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Saturday, March 24th, at the Conway Home Expo, HGTV Host Clive Pearse pulled one lucky winner from hundreds of raffle tickets for a 2010 Toyota Prius!We Have a Winner!

And the winner is.......

 

RONNIE CURTIS

OF VILONIA ARKANSAS!

Congratulations Ronnie, and thank you to everyone who made this year's fundraiser a success!  Your contributions are making a difference everyday in the lives of our youth in Central Arkansas!  To find out more about our program, check out our "Services" tab!

 

 


 Did you miss Dance with the Stars & Conway's Got Talent 2012?!  Watch some highlights here and check out our winners to the right of our home page!


 

The 2011-2012 school year finished with a bang as Excel invited club members to an all day picnic at Beaverfork Lake!



Making a Difference One Life at a Time

Choosing to Excel is a regional and community-based multifaceted healthy choice organization dedicated to impacting lives and making a positive difference one life at a time. 

The mission and goal is to educate and encourage youth who are making healthy choices, to provide tools for change for youth and families, while advocating on behalf of those who want a fresh start one life at a time. 

Impact and growth is accomplished through mentoring, peer-to-peer support and community involvement.  Our core components include the following: 

 

Building strength for life through learning life skills.

Developing strong relationships through mentoring.

Giving back through community service. 

Equipping pregnant teens and single parents.

Understanding and doing the "right" thing.

Learning interpersonal skills.

Developing an entrepreneurial spirit.


                                

One of C2E's largests facets is the Mentoring Program.  The mentoring relationships have lead to such positive outcomes as:

  • fewer trips to the principal's office

  • Reduced juvenile recidivism

  • Better attendance at school

  • Overall improvement in behavior and parental relationships

  • More positive attitude

  • Improvements in grades

  • A happier youth! 

In return this relationship can even have positive outcomes for the mentor!  A growing sense of self-worth and community involvement are just a few examples.  To find out how you can become a mentor please visit our Mentor site by clicking on the "Mentor" tab above.

Like Mother...Like Father...Mentors Matter!

 


 


National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Releases New Study!

Looking for some insight into your teen's mind?  Well, The National Campaign for Teen Pregnancy and Seventeen Magazine are teaming up to bring you the ultimate scoop on the pressures teens face every day.  The most recent study released, "That's What He Said, What Guys Think About Sex, Love, Contraception, and Relationships" gives an informative, relevant, and mind changing view into the guy's mind.

This study (conducted by interviewing 1,200 males ages 15-22) shows a different side to the dating and relationships conversation, which is typically told from the female perspective. Click on the image to the left to read the study in full (or the key findings section on pages 1-5) and find out things like:

1.  What do guys think makes a relationship serious?

2.  How much do guys really know about preventing pregnancy?

3.  Do guys lie about whether or not they've been sexually active?

4.  What influence do girls and parents really have on a guy's desicion to be sexually active.

All this and more in "That's What He Said."

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C2E News!

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 Congratulations to the Winners of Choosing to Excel’s Annual fundraiser:  “Dance with the Stars & Conway’s Got Talent 2012”

Conway’s Got Talent 

Judges Winners:

1st Place—Julia Lee Moore Elementary School!

2nd Place—Woodrow Cummings Elementary School!

Audience Winners:

1st Place—Julia Lee Moore Elementary School!

2nd Place—Theodore Jones Elementary School!

Dancing with the Stars Division

 Judges Winners:

1st Place—LaNedra Franklin & Harvell Howard

2nd Place—LaShanta Johnson & Synt Johnson

Audience Winners:

1st Place—Denise Bradley & Vernon James

2nd Place—LaNedra Franklin & Harvell Howard

Mentoring Children of Incarcerated Parents is at the forefront of our focus.

C2E's mentoring program has grown since the beginning, nearly 20 years ago. Students and youth are identified in our community and referred by school officials, non-profit organizations, and even the incarcerated parents in central Arkansas.  Each student is matched with a trained and certified mentor skilled in dealing with these unique needs.  Mentors meet with their mentees at least once a week for a year committment.

For more information on this exciting new service, to recommend students, or to express wishes to become a mentor please click here to visit our MCP site.