after-school boxing club. We plan to conduct l2-month follow-up mentoring service. Beyond this, Marcia Lyrme, Director of Research and Public Relations spends about 6 hours a week contacting business and community workers and leaders to give an hour of their time to speak to the youth about how they achieved their career or job goals. These individuals include entrepreneurs, craftsmen, policemen, firemen, attorneys, judges, engineers etc. .. We ask them to testify to the youth about how they first had the dream of becoming _, then how they strategize to meet that goal and how they jumped hurdles along that path to reach that goal. We then ask these individuals to allow those youth who <lfe interested in same or similar job or 2