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Laura Bryna stays busy through her volunteer work with Make-A-Wish Foundation and the Air National Guard; but this week, she added to her list the role of celebrity spokesperson for the National Guard Youth Foundation. Through the foundation, male and female high school dropouts between the ages of 16 and 18 are able to focus on education and practical life skills through a year and a half commitment to the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program.
“I’m so honored to be a part of this outstanding program,” Bryna said. “Almost one third of all public high school students fail to graduate each year with their senior class and that figure is much higher for African-Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans. The Youth Challenge Program is incredible and really produces positive results. We need this for the sake of our kids and our country.”
The program focuses on eight core components: academic excellence, health and hygiene, job skills, leadership/followership, life coping skills, physical fitness, responsible citizenship and service to the community. The program’s success rate is nearly double that of other adult education programs, with nearly 80 percent of students obtaining their GED.
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