American Legion Auxiliary Boys

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American Legion / Auxiliary Boys Girls State
2007Accrediting, Funding College Success

• Joint Program by
• Bob Greene, RTG Associates/Univ. of Colorado at
  Colorado Springs
• Terry Wilfong, College Options Foundation

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Vision Statement

• Provide American Legion/Auxiliary national and
  state programs with accredited college
  recognition, additional significant revenue
  source and national stature within educational
  communities.
• Provide Participants with affordable college
  elective credits, comprehensive award winning
  software to save time and money in college
  funding and on-campus success. Students also
  receive SAT and ACT study software designed by
  Disney, at MGM Studios and Scholarship/College
  Matching Service.

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Goals and Objective

• Provide four elective college credits to each
  successful Boys/Girls State participant, from
  University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
• Additional revenue to state programs to be used
  for funding for future Summer Programs, American
  Legion/Auxiliary scholarship programs.
• Increased national academic stature and
  recognition for the Boys and Girls State Programs
  in educational communities.
• Provide students affordable college credits and a
  jumpstart to a college experience. (In comparison
  to other programs we offer a significantly better
  value and academic recognition.)
• Provide students with award winning software,
  guaranteed to save hundreds of hours of research
  and thousands of dollars in college costs.
• Provide students with interactive, fun SAT and
  ACT software designed by Disney.
• Provide students with College and Scholarship
  matching service.

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What similar Youth Leadership Programs look like
in America

• National Student Leadership Conference
• Lead-America
• MOWW (AIFCV)
• Outward Bound

Chart Outlining Like Programs
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Rewards for American Legion/Auxiliary

• Four recognized elective college credits (LEAD
  152-3 CITIZENSHIP, LEAD 161-1 COLLEGE OPTIONS)
  from the University of Colorado at Colorado
  Springs, priced _at_ 55 per credit. (220 per
  Boys/Girls State attendee)
• College Success 101 DVD/CD Pak (360 value) from
  College Options Foundation for 15 per student
  attendee, Summer 2007 only.
• Funds to each American Legion
  Department/Auxiliary
• 15 per registrant for college credits from RTG
  Associates.
• 5 from CollegeOptions Foundation for each DVD/CD
  Pak sold and student survey submitted.
• Per Registrant in both courses Total of 20
  to Department programs
• (Sample Department Objective 20 x 800
  registrants 16,000.00)
• 35 of 50 per sold DVD/CD Pak by 2.5 million
  American Legion/Auxiliary Members at local high
  schools (PTA, students, parents, etc) to
  Department.
• Assume 10,000 members per Dept. 35 per
  pak to Dept. programs
• (Objective 35 x 10K 350,000.00) (Indiv.
  Dept. can decide lower price)
• Research, Scholarship and College Matching
  services to AL/Aux and students.

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Software overview

• College Success 101
• SAT/ACT Disney Study Guide

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College Options Foundation Current Research
Partners
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Next Steps

• Provide registration docs to All Summer 2007
  attendees (Boys Girls State!)
• Notify Bob Greene Terry Wilfong of approximate
  number of attendees and address to ship
  sufficient DVDs/CDs Surveys to, for arrival one
  week prior to event start date.
• Conduct event, coordinate shipping of completed
  registration docs and surveys to Bob Greene in
  Parker, CO. Tel [phone]