To provide a youth development agency dedicated to offering children and teens programs designed to develop individual, social, and community consciousness; description continues on schedule o to provide opportunities for youth to empower themselves while bettering their communities; to educate the general public about the needs of children and teens, and encourage active involvement with youths by adults from their community who CAN be their mentors and friends; to help provide moral values, the importance of working together with others, the importance of honesty, and being responsible and accountable for their actions, and to help them learn how to resist PEER pressures in undesirable or risky behavior or illegal activities.