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2016 PAYPAL REPORT Thank you to PayPal for helping Arizona's youth Realize . their Hopes, Fears and Most of All, Their Dreams...

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Thanks to the foresight of PayPal. This report reflects

how the creative processes through the "Bridging Possibilities" and our Train the Trainer programs, enabling us to expand our reach to enlightened and enriched more youth. These results from 57 young lives and what they experienced together through the "Bridging Possibilities" Character Education program.

Demonstrating the power and importance of inspiring and empowering our youth with the essential tools so that they are able to make better life choices, find their gifts and know that they matter! Allowing them to lead a more meaningful productive life and become tomorrow's leaders in Arizona and around the world, for a brighter tomorrow for all.

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hat: Release the Fear, a non-profit health and human services organization, teaches Arizona’s youth the

life skills needed to combat the effects of Peer Pressure, Gang involvement, Bullying, Abuse, and Violence in our society and to make better life choices. Release the Fear (RTF) has worked with thousands of at-risk youth and adults in Arizona and around the world, offering experiential programs that help reverse the paralyzing effects of fear and diminished self-worth. Our programs encourage youth to explore safe and healthy lifestyles and to overcome disabilities through the development of leadership and social skills through evidence-based curriculum that meets National Common Core standards. Arizona Department of Education, accredited Release the Fear program as a Character Education program

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ow: These programs stimulate whole-brain thinking and develop metacognitive thought processing by utilizing

new applied-knowledge teaching methods. These programs demonstrate options that awaken a creative consciousness and expose the unlimited potential of critical thinking and problem solving to help participants develop better cognitive behavioral skills. Our trained facilitators guide participants through interactive creative activities and analytically explore the connectedness to their lives. Release the Fear utilizes inquiry-based learning experiences, an educational practice where the teacher/facilitator uses controlled questioning to serve as a learning guide in order to move students towards new understandings. Educational research shows that student retention increases when new learning is discovered through inquiry practices, as the student is able to take ownership of these findings. The teacher/facilitator must act as guide while being an expert questioner, thinking of the end objective at all times and posing questions to allow students to reach objectives on their own. When this is done, students are able to create new thought patterns which connect and build on their applied knowledge and personal life goals.

Without these essential life skills, the still- maturing minds of detained youth view their future as bleak with no hope for a “normal” life.

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pproach: Through experiential programs, we encourage participants to develop valuable core life skills, better

critical problem solving, and a healthy sense of understanding of self and others. Through the RTF programs, participants discover that anything is possible, that they have a purpose in life. They see why they do matter to the world, to the community, and most of all to themselves.

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ransformation: The Maricopa County Juvenile Probation Office released a 2010 report demonstrating the value of

Inside Out Bridging Possibilities workshops on 357 of their juvenile population. Thirty percent of incarcerated youth recidivate—meaning three out of ten will again find themselves in conflict with law and society and back behind bars.

For the incarcerated youth who participated in just one Release the Fear workshop, that recidivism figure dropped by 23 percent. For those who were able to benefit from multiple workshops, it dropped by 16 percent nearly half. That is an impressive impact on any child’s future as well as the community in general..

Release the Fear, Inc. has worked with youth in Arizona and internationally, in such places as Guam and El Salvador, instilling positive life changes for thousands.

"It amazes me how each one of the individual canvases come from created different people from different backgrounds, different eccentricities. Yet we were able to come together and bring them together and create something beautiful as one understanding one masterpiece, almost like a metaphor for what we can do as a community,.. As a new world."

M .B. age 16

Thank You For Helping Us Realize Our Hopes, Fears, and Most of All, Our Dreams...

Comparison of Recidivism Rates of RTF Workshop Particpants to All Juveniles in ADJC Care 68% 70%

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Recidivated No Recidivation

30% 20% 10% 0% ADJC Recidivism Average 2011 to 2013

Release the Fear Workshop Participants 2012 to 2015

Average of 450-500 Arizona youth per year have found themselves in secure care or behind the fence at Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections (ADJC) Out of that a three year longitudinal study was conducted 2012-2015 on 928 youth that participated in the Release the Fear program.

Above (left) percentages display the ADJC recidivism average from 2011- 2013; The percentages on the right are based on youth who have attended one or more RTF Character Education “Inside-Out Bridging Possibilities� programs either in secure care or while on parole within the community

Comparison of Recidivism Rates for Detention, RTF, and Overall Juvenile and Probation Recidivism Rates 88%

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80% 77.19% 76% 74.0% 72.0% 72% 70.0%

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60% RTF, Overall Not Recidivating

RTF, Multiple Sessions Not Recidivating

All Juveniles Not Recidivating, FY08

Juveniles Completing Probation, Not Recidivating FY08

Detention Overall Recidivism

Above Graph was provided by Maricopa County statistics office.

The effectiveness of Release the Fear’s workshops on the reduction of recidivism rate for the period of March 2009 thru March 2010 Statistics from Maricopa County’s Juvenile Probation Department demonstrate that, while the overall recidivism of incarcerated youth hovers around 30%, youth participating in one IOBP workshop recidivate only 22.8% of the time, and those participating in multiple IOBP workshops recidivate at only 16.2%. Due to the rippling effects of IOBP and similar workshops, we have learned that seven times the number of participants realizes positive impact because of the workshops.

Vanderbilt University researcher Mark A. Cohen recently revised earlier (1998) estimates of the value of saving a high-risk youth. By age 18, Dr. Cohen now estimates the value as $2.6 to $5.3 million at age 18, clearly demonstrating the valuable economic impact of Release the Fear’s IOBP workshops and recidivism rates.

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RELEASE THE FEAR 2016 RTF Pre/Post Survey Results

PayPal OVERALL PERCENTAGES 57 Students (3 PB Workshops) Male 42% Female 58% – Youth Ages 11-14 85.3% discovered something new about themselves 90.3% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 42.7% compared to Post 83% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 73.7% compared to Post 94% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

82.3% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

89.7% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied.

Individual Workshop Percentages 1. September 6-8, 2016 Children’s First Academy 21 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 50% Female 50% – Youth Ages 12-14 81% discovered something new about themselves 100% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 33% compared to Post 75% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 57% compared to Post 94% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

63% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

94% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied.

2. September 26-28, 2016 Kenilworth Elementary School 28 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 39% Female 61% – Youth Ages 11-12 100% discovered something new about themselves 96% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 57% compared to Post 86% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 89% compared to Post 100% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

96% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

100% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied.

3. September 26-29, 2016 Sequoia School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 8 Students (1 IO-BP Workshops) Male 38% Female 62% – Youth Ages 13-14 75% discovered something new about themselves 75% discovered something new about classmates and friends.

Pre 38% compared to Post 88% realized that they are not alone in their fears.

Pre 75% compared to Post 88% realized that they can make their dreams a reality.

88% learned something to help them deal with bullying.

75% stated that they would do something if they saw someone being bullied. .

For nine years, Release the Fear has had the opportunity to interact with over 8,500 troubled youth; these youth now know they have a life purpose. They know their wishes and dreams can come true. They know they are worth it and that they matter!

Our evidence-based curriculum has helped .

troubled kids in schools, jails, detention, and treatment centers. Through the creative processes of art, music, and communication, we teach kids cognitive behavioral skills to build self-esteem. They learn tools to help them succeed in school, conflict resolution, and to address peer pressure, and bullying.

Between the years 2007 and 2015, Release Fear has shown constant improvement upon youth’s pre- and post-reporting’s learned about perceptions of themselves.

In addition, during the years of 2012 and 2015, Release the Fear has contributed to an overall improvement of youth’s self-reported willingness to assist another if bullied. Despite a decline of reported learning’s about proactive options to prevent being bullied, their learning consistently remained over 78 percent.

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RELEASE THE FEAR 2016 - 2020 Program Budget: Train the Trainer workshops: $100,000 paid distributed over four years at $25,000 each year 2016- 2020 Workshop Cost Per Instructional Programming: Program Supervisor/Trainer Co-Facilitator / Trainee Reporting and Evaluations: Pre/Post Inventories Final Report Supplies and Other Workshop Exp Art & Printed Supplies Recognition for Students, Postage, Marketing Internal Support, Workshop Preparation/ Coordination Insurance Travel Expenses – Average TOTAL FOR 1 WORKSHOP

Budget for 3 workshops

$680 $300

$2,040.00 $ 900.00

$150 $ 70

$ 450.00 $ 210.00

$ 80 $ 60

$ 240.00 $ 180.00

$300 $ 10 $ 50 $1,700

$ 900.00 $ 30.00 $ 50.00 $5,100.00

PayPal Funding Release the Fear General Fund

$5,000.00 $100.00

Average cost per daily session: $566.67 Average cost per youth per session $37.78 Per Capita cost per youth workshop:$113.33 In-Kind Other Facility Staff -6 hour X 3 workshops=18 hours per staff =.

(Staff in each facility where program was delivered) 72 hour at adv.$25.00 per = $450.00

Release the Fear’s mission, since 1996, is to counter the effects of violence in our communities by turning fear, anger, and hate into acceptance, hope, and self empowerment, bridging endless possibilities through the creative process.

Thanks to PayPal, 21 young lives from Children’s First Academy A School for homeless children where able to experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on September 6-8 2016 - #1 of 3 Opening up possibilities for the young minds of Arizona’s youth for a brighter tomorrow.© “Bridging Possibility” workshops.

Through stories, activities and artwork, Release the Fear’s Workshops will help students to:

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Draw One’s Fears and Awaken Hopes and Dreams Stimulate Creative Listening and Communication Bridge Understanding Discuss How Color Affects Us and Our Environment Senses Heighten Visual Awareness of Our Environment Turn Pain into Possibilities into Purpose.

The students are divided into groups or teams that they remain with throughout the workshop. In their small group, the students may be asked to complete an activity, to share responses, or to reflect on an exercise. Often times these groups can have students with different beliefs, various backgrounds, and even opposing gang affiliations.

The workshop will end with a group created painting to be displayed for the public.

Participant Responses Participants are asked to reflect on several of the activities and then share with the group.

These responses are written in their words without edit.

The following responses are from the students who range in ages from 12-14.

The students are asked to reflect on the following question: How do you think this activity could help you in your daily life (In School, Out of School, or In Your Career)?

Who am I?: Courage: we have similarities. Be a leader. Try to stop it. Helping others. / Courage, similarities.

Be a leader, staying out of trouble. Try to stop it. Tell a teacher. Help at home. / Courage. Be a leader. Staying out of trouble. Tell a teacher. Help at home.

Creative story telling: Courage. Being creative. / Confidence in yourself and don’t be scared to. Not to be embarrassed. Talk anyone, express yourself. Be courageous. Having confidence so you really don’t care about what they say. By not caring what others think of you, and liking yourself for who you are. / Courage, motivation. Trying to speak in front of the class. Stick up for themself. When you have a problem, courageous, can help you and others, to solve a problem. / Cooperation. You learn more. You help stop it. You make your family happy.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: We learn how to be confident. We can do all subjects with confidence. Not listening to other people. We can reach our goals with confidence. / We learned how to be more confident. We can do all subjects with confidence. Help others be more confident. Walking away from the problem. Reach our goals. / Confident. All subjects with confident, help others be confident. Not listening to them, walking away from a solution. We can reach our goals! Not listening to negativity. / Confident. Get work done with confidence.

Walking away from a situation. Reach goals, don’t listen to the negative.

Mirror Work: Look at Yourself in the eyes (ONLY) and tell yourself that you love or like yourself just the way you are: Love myself. Happy. / Thankful, weird, happy. / Lucky, happy, thankful. / Awkward, weird. / Like I am floating in air. / Make me fell awesome. / A little bit better. / So awesome. / It makes me feel happy and joyful and weird. / Happy. / I feel the same. / It makes me feel great. / Normal. / When I look in the mirror all I see is a ugly unwanted girl.

Hero: Who is Your Hero and Why do you think are they important? What characteristics or qualities, would you or do you, look for in a Hero? My hero is a mystery. / My mom. I love her. / My dad because he is the best date and my sister. / My big brother and mom. They watch over me and love me. / No one. / My mother. Because she has taken care of me. / My mom because there for me. / My brother. Because he protected our family. / Batman. To keep gotham safe. / My dad.

He helps me with my homework. / Nyan cat. He is a poptart cat. / Superman. Because to help people and saves them. / Ronaldo. Because he motivated me on reaching my goal because he was poor but then he made himself into a hero. / Family. They care for me.

Through the Hoops: Communicating. We can get things done faster. We can convince the bully. Help each other achieve our goals. / Courage, working together. Be a leader, staying out of trouble. Tell the teacher, talk to the person that is bullying. Help clean. Help at home, Help other people. / Working together, communication.

Get done faster. Talk about the bully by not mean things. To succeed in life. / Participation. Communication.

Get things done faster. Respect one another. Tell the bully not to bully. Help each other out.

Seeing Beyond: We learned how to use our third eye. Science because you use your senses which are touch, feel, taste, smell and hear and also ask questions. Helping solve problems. / How to use our senses in life. To help use our senses so we can do projects or anything that comes. It can help you figure things out. / Using the five senses. Makes us more creative. Save us from hot, sharp and hard objects. / Teamwork, creative thinking.

To help someone that does not know what to do is an assignment. Achieving goals that you set.

Drawing one’s Fears, Hopes, and Dreams and Sharing: Difference. Work with people. They have fears.

Express them. / To make friends with people. Have the most fears. To express them. / Difference, Different and some fear. Work with people. Because they have fears. Express them, makes it maybe happen. / We are all different on the outside but the same on the inside. Making new friends by having things in common. Talk it out you guys might have a lot in common. By considering others feelings by not judging what their fears, goal etc.

We can remember a time when we did not listen to our intuition or inner voice. We would like you to think of an example when you did follow your intuition: When I stole from a store and I got in trouble. That I should always pay for what I get. / My intuition told me not to go outside and I did and got in trouble. To be scared of your gut. Always listen to your cut. / To not be scared. I robbed and I learned not to rob. / I threw a rock at a car. Not to do it again. / I hit my sister and my intuition told me not to. Not to do it again. / My intuition told me not to get a bird. It flew away. / Told me not to steal a candy bar and I did but I got caught. I learned that you can get caught. / I remember cutting myself when I was being bullied. That is sometimes feel good. / My inner voice told me to cross the street. I crossed the street and the other side there was a guy with a knife. There was a murder on the street the next day where I was. Listen to the inner voice. / My gut told me not to give a dog some water but I did anyway and I got bit by the dog when I was 2 or 3. I learned to always listen to your gut. / I was going outside in the winter without a sweater and my mom told me to take one and I didn’t so I got a cold. To listen to your mom. / To listen to it. / My best friend wanted me to sneak out so I did. My intuition told me not to but I did it anyway. Not to sneak out. / When I was told not to play so long. To stop playing.

Release the Fear, Inc.TM PO Box 3815 Phoenix, AZ 85030 www.releasethefear. org 602-818 6959

Funded By: PayPal Location: Children’s First Academy %Male 50

%Female 50

Date: September 6-8, 2016

Ages 12-14

Do you think others (Kids my age, older & younger, Adults) have the same Fear as I do?

Pre %YES 33 %NO 48 %Other 19 Post %YES 75 %NO 19 %Other 6 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 29 % Sometimes 67 % All the Time 4 Post % Not at all 31 % Sometimes 63 % All the Time 6 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 9 % Sometimes 48 % All the Time 43 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 56 % All the Time 44 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 19 % Sometimes 67 % All the Time 14 % No answer: 0 Post % Not at all 12 % Sometimes 69 % All the Time 19 % No Answer 0 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a Follower. Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 4 % Equal 53 % Leader 43 % No answer: 0 Post % Follower 6 % Equal 38 % Leader 56 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 62 % No 38 % No Answer 0 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 67 % No 33 % No Answer 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 48 % No 48

% No Answer 4

Did you learn something in the workshop that will help you deal with bullying?

Post % Yes 60 % No 37 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared:Tell the teacher or adult. Help out the person that got bullied . Stand up for myself or tell a teacher.

After attending the character education workshop and learning about compassion, if you saw someone being bullied, would you do something?

Post % Yes 94 % No 6 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Tell them to stop and tell teacher or adult. I will help the person that is getting bullied. / That would be mean just look and walk. I will help out. / I would tell a parent or teacher. You might end up as friends.

Did you learn any skills, such as respect or responsibility, to help you make your own decisions not based on Peer Pressure?

Post % Yes 75 % No 25 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Respect others and be responsibility. / I followed directions. / I should respect my decisions.

To not listen to others.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 62% Post 69%

Thoughts Shared: Pre: I see the color purple to me when I see it I think of hope. / Yes when I see colors I feel happy. / I think color is cute. / Blue. / I think color is black and whites. / I think about color I think about a colorful soul that has no cares in the world. / Blue and awesome. / I think about blue. / When I think about color I think of the rainbow. / I think about emotions. / Blue. / Blue makes me feel calm.

Post: I love color it’s beautiful. / To control my anger. / Emotions. / I feel the same. / Helpful, sharing. / It is cool. / Blue. / That its cute. / Colorful. / Amazing. / Color represents my fears, dreams, and memory. / Amazing.

What do you think Art can do for yourself or your community?

Thoughts Shared: Art can help people express their feeling in a safe way. / It can help me. / Art can make people happy and love one other. / I think art can make it peaceful. / Art can be fun. / To believe in yourself and to have courage. / It can relieve stress from your daily issues. / It can help me be an artist. / Change people. / Help people. / Sometimes calm me down. / Make people feel calm.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 57% Post 94% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Being a veterinarian. / To become a good soccer player. / To go to college and finish it. / To be a doctor so I can help people. / To have a family and be happy. / To be with my family. / My hope is for poor people to do stuff in life and my dream is to become a veterinarian. / To become a professional dancer. / To be famous. / To become the president. / Being rich. / To be in the NFL and to be smart. / Football. / To have my own phone and find my moms old phone. / Play video games. / To have a happy life with my dogs and no women.

Post: Being a veterinarian. / To be a professional soccer player. / To be in the NFL. / To finish college. / To become a doctor. / To fly. / To be a singer. / Video game designer. / To finish school and do my goals. / Is to become successful and be a veterinarian. / To believe. / Help my mom throughout my life. / To play in the NFL. / To be a video game designer.

One thing I learned in workshop that will help me reach my dream is: Post 100% discovered something new in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: Accomplish your goals, work hard and never give up. / To work with others. / Keep going forward. / To never give up. / Pay attention and share my dreams. / To make wings. / To keep on trying. / Not to be shy. / Is to have courage. / To follow my dream. / Courage. / Go to college and play lot of football. / To work hard. / Cooperation. / Have courage. / 0Did fear little things.

What did you learn New in the workshop about yourself, that you did now know before?

Post 100% discovered something new in the workshop about themselves: Thoughts Shared: That I am a person who works hard. / To be confident. / I am smart. / I learned about my imagination. / I am cool. / That people can have the same fear. / That I have the same fears as others. / Positive. / I can draw. / That a lot of people have the same fear. / Courage. / I can do anything. / Courage.

What did you learn New in the workshop about a classmate or friend?

Post 100% discovered something new about classmates or friends in the workshop Thoughts Shared: That they are good people. / To work as a team. / Always be kind. Share. Be thoughtful. / That we have the same fears. / That my friend wants to be a doctor like me. / They are cool. / That people can have the same fear. / That they seen something bad. / That some of them fear spiders and ghost and there mom. / Courage. / My friends are more creative. / Their dreams and fears. / That some are afraid of ghosts. / To not be afraid.

Thanks to PayPal, 28 young lives from Kenilworth Elementary School experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on September 26-28, 2016 #2 of 3 Opening up possibilities for the young minds of Arizona’s youth for a brighter tomorrow.© “Bridging Possibility” workshops.

Through stories, activities and artwork, Release the Fear’s Workshops will help students to:

     

Draw One’s Fears and Awaken Hopes and Dreams Stimulate Creative Listening and Communication Bridge Understanding Discuss How Color Affects Us and Our Environment Senses Heighten Visual Awareness of Our Environment Turn Pain into Possibilities into Purpose.

The students are divided into groups or teams that they remain with throughout the workshop. In their small group, the students may be asked to complete an activity, to share responses, or to reflect on an exercise. Often times these groups can have students with different beliefs, various backgrounds, and even opposing gang affiliations.

The workshop will end with a group created painting to be displayed for the public.

Participant Responses Participants are asked to reflect on several of the activities and then share with the group.

These responses are written in their words without edit.

The following responses are from the students who range in ages from 11-12.

The students are asked to reflect on the following question: How do you think this activity could help you in your daily life (In School, Out of School, or In Your Career)?

Who am I? : Honesty. Towards the teacher. Telling adults. No lying to bosses. / Serious. Stereo-type. Respect.

Listening to teachers and classmates. Stop it. Saying something. Making connections, being friends. / School, happy, trust. Confidence, new friends. Being brave, standing up. Responsibility, confidence. / Similarity and differences. Trustworthy. Knowing you’re the same. Knowing your future. / Trustworthy, fun, fairness. Possibilities, embarrassment. Standing up for each. People trust you to do more things.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Confidence, trust yourself. Help the school. Trust your friends that they are helping you. Feel confident that you can improve in life. / Who we really are. Not being mean to people. You tell them to stop. Ignoring them. / I learned when you look at your eyes they never change. You could change it. You look into your life and you want to change it. You would change and probably lose some of the pressure. The way we can apply in life is by knowing how we would change over the years and have really good confidence. / Proud, happy, accomplished. Proud of our work, accomplishments, goals. Stay true. Reach your goals. Believe in yourself. / Loving. Appreciate others. You could tell them you don’t want to do it. Taking care of your family.

Creative Story Telling: Skills or Tools Learned: Citizenship. Not leaving anyone out. Being equal. You have to work together. Construction workers. / Trustworthy, caring, responsible. Picking up trash, helping others. Stop the bully, tell a teacher. Getting a job. / Stay positive. Responsibility. It would help to stand and be responsible. This could help so when you’re in a job or in your life you will need responsibility. / Doing the right things. Respectful, responsibility, fairness. Telling an adult. Being trustworthy. / Responsibility, cooperation. Respect, caring, responsible. By getting help. By being safe, honest, and being true to yourself.

Mirror Work: Look at Yourself in the eyes (ONLY) and tell yourself that you love or like yourself just the way you are: It makes me feel happy. / Happy. / It makes me feel happy. / It makes me feel like I’ve accomplished something. / It makes me feel happy. / It makes me feel loved. / I think I am alright. It makes me feel uncomfortable. / It makes me feel happy. / It makes me happy when I look in the mirror. / Made me feel good about myself. / It makes me feel good, caring, letting me know that someone will always love me. / Smart, myself. / It makes me happy, smart and fast. / It makes me happy. / Makes me proud of myself. / I think I am going to accomplish a lot. / I feel comfortable, happy, calm. / Responsible, happy. / It makes me feel happy. / It makes me feel good. / I do love and like myself. Makes me feel proud, happy, cool, nice. / Fair the same color. Living feels good. Rights I have something to do. / How it makes me feel is it makes me feel glad, happy, makes me feel good things about myself. / How it makes me feel is me, the only me in this world. It makes me feel like myself. / I like myself just the way I am. It makes me feel good to know. I like myself. / How it makes me feel is that, I feel like I am myself. / I love the way I am. Lovable, smart, silly, clumsy, sensitive, nice, dirty, annoying.

Hero: Who is Your Hero and Why do you think are they important? What characteristics or qualities, would you or do you, look for in a hero? Dad. He takes care of my family. / Mom. / Me because they are true to themselves. / My heroes are five seconds of summer and friends. To me they are important because they inspired me to sing and they inspired me to want to become famous. / Mom. Mom is important to me as I am to her. / My mom is important to me because she loves me she cares about me. / If it wasn’t for my mom I wouldn’t be born. My mom is important because she loves me and she supports me. / My best friend Evelin is a hero to me. She is important to me because I treat her like she was my sister. / My hero is my dad because he supports me with everything I do. / I think my mom is important because she’s the one that makes me do the right things. / My hero is my dad. He is important to me because he makes me important and glad of myself. / Dad because that person is my best friend and my dad. / Inspiring, nice, beautiful because she takes care of me and loves me and my brothers and sister. / My mom is the best to me she took care of me she prayed with me and she never yells at me. / The Flash he makes people safe. / Myself. I am important because I have a life to live. / I’m important because maybe in the future I will help people in the world maybe even make a difference in the world. / I am my own hero. I think because they are going to accomplish a lot. / Me. / Smart, fast. / My hero is my mom because they are always there for me. / Smart, brave, stronger. / Mom she is a teacher. / Myself is my hero! I support myself and take care of myself at home.

Through the Hoops: Skills or Tools Learned: Teamwork, cooperation, trust. Help others, trusting others to help.

Don’t be a bystander. By getting a job. / Teamwork, cooperation, communication. If you get in groups or partners you could already know how to talk and communicate. Cooperating by making it stop. By talking to other people you don’t know. / What we learned is there no straight way to meet your goals. There will be a time you will have to cooperate in school. This would help with bullying by standing up and telling teachers. We can apply this to life by saying there is obstacles. / Teamwork, new skills. Helping each other. Helping the person out, tell the bully to stop.

Construction working helping people out. / Teamwork. Being cooperative. Standing up. Helps other people who are in a struggle.

Seeing Beyond: Inner voice. Telling us right from wrong. Keep you out of trouble. / Believing to predict stuff.

Your homework, tests. See your future. / What we learned is we need to listen to our inner voice. The subjects are science because you can put things together and use your imagination to see what would happen when you mix things together. We can apply this in life by listening to our imagination to get a job in your life. / Work together, teamwork, communicate. Science because you have to see beyond. See what your job is going to be. / Trust describe. Math because you need to describe your answers. Science so you can be trusted with chemicals. It helps plan and create your future.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Trust your intuition. Being safe and on a test. It can keep you safe. / To not do the wrong thing. To work harder. To have an idea what’s going to happen. / What we learned is to listen to our inner voice. We can apply this in school by listening to our inner voice and know what will happen. We can apply this in life by listening to our inner voice and earning a living. / Seeing what’s going to happen next. Prevent bullying. Finding what job you are going to get next. / Leadership. Being a leader but not a follower. Working together.

We all can remember a time when we did not listen to our Intuition or Inner Voice. We would like you to think of an example when you did follow your intuition: When I almost got hit but dodged it in a minute and I really did dodge it. Just because I didn’t follow my inner voice I fell in a hole. Follow your intuition. / When I was going outside I thought it was going to rain. To always listen to t. / When I needed to get chips for my brother. I could learn leadership. / I told myself to do my homework but I ended up doing it the last minute. I got most of them wrong. / I told myself to go to the fair with my cousin and instead I went the night before. I would have had more fun. / When I was playing I knew there was a witch around the corner. Be aware of your surroundings. / An example would be when I got the wrong answer. I can improve by working harder. / When we were in class and I knew the answer. I learned that if you try you will accomplish. / I listen to inner voice when I knew something was right from wrong when I look in the mirror and know it’s myself. The third is like your inner voice or your imagination. / When my inner voice told me to believe in myself. To not have any fears. / When I rode a roller coaster. I didn’t like it. / The last time I ever followed my intuition is when I didn’t want to do chores but I listened to my intuition to do the chores. What I can learn from this situation is that I need to do my homework or I might get in trouble for not doing it. / The last time I did was when I was stealing. I felt like taking it but my mind I was saying no and I listened to my mind. To always to your heart. / To move my head so a ball can fly past. Always believe what you see. / When I was listening to my mom she gave me a doughnut. How to stop talking. / I was riding fast and didn’t stop and got hit by a car. To follow safety on things. I get and listen to my inner voice. / An example would be when I got the silver phone instead of the golden phone case. I learned that I need to be careful with my decisions and life choices. / When I was choosing something to eat. To go with my intuition. / When it told me to get on that ride and be free. I could be free and face my fears. / When I was told to do something but I thought I was going to get away with it but I didn’t. To listen to my inner voice and not ignore it. / When I did follow my intuition was when the teacher said to listen to your inner voice. What I learned was when you read or when you imagine you should always listen to your inner voice. / One example I have is when I didn’t want to leave the plants alone and I got stung by a bee. What I can learn is to listen to my inner voice next time.

Drawing one’s Fears, Hopes, Dreams and Sharing: Expressing yourself. You won’t be fake. Be yourself. More support if you are true to yourself. / Accomplish your goals. Having good grades. So you won’t be scared of a bully.

Reaching your goals. / Proceed with your dreams. By getting good grades. By standing up for each other. So you can get dream job. / Face our fears to accomplish our dreams. If something is bothering you would have to come up with a certain plan. Tell the principal if something is wrong. Facing your worst fears. / Some things are learned if you draw things out. They will be easier to learn. We can apply this in school by being like your fears. This can help by standing up. We can apply this in life by these memories will help you reach your goals in life.

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Funded By: PayPal Location: Kenilworth Elementary School %Male 39

% Female 61

Date: September 26-28, 2016

Ages 11-12

Do you think others (Kids my age, older & younger, Adults) have the same Fear as I do?

Pre %YES 57 %NO 39 %Other 4 Post %YES 86 %NO 14 %Other 0 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 21 % Sometimes 64 % All the Time 14 Post % Not at all 7 % Sometimes 57 % All the Time 36 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 4 % Sometimes 54 % All the Time 42 Post % Not at all 4 % Sometimes 57 % All the Time 39 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 11 % Sometimes 46 % All the Time 36 % No Answer 7 Post % Not at all 4 % Sometimes 79 % All the Time 17 % No Answer 0 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a Follower. Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 7 % Equal 36 % Leader 54 Post % Follower 4 % Equal 29 % Leader 68 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 54 % No 46 % No Answer 0 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 42 % No 54 % No Answer 4 Did you do anything? % Yes 42 % No 40

% No Answer 18

Did you learn something in the workshop that will help you deal with bullying?

Post % Yes 96 % No 4 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: Because I can stand up for other people. / Tell the teacher. / Because I can stand up. / I can stand up. / To ignore it. / I learned to never back down. / I ask if you would do something. / Don’t judge. / We have to stick up for each other. / Tell the teacher. / Leadership. / To speak up. / Help people or the person. / Stand up for people. / It helped because we learned to tell people if someone is in trouble. / A lot of things to deal with bullying. / I learned to always help. / We have to stand up for each other.

After attending the character education workshop and learning about compassion, if you saw someone being bullied, would you do something?

Post % Yes 100 % No 0 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: I would make it stop. / Telling a teacher. / I would tell an adult. / I would do something to the bully. / I would because someone is giving a person a hard time. / I would stand up or tell a teacher. / Help the person. / I would try to stop it. / Tell them something. / Let someone know. / Tell the teacher. / Tell them to stop. / Because I like helping other people. / Stand up for them. / I would tell them to stop. / If seeing a bully doing its job I would tell an adult. / I will tell the teacher.

Did you learn any skills, such as respect or responsibility, to help you make your own decisions not based on Peer Pressure?

Post % Yes 100 % No 0 % No Answer 0 Thoughts Shared: I did learn about respect. / Teamwork, citizenship, and others. / I don’t have peer pressure. / To respect other people. / Because I am responsible. / I learned a lot. / Respectful. / It is helpful to help. / To speak up. / Yes, and now I don’t have any more peer pressure. / Peer pressure is sometimes good. / Respect taught me to be my own person. / I shouldn’t be shy about my decision. / It is respectful to help someone that needs help. / Respect other people. / I could help myself.

What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 75% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Blue. / Color represents your personality. / I think color is another way to express yourself. / It is cool to have it. / That it’s beautiful. / Yes I love color. / I think it is just the same. / It is awesome. / I think color is just color. / I think that the world would be different without color and no I haven’t thought about color. / Art comes to my mind when I think of color. / I think of art. / When I think of color I think of red. / Well my favorite colors are blue and black. / I think color is an important thing in our world. / I think color is a way to express yourself. / Well I think that anybody can be creative with color. / Pretty, cool, shiny, matte. / Beautiful. / What I think about color is it explains emotions. / What I think about color is it’s so creative and it looks more colorful.

Post: It brings out your personality. / The world would be in black and white and boring. / It expresses your inner self. / Color are like emotions. / What I think it is beautiful. Color is in the world. / Color is just to respect others. / The world would be in black and white. / Cool. / I think it’s creative because you can do things with color. / I learned color that is your favorite memory, fear, dream. / Beautiful. / You can express yourself with color. / No, I think color is a way to express yourself. / Color is how you express yourself. / I learned that color is very important. / It’s awesome. / It opens me. / Color is powerful and loving. / Blue. / It’s important. / Color is the key to our emotions. / It’s cool. / Color makes me think of certain people. / Cool. / Explain with color. / That color can change how you think.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 89% Post 100% Thoughts Shared: Pre: Finish school, go to college, get a good job. / My most important dream is to become famous. / I want to be a football player. / My dream is to be a professional makeup artist. / My dream is to save animals. / I would like to live somewhere peaceful. / My dream is to be a vet. / To become a professional cook/baker. / Be a doctor. / My dream is to be a hair stylist or doctor. / I want to be a doctor to help people and to help my mom. / My important dream is to get married and having kids and being famous. / Have a child and become famous. / To have a child and to be an artist. / I want to be a You Tuber as a job. / My hope when I grow up is to be an artist. / My dream is to be a scientist when I am older. / My most important dream is to get a job. / Is to be the greatest person at math. / To be a football player. / Living with my dad in a nice place. / To reach college. / Become a teacher. / To be a robotic engineer. / My dream is to be famous.

Post: To succeed with You Tube. / To have a house. / That I spend most of my time with my dad. / Football player. / To be successful. / To be an artist. / To be a vet. / Completing my goals. / Having kids. / To help people. / Graduate from college. / Be a veterinarian. / Is having a good life. / To be a veterinarian. / To go to Florida with my favorite color. / To conquer my fears. / That I have a good life. / Football. / Getting a family. / My dream is to be a scientist. / My most important dream it is going to have a job and a house. / To be famous. / To get married. / To cooperate with others. / To be a hair stylist. / To be a football player. / I get a family and a mansion. / To run my own restaurant.

One thing I learned in workshop that will help me reach my dream is: Post 93% discovered something new in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: Seeing that color is the key. / Is to not be afraid and reach your goals. / I learned about teamwork. / To keep working harder. / To work together. / I learned to face my fears. / I was good to myself. / To believe in myself. / I learned that I am confident to reach my dreams. / I have so many opportunities out there. / Teamwork. /Inner voice. / To draw your own things. / Having to stop to reach my goals. / You keep working on it.

Coming into the workshop, which Character Count did you want to improve or work on to help you? How did the workshop help you improve it?

Post 100% discovered something in the workshop to improve their Character Count Thoughts Shared: Coloring is everything about you. / Is that I will believe. / Is to believe in myself. / To cooperate with others. / Be myself. / Is every color is beautiful in the world and you will need that. / Is to not be afraid and reach your dreams. / To learn how to be brave. / I learned about teamwork. / Draw what my dream is in the dream. / To conquer my fears. / To work together. / You have to go the difficult thing to reach your goal. / I am fine just the way I am. / Step inside of myself. / I learned that you don’t have to doubt yourself. / To be my own me. / I have a third eye. / Are having good grades. / Having dreams and hopes is okay. / Yes. / That I am myself and to love myself. / I learned that I have great speech.

What did you learn New in the workshop about a classmate or friend?

Post 96% discovered something new about classmates or friends in the workshop Thoughts Shared: Many things. / There is a lot for some. / That they can be a good friend. / That I’m not alone. / Help. / Teamwork. / That they have different goals. / They’re cool. / Their fears. / Teamwork. / I learned that they have brothers and sisters. / Most feel the same as me. / That they always listen. / They have different goals. / That they also have different emotions. / To work together and don’t judge them. / They go through tough times too. / People have the same fears as me. / One of my friends is going to be famous. / What they truly are. / I learned that you can do anything. / They always share. / That they have been bullied. / He wants to have kids. / A lot of people have the same fear.

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Thanks to PayPal, 8 young lives from Sequoia School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing experienced their Possibilities.

This workshop took place on September 26-29, 2016 #3 of 3 Opening up possibilities for the young minds of Arizona’s youth for a brighter tomorrow.© “Bridging Possibility” workshops.

Through stories, activities and artwork, Release the Fear’s Workshops will help students to:

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Draw One’s Fears and Awaken Hopes and Dreams Stimulate Creative Listening and Communication Bridge Understanding Discuss How Color Affects Us and Our Environment Senses Heighten Visual Awareness of Our Environment Turn Pain into Possibilities into Purpose.

The students are divided into groups or teams that they remain with throughout the workshop. In their small group, the students may be asked to complete an activity, to share responses, or to reflect on an exercise. Often times these groups can have students with different beliefs, various backgrounds, and even opposing gang affiliations.

The workshop will end with a group created painting to be displayed for the public.

Participant Responses Participants are asked to reflect on several of the activities and then share with the group.

These responses are written in their words without edit.

The following responses are from the students who range in ages from 13-14.

The students are asked to reflect on the following question: How do you think this activity could help you in your daily life (In School, Out of School, or In Your Career)?

Who am I? : Communicate with each other. By being social. With a person, meeting new people, approachable.

By communicating to stop the bullying. Call the parents. / Acceptance of other people. Start conversation and ask more questions. If someone bullying others stand up. Goal success. Stop bullying anyone.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: People’s feelings are important. Confidence and support of each other. Be fair, pressure. Believe in a strong leader. / How you feel with mirror. When the students don’t use girls. Do it right.

Even if against your friends. If someone makes a mistake, will it be a changed life?

Creative Story Telling: Skills or Tools Learned: No sign just action teamwork. If someone is deaf and someone is hearing why not write it down. Teamwork if someone is bullying to others. Helping with the family. / Support others, including with those learning languages. Respect each other and be fair. We have to get them to stop bullying.

Caring.

Mirror Work: Look at Yourself in the eyes (ONLY) and tell yourself that you love or like yourself just the way you are: I like myself. I am pretty. / I like blue eyes. Potato, wonderful, awesome. / Cute, happy. / Awesome, proud, and grateful. Deaf and hard of hearing people can do anything. / Cool and joyful. / Beautiful and cool. / I feel uncomfortable. / I like myself because I was so different on a face. I feel so perfect.

Hero: Who is Your Hero and Why do you think are they important? What characteristics or qualities, would you or do you, look for in a hero? Of course I do because it’s so important to our lesson in life is more than you expected of yourself. / I see needed improvement good, self-respect from people. / My mom because my mother taught me how to paint the house. / My mom teaches me how to clean the house. Because I want in the future that if I have a new house, I have to know how to clean it. / My grandpa. My grandpa can fix airplanes. / Ray Lewis, Ron Gronkowski, Cam Newton, Chris Kyle and my family.

They show respect to others and honor. / Marleah because she is good to me. She has a good patience. / My grandparents.

They help me with everything I need.

Through the Hoops: Skills or Tools Learned: We support each other as a team. People help other person to know things. Be against bullying for doing teamwork. Positive people help person to good life. / Cooperation, teamwork. We are support discussion with each other. No cooperation or no support for us. The family, friends support and help form people.

Seeing Beyond: Vision, idea. Art is extremely amazing because most talented art as I am. When I’m great at drawing, I dreamed about it. / They can visualize or feel in the things. If someone can see in the world, but I can visualize. The person wants a goal and visualize what to do in the future.

Reflective Take Away Assignment: Trustworthy, caring. Build better relationships. Meet new people. / Friends or family caring about me. The student doesn’t know homework if someone can help him or her. If someone trustworthy or caring is good and positive.

We all can remember a time when we did not listen to our Intuition or Inner Voice. We would like you to think of an example when you did follow your intuition: I care for my best four friends last year my best moment memory was hanging out with them. Every day they are friends for four years and have been the best friends. / Laine Principal helped me feel better and with doing my school work. / Maddie was caring to me because she always wants to sit next to me on the school bus. / People caring for others like giving food, sweaters and anything that they can. / Teacher trusted me to get the laptop up. I am happy because the teacher trusted me. / That girl is caring about me even though I don’t like her. She knows I don’t like her but she always talks to me. / I was caring to keep talking to my friends after recess. In this way, I kept being in a good attitude on my feelings. I felt so good and best of care. / I am trustworthy with some people. I have never been with people alone. I noticed but did not know and I tried to talk to this girl alone. I saw girl look like sad. But I write to girl and both write all the time.

Drawing one’s Fears, Hopes, Dreams and Sharing: Memory, fear, dreams. Learn new goals, life. Help us to relate and understand. Help plans. / To become at goals and success in the future. Like someone feels afterward “first day of school”. They want to become a success and get good grades. They want to have goals and reach goals.

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Funded By: PayPal Date: September 26-29, 2016 Location: Sequoia School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing %Male 38

% Female 62

Ages 13-14

Do you think others (Kids my age, older & younger, Adults) have the same Fear as I do?

Pre %YES 38 %NO 50 %Other 0 % No Answer 12 Post %YES 88 %NO 12 %Other 0 % No Answer 12 Rate this statement: You feel comfortable speaking in front of others.

Pre % Not at all 38 % Sometimes 50 % All the Time 0 % No Answer 12 Post % Not at all 12 % Sometimes 50 % All the Time 38 % No Answer 0 Rate this statement: I believe I can make my hopes and/or dreams come true.

Pre % Not at all 12 % Sometimes 50 % All the Time 38 Post % Not at all 0 % Sometimes 50 % All the Time 50 Rate this statement: I respect my own decisions even when dealing with peer pressure.

Pre % Not at all 50 % Sometimes 13 % All the Time 25 % No Answer 12 Post % Not at all 13 % Sometimes 50 % All the Time 25 % No Answer 12 Complete this statement: I am trustworthy and see myself as a Follower. Equal, Leader Pre % Follower 25 % Equal 50 % Leader 25 Post % Follower 25 % Equal 50 % Leader 25 Have you ever been bullied? % Yes 37 % No 63 % No Answer 0 Have you ever seen someone being bullied? % Yes 63 % No 37 % No Answer 0 Did you do anything? % Yes 38 % No 50

% No Answer 12

Did you learn something in the workshop that will help you deal with bullying?

Post % Yes 88 % No 0 % No Answer 12 Thoughts Shared: All are the same. / Trying to prove when they’ve stopped. / Tell someone.

After attending the character education workshop and learning about compassion, if you saw someone being bullied, would you do something?

Post % Yes 75 % No 13 % No Answer 12 Thoughts Shared: I will tell.

Did you learn any skills, such as respect or responsibility, to help you make your own decisions not based on Peer Pressure?

Post % Yes 75 % No 13 % No Answer 12 What do you think about color?

What % gave more thought and shared them about color.

Pre 88% Post 63%

Thoughts Shared: Pre: Makes me happy. / Colors are just good types of colorful things. / I like black because that’s my favorite color. / Peach light or dark and blue. / Blue. / Aqua, purple, black, blue, red, silver, and pink. / I’m thinking about purple because purple is the darkest color as all of things, also I like only cool colors.

Post: Color is purple. / I just learned about different colors. / Joy is like yellow. / I don’t understand. / Things make color big in your dreams.

My most important hope or dream is. . .

What % gave more thought to their Dreams becoming reality.

Pre 75% Post 88% Thoughts Shared: Pre: My most important dream because my dreams are full of the best and have a good choice. / I want to go to college and I want to be successful. / Dream. / I want to be a writer and travel other worlds. / My dream is to be in the NFL and help support people. / I want to be a hair stylist.

Post: I wish I can be a singer and become a writer. / I want to be like the girl in Hunger Games. / Yes I want to do haircuts. / Learn archery. / To be an artist. / I hope. See what happens. / To go play college football and NFL until I end my career.

One thing I learned in workshop that will help me reach my dream is: Post 75% discovered something new in the workshop.

Thoughts Shared: I think of help and self-dreams. / To do it. / Art is earth explode. / I have to go to school and then get a job. / See character, how they paint. /I’m just imagining about things we learned. / That get pass your fear and reach your dreams.

Coming into the workshop, which Character Count did you want to improve or work on to help you? How did the workshop help you improve it?

Post 75% discovered something in the workshop to improve their Character Count Thoughts Shared: To reach your goals without your failure. / Yes, understand me. / “mind eye” game. / I am not alone. / I am good at art. / I will do it.

What did you learn New in the workshop about a classmate or friend?

Post 75% discovered something new about classmates or friends in the workshop Thoughts Shared: About their fears. / I learned my things. / Fears. / Work. / Math. / A new friend probably.

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