Ask the Scholar

{
    "localId": "26414630",
    "label": "Toledo Youth Ambassadors",
    "core": "doc",
    "dtoType": "document",
    "citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/26414630"
}

{
    "id": "26414630",
    "sourceUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/26414630",
    "contentType": "document",
    "title": "Toledo Youth Ambassadors",
    "citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/26414630",
    "collections": [
        "Records of the Domestic Policy Council (Clinton Administration)",
        "Michael Schmidt's Files"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/presidential-libraries/clinton/foia/2013/2013-0968-S/42-t-7368814-20130968S-021-018-2016.pdf",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/presidential-libraries/clinton/foia/2013/2013-0968-S/42-t-7368814-20130968S-021-018-2016.pdf",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/presidential-libraries/clinton/foia/2013/2013-0968-S/42-t-7368814-20130968S-021-018-2016.pdf",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "hasImages": true,
    "source": "import",
    "hasTranscription": false
}

{
    "url": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/26414630",
    "naId": 26414630,
    "levelOfDescription": "fileUnit",
    "otherTitles": [
        "42-t-7368814-20130968S-021-018-2016"
    ],
    "recordType": "description",
    "ocrSource": "nara-archive"
}

{
    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "document",
    "url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/presidential-libraries/clinton/foia/2013/2013-0968-S/42-t-7368814-20130968S-021-018-2016.pdf",
    "mediaId": "d00fd7e766729f65",
    "ocrText": "Tolego Youth Ambassador\nPHOTOCOPY\nPRESERVATION\n02/24/1994 17:59 419-472-1210\nKEN NEWBURY, PH. D.\nPAGE 01\nToledo Public Schools 4115 Monroe, Tolado, Ohio 43008 / (419)475-4685\nFAX (419)472-1210\nStudent\nAssistance\nProgram\nKen Newbury, Ph.D.\nDirector\nTo: Mike Scmidt,\nHonorary Member America's Pride of Toledo\nFax: 202-456-7028\nFebruary 24, 1994\nMike,\nThere are so many articles 1 could share with you. But, the most important was written\na few years ago by a teacher who was touched by our students. Please take the time\nto read this letter. It was written to all Pride students. At least you will know why I care\nso much that this next generation of students have the opportunity for appreciation and\nrecognition.\nIf it helps our credibility, our group has performed and/or presented at the White House\nConferences for a Drug Free America, and the Fifth Annual Drig Free Schools and\nCommunity Conference, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. While\nextremely talented, our students are more talented in presenting workshops for other\nstudents on topics of interest to the health of our nation: drug abuse, teen pregnancy,\nand violence.\nOur final count of students will be complete tomorrow. However it will be either 59 or\n60 total individuals.\nThanks again. You are appreciated by at least 60 people and most particularly by me!\nSincerely,\nKen Newbury, Ph.D.\nThe BEST place to learn\nEqual Opportunity Employer\nPAGE 02\nDear Pride Member,\nAs I look back on the thousands of young\nnuclear energy. Most of us in that generation\nlives that every classroom teacher touches during\nstill have a t least one third of our careers\nthe course of a career, I sometimes ask: \"And to\nleft to give.\nwhat avail? Is the world a better place because\nI was there? Did I teach more than reading,\nNever in the history of humanity has a\nwriting and arithmetic? Through some kind of\ngeneration of people had the power to impact\nmagic, did the values and ideals that made this\nworld hunger. Did you know that this planet\ncountry a great nation and a leader in its world\ncurrently produces enough food to feed three\nfind a way into the minds and hearts of a new\nKEN NEWBURY,PH.D.\ntimes the world's population? Never have we had\ngeneration that will lead us into our futures?\ngreater opportunities to bring about world peace,\nDid I teach hope and sunshine? Did I teach\nfreedom and equality. As we watch together the\nkindness and compassion? Did I teach open\nwalls of differences crumble, I'm sure we will\nmindedness and honesty?\" Time alone will answer\ncombine our efforts to build the bridges that\nthose questions for me, but each time I watch you\nunite the common core of human life.\nperform, I know.\nAs I see my active career coming to an end\nThirty years ago, John R. Kennedy said, \"Let\nin the early years of the twenty-first century\nthe word go forth that the torch has been passed\nand yours underway, I rest assured that as the\nto a new generation.\" One of Dr. Martin Luther\ntorch is passed to yet a new generation, it shall\nKing's most well remembered expressions is, \"I\nbe carried by strong and capable young hands.\nhave a dream!\" That generation and those dreams\nHands that take their commandments from minds and\nhave accomplished miracles. We put a man on the\nhearts filled with commitment and integrity. I\nmoon. We created the space shuttle. We\nknow that truth from the glow that surrounds each\ndeveloped satellite communications. We explored\nof you as you give your very best both on and off\ndeeper meanings of equality and freedom. We know\nthat stage. That is all you will ever need to\nmore about human potential than we've ever known\nmake your dreams come true to demonstrate the\n02/24/1994 17:59 419-472-1210\nbefore. We virtually wiped out polio,\nmiracles that are yours to create.\ntuberculosis and many other diseases. We've made\ntremendous strides in the treatment of cancer,\nI am only one of a huge core of educators in\nheart disease, muscular dystrophy and a multitude\nthis country, but I know that I only echo the\nof illnesses that plague the lives of our\nvoices of many when I say that we love everything\nbrothers. Laser Surgery is one of our\nthat your are and even those things that you have\naccomplishments. We found productive uses of\nyet to become. I know that you will make those\nthings wonderful because you are wonderful. You\nare the miracle workers. I know that you cannot\nfail to make your dreams come true.\n02/24/1994 18:20 419-472-1210\nKEN NEWBURY, PH. D.\nPAGE 01\nToledo Public Schools 4115 Monros, Toledo, Ohio 43906 / (419)475-4085\nFAX (419)472-1210\nStudent\nAssistance\nProgram\nKan Newbury, Ph.D.\nDirector\nTo: Mike Scmidt,\nHonorary Member America's Pride of Toledo\nFax: 202-456-7028\nFebruary 24, 1994\nMike,\nThere are so many articles I could share with you. But, the most important was written\na few years ago by a teacher who was touched by our students. Please take the time\nto read this letter. It was written to all Pride students. At least you will know why I care\nso much that this next generation of students have the opportunity for appreciation and\nrecognition.\nIf it helps our credibility, our group has performed and/or presented at the White House\nConferences for a Drug Free America, and the Fifth Annual Drig Free Schools and\nCommunity Conference, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. While\nextremely talented, our students are more talented in presenting workshops for other\nstudents on topics of interest to the health of our nation: drug abuse, teen pregnancy,\nand violence.\nOur final count of students will be complete tomorrow. However it will be either 59 or\n60 total individuals.\nThanks again. You are appreciated by at least 60 people and most particularly by me!\nSincerely,\nKan Daluz\nKen Newbury, Ph.D.\nThe BEST P , to\nE\nOpportunity Employer\nPAGE 02\nDear Pride Member,\nAs I look back on the thousands of young\nnuclear energy. Most of us in that generation\nlives that every classroom teacher touches during\nstill have a t least one third of our careers\nthe course of a career, I sometimes ask: \"And to\nleft to give.\nwhat avail? Is the world a better place because\nI was there? Did I teach more than reading,\nNever in the history of humanity has a\nwriting and arithmetic? Through some kind of\ngeneration of people had the power to impact\nmagic, did the values and ideals that made this\nworld hunger. Did you know that this planet\ncountry a great nation and a leader in its world\nKEN NEWBURY,PH.D.\ncurrently produces enough food to feed three\nfind a way into the minds and hearts of a new\ntimes the world's population? Never have we had\ngeneration that will lead us into our futures?\ngreater opportunities to bring about world peace,\nDid I teach hope and sunshine? Did I teach\nfreedom and equality. As we watch together the\nkindness and compassion? Did I teach open\nwalls of differences crumble, I'm sure we will\nmindedness and honesty?\" Time alone will answer\ncombine our efforts to build the bridges that\nthose questions for me, but each time I watch you\nunite the common core of human life.\nperform, I know.\nAs I see my active career coming to an end\nThirty years ago, John R. Kennedy said, \"Let\nin the early years of the twenty-first century\nthe word go forth that the torch has been passed\nand yours underway, I rest assured that as the\nto a new generation.\" One of Dr. Martin Luther\ntorch is passed to yet a new generation, it shall\nKing's most well remembered expressions is, \"I\nbe carried by strong and capable young hands.\nhave a dream!\" That generation and those dreams\nHands that take their commandments from minds and\nhave accomplished miracles. We put a man on the\nhearts filled with commitment and integrity. I\nmoon. We created the space shuttle. We\nknow that truth from the glow that surrounds each\ndeveloped satellite communications We explored\nof you as you give your very best both on and off\n18:20 419-472-1210\ndeeper meanings of equality and freedom. We know\nthat stage. That is all you will ever need to\nmore about human potential than we've ever known\nmake your dreams come true to demonstrate the\nbefore.\nWe virtually wiped out polio,\nmiracles that are yours to create.\ntuberculosis and many other diseases. We've made\ntremendous strides in the treatment of cancer,\nI am only one of a huge core of educators in\nheart disease, muscular dystrophy and a multitude\nthis country, but I know that I only echo the\nof illnesses that plague the lives of our\nvoices of many when I say that we love everything\nbrothers. Laser curgery is one of our\nthat your are and even those things that you have\naccomplishments. We found productive uses of\nyet to become. I know that you will make those\nthings wonderful because you are wonderful. You\n02/24/1994\nare the miracle workers. I know that you cannot\nfail to make your dreams come true.\nMike Schnolt-\nPAGE 03\noups- - Ifngot\npage 2 !\nKen W-\nAs I sit in your audience tonight, there\nwill be tears in my eyes. They will not be the\ntears of remorse and despair that you so often\nTOLEDO\"S DWN\nbring forth from your peers. Those tears are the\nantecedents of needed change in the chaotic lives\nof distraught youth. My tears will be tears of\ngrateful appreciation. They will be tears of\nbeauty and hope - maybe even pride. You are an\nKEN NEWBURY,PH.D.\ninspiration in your world - not only to your\npeers, but also to the other lives that surround\nand support yours. I guess I don't ever want you\nto lose touch with your power to inspire the best\nin others by giving the best that is yours to\ngive.\nAMERICA'S\nEven though you will never know my name, you\nwill recognize me by the smile in my eyes and my\nword and acts of encouragement as you go forward\nin discovering the miracle that is you. Thank\nyou for everything that you are.\nPRIDE\nA Teacher\n18:20 419-472-1210\n02/24/1994\n02/10/1994 17:25 419-472-1210\nKEN NEWBURY, PH. D.\nPAGE 04\nAmerica's Pride\nDRUG PREVENTIONTEAM\nKen Newbury, PhD.\nDear Mrs. Gore,\n4115 Monroe\nTaledo, Onio 43606\n(419) 475-4865\nLet me introduce you to 60 of the finest teenagers anywhere in\nthe U.S.A. These culturally diverse students are part of a\nBIH Geha, OCPC\nworkshop and performance team called America's Pride.\n5148 Нопога\nSylvania, Onio 43560\nToledo's America's Pride students spend most Friday nights\n(419) 885-4347\ntraining other school children to live a drug-free lifestyle. To\ndate, Toledo's America's Pride have presented workshops from\nSandy Philips\nCalifornia to East St. Louis and Atlanta.\n4810 Wickford Green\nSylvania. Ohio 43560\n(419) 885-3252\nAmerica's Pride is also a very accomplished performance\ngroup. Over the past 6 years, these students have performed\nfor more than 500,000 people. Their message is to celebrate\nlife drug-free while reinforcing American values of pride,\nhonesty, wisdom, and caring for others. In each Pride\nperformance, eyes moisten as the Pride kids sing of their love\nfor our country and the freedom from alcohol and other drugs.\nI am writing you this letter to ask for your help. We would\nlike to honor and support the newly-elected President and\nVice-President by offering a musical tune or two during the\ninaugural festivities. Of course, we would welcome an\ninvitation to another White House sponsored function.\nYour personal support for these hard-working Toledo-area\nstudents will make for a life-time memory. I also believe it\nwill strengthen the Clinton-Gore theme of change in America.\nFor surely, change will begin with our nation's young people.\nThank you for your interest and help.\nBest wishes for a successful and healthy four years,\nTen Newburg\nKen Newbury, Ph.D.\n1\n02/10/1994 17:25 419-472-1210\nKEN NEWBURY, PH. D.\nPAGE 03\nMARY ELIZABETH GORE\nJanuary 25, 1993\nDear Ken,\nThank you for your note of congratulations. I'm sorry that the\nmaterials reached me too late to do anything about the\nInauguration.\nBUITE 1001\nChange can indeed start with our nation's young people - - and\n1120 VERMONT AVENUE, N.W.\nWASHINGTON, D. C. 20270\n111\nthose pictured in your group appear to be a wonderful example\nof America's best.\nAll good wishes on your endeavors with America's Pride.\nSincerely,\nJuppin Im\nTipper Gore\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nApril 29, 1993\nMEMORANDUM FOR MARCIA HALE, OFFICE OF SCHEDULING\nFROM:\nMike Schmidt, Domestic Policy Council\nSUBJECT:\nScheduling Request from Toledo Youth Ambassadors\nI just wanted to bring the attached request to your attention (your office should\nhave already received a copy). Larry Cardwell and I met at the President's\nbreakfast for state governors and mayors on April 14, a part of the \"Summer\nChallenge\" event sponsored by The Department of Labor and The Department of\nEducation. Mr. Cardwell is the Director of the Toledo Youth Commission, and he\nand Toledo Mayor John McHugh are strong supporters of the President's Summer\nJobs proposal.\nMr. Cardwell would like to set up a brief meeting between the President and a\ngroup called the Toledo Youth Ambassadors sometime in August of this year. His\nrequest caught my attention because these Youth Ambassadors are a group of\ndisadvantaged young people who are trying to make a difference in their urban\ncommunities. Not only would a meeting with the President be a tremendous\nopportunity for these young people, but as a side benefit I think it would be a\ngreat opportunity for the President to tout the success of his summer jobs package\nas well (assuming that there will be one).\nGive me a call at X2165 if I can give you any additional information or if you have\nany questions about this request.\nThis has already been regretted\nCITY OF TOLEDO OHIO\nSEAL ANOHARE CITY OF IDIDO OF\nJOHN McHUGH\nONE GOVERNMENT CENTER\nRESIDENCE\nJANUARY\n18.37\nSUITE 2200\nMAYOR\n5876 RYEWYCK DRIVE\nTOLEDO. OHIO 43604\nTOLEDO, OHIO 43614\n245-1001\n866-1686\nApril 20, 1993\nMs. Marsha Hale\nOffice of Scheduling\nThe White House\nWashington, DC 20500\nDear Ms. Hale:\nAt the suggestion of Mr. Mike Schmidt, I am writing to ask for your assistance\nin making a dream come true for 180 young people. These young people, who are\npart of the Toledo Youth Ambassadors, are dreaming of visiting our nation's\ncapitol and President Bill Clinton. We are hoping that a date in the first three\nweeks of August 1993 would be convenient for the White House and the President.\nPlease let me know which date(s) would be best suited to your schedule needs.\nPerhaps it also would be helpful for you to know something about our\n\"Ambassadors.\" The Toledo Youth Ambassadors are young people committed to the\nshared values of family, school, community, and country. Youth ambassadors are\ncommitted to the democratic principles upon which our nation is formed. Each\nambassador has pledged to lead an alcohol and drug free life, obey all laws, and\nserve as a healthy role model for others. Youth ambassadors believe in the\nstrength of cultural diversity and establishment of strong and vital families and\nneighborhoods.\nSome of our ambassadors are selected in part because of their participation in\nthe President's Summer Challenge. Other students are members of Toledo's\nAmerica's Pride Drug Prevention Training Team. Combined with a diversity of\nother young role models, our ambassadors are hoping for a once in a lifetime\neducational opportunity. Your efforts on our behalf will help keep them focused\nfor the challenges they face and opportunities they meet.\nSincerely,\nLarry A Cardwell\nLarry Cardwell, Director\nToledo Youth Commission\nLC:ms/b1\nCC: Mr. Mike Schmidt\nPrinted on Recycled Paper\n2\n02/10/1994 17:25 419-472-1210\nKEN NEWBURY, PH. D.\nPAGE 07\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nJuly 1, 1993\nMr. Larry Cardwell\nDirector\nToledo Youth Commission\nCity of Toledo, Ohio\nOne Government Center\nSuite 2200\nToledo, Ohio 43604\nDear Mr. Cardwell:\nThank you for writing on behalf of the Toledo Youth\nAmbassadors. The President appreciates your letter of support\nand is sorry that he will be unable to meet with the students\nduring their upcoming visit to Washington, D.C.\nUnfortunately, the tremendous demands on the President as he\nworks to move our country forward do not give him the opportunity\nto speak with as many people as he would like.\nOn behalf of the President, thank you again for your\nthoughtful letter. Please do not hesitate to contact my office\nif we can provide any further assistance.\nSincerely,\nMarcia LecHale\nMarcia L. Hale\nAssistant to the President\nDirector of Scheduling and Advance\nMLH/ina\n02/10/1994 17:25 419-472-1210\nKEN NEWBURY, PH. D.\nPAGE 06\nCITY OF TOLEDO OHIO\nONE GOVERNMENT CENTER\nJOHN MOHUGH\nsure 2200\nRESIDENCE\nMAYOR\n8878 RYBWYCK DRIVE\nTHE\nTOLEDO, ONIO 4360s\n248-1001\nTOLEGO, OHIO 43614\n868-1886\nAugust 12, 1993\nMs. Marsha Hale\nOffice of Scheduling\nThe White House\nWashington, DC 20500\nDear Ms. Hale:\nPlease refer to our previous correspondence where I requested that the Toledo\nYouth Ambassadors meet with President Clinton during their visit to\nWashington, DC. The Youth have put in a lot of time and effort in preparing a\nsong which they would like to sing for the President. If at all possible, we\nwould like to arrange 5 to 10 minutes to meet with him so that they can sing the\nsong for him. We realize that a lot of demands are being put on the President's\ntime; therefore, we are leaving our date open for a date in the future to meet\nwith date. him. Please contact me or my office as soon as possible of an available\nThank you in advance for your cooperation.\nSincerely,\n,\nLarry Cardwell\nLarry Cardwell, Director\nToledo Youth Commission\nLC:ms/d1\nCC: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur\nMr. Michael Schmidt\nPrinted - Recycled Page\nw\n3\n02/10/1994 17:25 419-472-1210\nKEN NEWBURY, PH. D.\nPAGE 08\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nNovember 2, 1993\nMr. Larry Cardwell\nDirector\nToledo Youth Commission\nCity of Toledo, Ohio\nOne Government Center\nSuite 2200\nToledo, Ohio 43604\nDear Mr. Cardwell:\nThank you for inviting the President to hear a song prepared\nby the Toledo Youth Ambassadors. The President appreciates you\nwriting on their behalf.\nAt this time, I am unable to make a commitment to your\nrequest. However, please be assured that I will keep your open\ninvitation on file for further consideration and will contact you\nif it is possible for the President to meet with the children.\non behalf of the President, thank you again for your\nthoughtful invitation. Please do not hesitate to contact my\noffice if we can be of further assistance.\nSincerely,\nRMN/sva\nCC: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur\nPAGE 09\nKEN NEWBURY, PH. D.\n02/10/1994 17:25 419-472-1210\nCITY OF TOLEDO OHIO\nONE GOVERNMENT CENTER, TOLEDO, OHIO 43604\nTOLEDO/YOUTH\nLARRY A. CARDWELL\nCOMMISSION\nEXEC. DIRECTOR\nSUITE 2200\n245-1006\nJanuary 3. 1994\nFirst Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton\nc/o Ms. Patti Solis\nThe White House\n1600 Pennsylvania Avenue\nWashington D.C., 20500\nDear Mrs. Clinton,\nAt the suggestion of Mr. Mike Schmidt, Domestic Policy, we are writing to ask for your\nassistance in making a dream come true for 85 young people. These young people\nare actively involved in shaping Toledo's future through drug and violence prevention.\nOur \"ambassadors\" represent the city-wide Youth Commission and Toledo's nationally\nrecognized America's Pride drug prevention team. For more than a year, these\nstudents have dreamed of an opportunity to visit our nation's capitol and meet with the\nFirst Lady and the President.\nPerhaps it also would be helpful for you to know something about our young people\nand their mission. America's Pride of Toledo has presented workshops and\nperformances for more than 500,000 people over the last eight years. Included\namong their performances were numerous presentations for former Governor Celeste,\npresentations for the White House Conference on Drug Free America. the Department\nof Education, and the California Bowl. In addition, our ambassadors now include\nstudents who represent all of Toledo on the Toledo Youth Commission. These\nstudents are selected in part because of their participation in the President's Summer\nYouth Challenge and because they represent the best qualities in young people.\nThey work actively with other youth to represent youth interests in city government\nplanning.\nOur greatest wish now is to visit with you. The opportunity to meet you briefly will\nprovide additional fire and focus to the hardest working youth we know. Our visit will\ninspire others to get involved as the challenges facing our nation increase. Please\nhelp us to make this dream come true. Of course we would be willing to visit during\nany convenient time during the balance of this school year. Thank you in advance for\nyour consideration.\nSincerely,\nKen Newbury, Ph.D.\nLarry Cardwell\nDirector, Student Assistance\nExecutive Director, Youth Commission\nToledo Public Schools\nCity of Toledo\nCC:\nMr. Mike Schmid, Domestic Policy\nRepresentative Marcy Kaptur. 9th District Ohio\nStudent\nAssistance\nProgram\nKen Newbury, Ph.D.\nDirector\nJanuary 31, 1994\nTo the special attention of Ms. Patti Solls\nScheduling Director for:\nFirst Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton\nThe White House\n1600 Pennsylvania Avenue\nWashington D.C., 20500\nDear Ms. Solis,\nThank you for staying interested in a wonderful group of young folks from Toledo. For\na long time, these students have hoped for the opportunity to meet with the President\nor First Lady. Perhaps their dream is closer to becoming a reality.\nI understand that you asked Mr. Larry Cardwell to respond to you with specific dates\nour group of teens might be able to travel to Washington to meet briefly with Mrs.\nClinton. During the period from March 2 through March 5, the majority of our\nrepresentatives will be in Philadelphia. If it were possible to visit for a few minutes\nMarch 5, March 2, or March 3 (in order of preference), it would save our students\nconsiderable travel time and expense. If these dates are not good, then our spring\nvacation dates anytime during the week of April 4 would also work out for us.\nWe have written a song, called \"Hope\", for the First Lady and President, in honor of all\nthey do to uplift our nation and maintain a spirit of hope. It is our great wish to be able\nto express this song and a precious few minutes at a time of your convenience. Such\na visit as indicated earlier will inspire this generation for a lifetime.\nFor your reference, I have included a copy of the previous letter sent by Mr. Cardwell.\nSincerely,\nKen Newlung\nLARAS Cordwell a\nKen Newbury, Ph.D.\nLarry Cardwell\nCC: Mr. Mike Schmidt\nThe BEST place to learn\nEqual Opportunity Employer\n02/24/1994 08:30\n419-472-1210\nKEN NEWBURY, PH. D.\nPAGE 01\nTHE\n8048\nSTATE OF OHIO\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSTATE\n\"II\nCOLUMBUS 43266-0601\nRICHARD F. CELESTE\nGOVERNOR\nMarch 7, 1989\nDr. Ken Newbury\nDirector\nStudent Assistance Program\nToledo Public Schools\n4023 Monroe Street\nToledo, Ohio 43606\nDear Dr. Newbury:\nThank you for bringing members of America's PRIDE to Columbus for\nthe Ohio Department of Health's teenage pregnancy prevention\ncampaign kickoff. They are terrific!\nAs you know, the teen-to-teen outreach is one of the most\nimportant aspects of this campaign. America's PRIDE sets a great\nexample for younger teens to become involved in their communities\nand to avoid The Teen Parent TRAP. I'm proud America's PRIDE\nwill be representing the state of Ohio in our schools, and I look\nforward to the group's continued participation as the campaign\nunfolds.\nYou're doing a tremendous job with these young people. Keep up\nthe good work!\nBest regards,\nRichard 2. Create\nRichard F. Celeste\nGovernor\nRFC/prs\nCC: Ms. Ruth Scott\nSuperintendent\nToledo Public Schools\nPAGE 02\nKEN NEWBURY, PH. D.\n02/24/1994\n08:30\n419-472-1210\nTHE PLAI\nOHIOS LARGEST NEWSPAPER\nCLEV\nGov. Richard F. Celeste joined students and dancers at a Columbus high school to start \"Teen\nParent TRAP,\" & campaign to wam teen-agers of the pitfalls of sexual activity.\nOhio begins a campaign\nto curb teen pregnancies\nASSOCIATED PRESS\npopulation, and 60% did not finish high school. Every\nCOLUMBUS - Ohio. which has the nation's sixth\nyear In Ohio, more than 20,000 teen-agers have\nhighest teen-age pregnancy rate, began a public\nbabies - about 13,000 out of wedlock, the group said.\nawareness campaign yesterday to curb what was\nAlso every year. about 10,000 teen mothers begin\ntermed an increasing problem costing the state\nreceiving weifare. and about 4,000 of their infants\n$220,000 a day.\nhave low birth weights increasing health risk and,\nGov. Richard F. Celeste, Health Director Ronald\ntherefore, medical costs.\nFletcher and others on hand for ceremonies at a\nThe Children's Defense Fund-Ohio estimated the\nColumbus school said the \"Teen Parent TRAP\" cam-\nstate spent $220,000 a day for teen-age pregnancies\npaign was aimed at 11- to 14-year-olds who are\nand the resulting expenses of health care, utilities,\nbecoming aware of sex and who may need guidance\nfood stamps and children's services.\nto avoid pitfalls.\nOf the 20,818 births to teen-agers in Ohio in 1987.\nNumerous statistics were cited to demonstrate the\nthe All Ohio's Children campaign report said 1.477\nneed for public concern, heightened by the study of a\ninfants were born to mothers aged 15 and younger. In\ntask force appointed by Celeste in 1986 to assess the\nthose esses. 22% were repeat pregancies.\nproblem.\nCuyahoga County led the state with 2,373 teen\nThe start of the campaign included teens in video\nbirths and recorded more than all other counties in a\nand live performances that featured music. academic\n19-county area of northeastern Ohio, according to the\nachievement. sports and other subjects Fletcher said\nreport.\ncould guide teen-aged girls in positive directions.\nNext highest counties were Hamilton. 1,604: Frank-\n\"Building self-esteem is the key.\" he said.\nlin, 1373: Montgomery, 941: Lucas, 939. Summit, 640;\nStark 438; Lorain. 395; Butler, 344; and Mahoning\nThe Campaign for All Ohio's Children. an action\n342\ngroup based in Columbus. cited statisties suggesting\nOther data showed that one in eight Ohio babies\nthat in addition to public expense, the social costs of\nwas born to a teen-age mother to 1967.\nteen pregnancies are enormous.\nOnly California. Texas, New York Florida and IIII-\nAmong other things. the group said the suicide rate\nnots. rank above Ohio with proportions of teen-agers\nfor teen mothers was 10 times that of the general\nwho be\npregnant. the report said.\nupc\nWashington\nI\na job.' She left president,\nthe membership Kennedy Center W near Creverance\nsanu\nPAGE 02\nTeaching peers to escape teen parent trap\nBy\nMICHELE LESIE\n\"We just went out and recruited kids,\" Geha said,\nSTAFF WRITER\nshrugging and smiling.\nThe troupe is sponsored by the Ohio Department of\nOnce you get past the brutal statistics that necessi-\nHealth's leen-age pregnancy prevention campaign,\ntate a state-sponsored pregnancy-prevention program\nwhich is part of a larger effort, the Campaign for All\nfor 11- to 14-year-olds, it's possible to appreciate the\nOhio's Children.\nartistic effort that went into it.\nIt's theme is Teen Parent TRAP (Together Reducing\nYou can even smile. A rap song on the subject of\nAdolescent Pregnancy). It is not about birth control. It\nteen-age pregnancy is, after all, not something you\nis about the trap of substituting sex or substance\nhear all the time:\nabuse for love and self-respect.\n\"Don't get pregnant\nat\nyour\nage. 'Cause\n\"We believe that if you love yourself, there is noth-\nbein' a teen parent is like bein' in a cage.\"\ning you can't do,\" group member Madelyn Mackie told\nKEN NEWBURY,PH.D.\nA song about peer pressure isn't bad either.\nthe audience. \"If you love yourself, you wouldn't want\n\"There's a boy in our school who calls himself 'Joe\nanything to harm you, whether it's pregnancy or\nCool,'\" who suffers \"pressure from his peers\" and\ndrugs.\"\n\"tries his best to hide bis fears I'm no fool. He's\nSharlene Morgan, the campaign's outreach coordi-\ndefinitely not Joe Cool.\"\nnator, agreed it's disturbing to have to drive home the\nBy the end of the multi-stanza story, Joe gives up\ntruth about unplanned pregnancy with kids barely out\ndrinking, gains self-respect and turns the tables by\nof elementary school.\ncounseling some of bis less fortunate friends.\n\"But I just learned this morning about a 10-year-old\nAnother song, titled \"Peer Pressure Blues,\" goes:\nin Cuyahoga County who delivered a baby last year,\"\n\"Johnny pushed Sandra just a little too far. They\nshe said, sighing \"So we're not starting too young at\nmade a baby in the back of his car.\"\n12, 13 and 14.\"\nThen comes the skit. Young man breaks up with\nAccording to statistics provided by a state task\ngirlfriend. Girlfriend, of an age when breaking up is\nforce, more than 20,000 Ohio teens - 13,000 of whom\nthe end of the world, gets severely depressed. She\nare not married - have babies every year. Nearty\nwanders among fellow actors wearing placards\n10,000 of these mothers and their children require\nprinted with all the potential \"traps\": \"I'm not loved,\"\npublic assistance.\n\"Peer pressure,\" \"Alcohol,\" \"Pregnancy.\"\nIn 1967, Cuyahoga County had more teen births -\nShe chooses the last, and the sign-bearers form a\n2,833 - than all of Ohio's 19 northeast-region counties\nring around her, locking hands, trapping her in Even-\ncombined.\n419-472-1210\ntually, her boyfriend returns, says he loves her and\nA.B. Hart is one of three Cleveland schools selected\nthrows the placards to the floor - all but one.\nas pilot schools for the program, Morgan said. \"It's a\nWhat? No more freedom? No more going out with\nnon-traditional approach, but that's what kids\nthe guys? \"Sorry,\" he tells her.\nrespond to,\" she said.\nThe audience - students at A.B. Hart Middle\nThe junior high and even late elementary school\nSchool in Cleveland - couldn't help laughing a little,\nyears are \"the teetering years,\" she said. \"Building\nbut that's not to say they didn't get the point.\ntheir self-esteem early gives them a much better\nPDICLARENCE TABB JR.\nThe performers are members of America's PRIDE,\nchance later.\"\nMadelyn Mackie, 16, and Dawn Baker, 16, both\na group of 60 students from seventh grade to college\nMembers of America's PRIDE said they enjoyed\nof Toledo, perform in a skit about teen-age\nfrom 18 schools in the Toledo area. It began as a\nparticipating in the teen-lo-teen outreach, which\nmotherhood. The girls are members of the\n02/24/1994 08:15\nhandful of kids with a desire to help prevent drug\naffords them an opportunity not only to perform -\nAmerica's PRIDE traveling troupe.\nand alcohol abuse, and it gained a popularity that\nmany are accomplished musicians and singers - but\nsurprises even its coordinators, Bill Geha of the\nalso to show that youth is a time to be enjoyed.\nsaid June Perry, 16.\nWashington Local schools and Ken Newbury of the\n\"We don't want to see people doing drugs and ruin-\nAdded Dawn Baker, also 16, \"We give them an\nToledo school district.\ning their lives when they have so much to live for,\nalternative.\"\n02/10/1994 17:25 419-472-1210\nKEN NEWBURY, PH. D.\nPAGE 01\nToledo Public Schools 6115 Menros, Toledo, Ohio /\nFAX (419)472-1310\nStudent\nAssistance\nProgram\nKen Newbery, Ph.D.\nDirector\nFebruary 10, 1994\nMr. Mike Schmidt\nDomestic Policy\nFax # 202-456-2165\nDear Mr. Schmidt,\nPerhaps there is something about the tenacity of Midwesterners, or at least Michigan\ngrads! Our philosophy is no doubt similar. We place young people at the top of our\npriorities and first in our hearts. After we made promises to our students to visit the\nWhite House last summer, I wanted to do everything possible to honor our\ncommitment. Your help in trying to work out our trip is appreciated. Regardless of the\noutcome, I would like to share my sincere thanks for your support and advocacy. You\nshould know that you have some great friends in Toledo, Ohio.\nI have included some of the information you requested along with past communication\nwith various scheduling offices. As well, I have tried to piece together a chronology of\nevents and promises made to our area young people. Incidentally, Larry Cardwell\nconfirms that the President did say a visit could be arranged.\nI hope this information is useful. As you can see, it is easy to give up when several\npromises were made and broken. Nonetheless, we are keeping the faith. Perhaps a\nlittle luck and a friend can help make something happen.\nBest Wishes,\n7/a\nDewluy\nKen Newbury, Ph.D.\nThe BEST place to learn\nEqual Opportunity Employer\n02/10/1994 17:25 419-472-1210\nKEN NEWBURY, PH. D.\nPAGE 02\nMike,\nHere is a list of some of our \"disappointments\". I hope this is helpful to you.\nApril 14, 1993: Mr. Larry Cardwell, Director of the Youth Commission attends a\nconference convened by the Department of Labor and the Department of Education to\npromote Summer Challenge 1993. At this meeting. Mr. Cardwell went up to the\nPresident and asked him if it would be possible to bring our area youth to meet him at\nthe White House. The President replied, \"We can do that\". As a result of various\nsubsequent communication, our students and local officials were told of an impending\nsummer trip to Washington D.C.\nOctober, 1992: Mrs. Gore visited Toledo (Ottawa Hills) Ohio for a fund-raising event. I\nspoke with Mrs. Gore at this event about bringing America's Pride to Washington. She\nsaid she could think of no reason why this couldn't happen. I shared support letters\nand information about America's Pride with her travelling staff. Then, after the\nInaugural event, we received a cordial reply indicating that her staff gave her the\ninformation too late for the Inaugural. (see reply letter enclosed)\nA follow up letter was sent to Mrs. Gore in February, 1993. We have never received a\nreply.\nEarly Fall, 1992: Candidate Bill Clinton's campaign schedules a rally in Toledo.\nAmerica's Pride is scheduled to perform. Late the evening prior to the event,\nAmerica's Pride is cancelled when the rally becomes a major address on employment.\n02/24/1994 08:15 419-472-1210\nKEN NEWBURY, PH. D.\nPAGE 01\nToledo Public Schools\n4115 Monroe, Toledo, Ohio 43608 / (419)475-4865\nFAX (419)473-1210\nStudent\nAssistance\nProgram\nKen Newbury, Ph.D.\nDirector\nTO: Mr. Mike Schmidt:\nFAX: 202-456-7028\nHere as promised is the letter and accompanying articles with former Governor\nRichard Celeste. By the way, the former Governor was a true gentleman and\ngood dancer (see photo!). If needed, I have many other letters that speak to\nthe high quality of our drug and violence prevention team.\nStill wishing on a star\nLa Nowlus\nThe BEST)\nB to\nn\nOpportunity Employer\n01/31/1994 17:28 419-472-1210\nKEN NEWBURY, PH. D.\nPAGE 02\nIAN 31. '94 16:05 NATURAL RESOURCES\nP.1\nCITY OF TOLEDO OHIO\nONE GOVERNMENT CENTER. TOLEDO. OHIO 43804\nTOLEDO/YOUTH\nLARRY A. CARDWELL\nCOMMISSION\nEXEC. DIRECTOR\nSUITE 2200\n245-1006\nJanuary 3. 1994\nFirst Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton\nc/o Ms. Patti Solis\nThe White House\n1600 Pennsylvania Avenue\nWashington D.C., 20500\nDear Mrs. Clinton,\nAt the suggestion of Mr. Mike Schmldt, Domestic Policy, we are writing to ask for your\nassistance in making a dream come true for 65 young people. These young people\nare actively involved in shaping Toledo's future through drug and violence prevention.\nOur \"ambassadors\" represent the city-wide Youth Commission and Toledo's nationally\nrecognized America's Pride drug prevention team. For more than a year, these\nstudents have dreamed of an opportunity to visit our nation's capitol and meet with the\nFirst Lady and the President.\nPerhaps it also would be helpful for you to know something about our young people\nand their mission. America's Pride of Toledo has presented workshops and\nperformances for more than 500,000 people over the last eight years. Included\namong their performances were numerous presentations for former Governor Celeste,\npresentations for the White House Conference on Drug Free America, the Department\nof Education. and the California Bowl. in addition, our ambassadors now include\nstudents who represent all of Toledo on the Toledo Youth Commission. These\nstudents are selected in part because of their participation in the President's Summer\nYouth Challenge and because they represent the best qualities in young people.\nThey work actively with other youth to represent youth interests in city government\nplanning.\nOur greatest wish now is to visit with you. The opportunity to meet you briefly will\nprovide additional fire and focus to the hardest working youth we know. Our visit will\ninspire others to get involved as the challenges facing our nation increase. Please\nhelp us to make this dream come true. Of course we would be willing to visit during\nany convenient time during the balance of this school year. Thank you in advance for\nyour consideration.\nSincerely,\nKen Newbury. Ph.D.\nLarry Cardwell\nDirector, Student Assistance\nExecutive Director, Youth Commission\nToledo Public Schools\nCity of Toledo\nCC\nMr. Mike Schmid, Domestic Policy\nRepresentative Marcy Kaptur, 9th District Ohio\n01/31/1994 17:28 419-472-1210\nKEN NEWBURY, PH. D.\nPAGE 01\nFax copy for Mr. Mike Schmidt\nDomestic Policy.\n02/10/1994 17:25\n419-472-1210\nKEN NEWBURY, PH. D.\nPAGE 05\nCITY OF TOLEDO OHIO\nONE GOVERNMENT CENTER\nJOHN MOHUGH\nASSIDENCE\nNE\nSUITE 2200\nMAYOR\n5878 RVEWYCK DRIVE\nTOLEOO.OHIO 43604\nTOLEOO. ONEO 43614\n245-1001\n866-1604\nApril 20, 1993\nMs. Marsha Hale\nOffice of Scheduling\nThe White House\nWashington, DC 20500\nDear Ms. Hale:\nAt the suggestion of Mr. Mike Schmidt, 1 am writing to ask for your assistance\nin making a dream come true for 180 young people. These young people, who are\npart of the Toledo Youth Ambassadors, are dreaming of visiting our nation's\ncapitol and President Bill Clinton. We are hoping that a date in the first three\nweeks of August 1993 would be convenient for the White House and the President.\nPlease let me know which date(s) would be best suited to your schedule needs.\nPerhaps it also would be helpful for you to know something about our\n\"Ambassadors.\" The Toledo Youth Ambassadors are young people committed to the\nshared values of family, school, community, and country. Youth ambassadors are\ncommitted to the democratic principles upon which our nation is formed. Each\nambassador has pledged to lead an alcohol and drug free life, obey all laws, and\nserve as a healthy role model for others. Youth ambassadors believe in the\nstrength of cultural diversity and establishment of strong and vital families and\nneighborhoods.\nSome of our ambassadors are selected in part because of their participation in\nthe President's Summer Youth Challenge. Other students are members of Toledo's\nAmerica's Pride Drug Prevention Training Team. Combined with a diversity of\nother young role models, our ambassadors are hoping for a once in a lifetime\neducational opportunity. Your efforts on our behalf will help keep them focused\nfor the challenges they face and opportunities they meet.\nSincerely,\nLarry Cardwell\nLarry Cardwell, Director\nToledo Youth Commission\nLC:ms/bl\nCC: Mr. Mike Schmidt\nProted on Reseled Page\n.\n$\nJAN 24 '94 12:12 NATURAL RESOURCES\nP.1-\nFAST FAX FACTS FROM\nTXXX\nTOLEDO CITYPARKS\nCity of Toledo Department of Natural Resources\nTHE CITY OF TOLEDO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES\n2201 OTTAWA PARKWAY TOLEDO, OHIO / 43606\nVoice (419) 472-6962 / TDD (419) 472-0428 / FAX (419) 474-9160\nFACSIMILE TRANSMISSION\nTo:\nWhitehouse Domestic Policy\nFAX No. (202) 456-7028\nAttention:\nMiche Schmedt\n(419)479-4083\nFrom:\nLarry A Cardwell\nTitle:\nExecutive Director youth Commission\nFAX forwarded from:\nAccounting/ Payroll\nAdministration\nAdministration\nPh. (419) 472-0393\nDirector/ Commissioner\nAdministrator\nPh. (419) 472-7303\nPh. (419) 472-5951\nForestry\nOpen Space Planning\nRecreation\nPh. (419)536-8411\nPh. (419) 472-2149\nPh. (419) 472-3244\nSpecial Events\nyouth Commission\nPh. (419) 472-2404\nPh. (419) 479-4083\nPages of transmission to follow cover:\nInstructions:\nSigned:\nThe White House\nWashington\nFAX COVER SHEET\nOFFICE OF DOMESTIC POLICY\nOld Executive Office Building\nWashington, DC 20500\nFAX: (202) 456-7028\nTO:\nPatty Solis\nFAX No. 456-2317\nFROM: Mike Schmidt PHONE: 456-2165\nDATE: Jan 26\nNUMBER OF PAGES (Including cover sheet) 2\nCOMMENTS: Here is the letter From Toledo.\nThanks for taking the time to check on\nthis -- Larry Cardnell was very helpful to us\nin our work on the Stimulus Package last spring.\nmike\nJAN 24 '94 12:13 NATURAL RESOURCES\nP.2\nCITY OF TOLEDO OHIO\nDEPARTMENT\nONE GOVERNMENT CENTER, TOLEDO, OHIO 43604\nTOLEDO/YOUTH\nLARRY A. CARDWELL\nCOMMISSION\nEXEC. DIRECTOR\nSUITE 2200\n245-1006\nJanuary 3, 1994\nFirst Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton\nc/o Ms. Patti Solis\nThe White House\n1600 Pennsylvania Avenue\nWashington D.C., 20500\nDear Mrs. Clinton,\nAt the suggestion of Mr. Mike Schmidt, Domestic Policy, we are writing to ask for your\nassistance in making a dream come true for 65 young people. These young people\nare actively involved in shaping Toledo's future through drug and violence prevention.\nOur \"ambassadors\" represent the city-wide Youth Commission and Toledo's nationally\nrecognized America's Pride drug prevention team. For more than a year, these\nstudents have dreamed of an opportunity to visit our nation's capitol and meet with the\nFirst Lady and the President.\nPerhaps it also would be helpful for you to know something about our young people\nand their mission. America's Pride of Toledo has presented workshops and\nperformances for more than 500,000 people over the last eight years. Included\namong their performances were numerous presentations for former Governor Celeste,\npresentations for the White House Conference on Drug Free America, the Department\nof Education, and the California Bowl. in addition, our ambassadors now include\nstudents who represent all of Toledo on the Toledo Youth Commission. These\nstudents are selected in part because of their participation in the President's Summer\nYouth Challenge and because they represent the best qualities in young people.\nThey work actively with other youth to represent youth interests in city government\nplanning.\nOur greatest wish now is to visit with you. The opportunity to meet you briefly will\nprovide additional fire and focus to the hardest working youth we know. Our visit will\ninspire others to get involved as the challenges facing our nation increase. Please\nhelp us to make this dream come true. Of course we would be willing to visit during\nany convenient time during the balance of this school year. Thank you in advance for\nyour consideration.\nSincerely,\nKen Newbury, Ph.D.\nLarry Cardwell\nDirector, Student Assistance\nExecutive Director, Youth Commission\nToledo Public Schools\nCity of Toledo\nCC:\nMr. Mike Schmid, Domestic Policy\nRepresentative Marcy Kaptur, 9th District Ohio\n1st week of march"
}