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Retired NFL Coach Delivers designed to rai se

Motivational Speech To Local awareness for the
prevention of child abuse.
Foster Parents More than 100 residents
were registered for the
Communities Connected for Kids (CCKids) won a event, which challenged
statewide challenge while celebrating National Child participants to complete
Abuse Prevention Month in April. The prize was realized a 1K of any activity to
Tuesday, Aug. 24, when retired NFL Buccaneers Coach raise awareness for the
Tony Dungy spoke to local caregivers in a special, private prevention of child abuse.
Zoom call.
Dungy is also the founder of All Pro Dads, a foundation
that partners with local child-welfare organizations to
improve relationships between children, families and
organizations.
CCKids competed with other child-welfare agencies
throughout the state to register the most people to
participate in the #1Kfor1Kid campaign, a campaign
Local Football Star Graduates
From Exclusive Leadership

Course For Youth In Foster Care

Vero Beach High School
graduate Tyler Wrenn is
heading to college this fall on
a football scholarship. But he
made a quick stop this summer
to a prestigious, invitation-
only, leadership training.
Tyler, a young man who
uses his experience in the
foster care system to help
others, was selected to attend
the Dale Carnegie Institute, a
training course designed to teach and improve leadership skills.
More than 70 students – all young people in the state’s foster
care system – applied. But in the end, only 20 were invited.
“I loved it,” Tyler said. “It gave me great key details on
how to approach people in more of an understanding way.”
The training was hosted by the Selfless Love Foundation,
an organization established to help find adoptive homes
for children in foster care and to help young people in care
advocate on their own behalf.
Selfless Love Foundation offers the high-level leadership
training to foster youth involved in local youth councils and
who participate in youth advocacy, said foundation Executive
Director Elizabeth Wynter.
During the six-week training, students worked on building
self-confidence, keeping stress and worry in perspective,
disagreeing agreeably and persuasive storytelling.
Most importantly, Wynter said, the training and graduation
day recognized the incredible leaders that the youth have
become.
Tyler, who was adopted shortly before his 18th birthday,
met his adoptive family through football.
“My adoptive dad was my football coach and he and his
wife took interest in me and eventually adopted me and loved
me unconditionally.
“I was a troubled kid, but they helped me change my life
around.”
Tyler said he went from a 2.3 GPA to consistent As in
high school. He will attend North Central College this fall.
For more than 100 years, Dale Carnegie has helped
companies of all sizes become more productive by offering
courses ranging in topics from public speaking to leadership.
Graduates now have the opportunity to apply for Selfless
Love Foundation’s 2022 Dream Tank competition.
#DaleCarnegie #LeadershipTraining #EmergingLeaders
#SelflessLove #OneVoiceImpaact #FosteringLeaders
#FosteringDreams #FormerFosterYouth #YouthLeaders

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