SATURDAY
DECEMBER 13, 2008

YOGA
-ON THE-
ROCKS

10TH ANNIVERSARY FUNDRAISER
BENEFITING Y.O.G.A. FOR YOUTH

Y.O.G.A. for Youth

Learn More about Our Program

10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign 2008-09
Our goal is to raise $270,000 by Summer 2009

“YOGA on the ROCKS”

at HUGO’S RESTAURANT - 8401 Santa Monica Blvd, in West Hollywood - 6 PM -9 PM Saturday evening

• $108 each or 4 FOR $380 – all tax deductible and can be made by the follow options below.

• SILENT AUCTION – donations accepted – call 323-735-0500

• OPPORTUNITY DRAWING –

  • Five day retreat for 2 at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, Lennox MA including air fare

  • Other TBA

• LIVE ENTERTAINMENT

• Fun, Healthy beverages,

• Delicious vegetarian food

• Fun networking and social gathering

• YOGA for Youth presentation

  • Video YOGA for Youth ~ Serving 10 Years

  • Youth tell stories

  • Honoring Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa – Golden Bridge Yoga – LA

  • Sean Corn, Hala Kouri, ----------- - Off The Mat

  • Curtis McClendon – LA Probation

  • Mark Ridley Thomas – California State Senator

  • Invitation to contribute

 

Your Own Greatness Affirmed (Y.O.G.A.), Inc. is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization incorporated in 1999 (Federal ID No. 31-1623522) that conducts a youth development program in a variety of settings. For the past ten years, Y.O.G.A. for Youth has provided free yoga classes for approximately 350-400 young men and women per month at public schools, youth detention facilities and group homes in Los Angeles County and New York.

The future of this country is being shaped by the development of our youth. Yet:

• Every day... 2,833 children drop out of school

• Every day... 135,000 children carry a gun to school

• Every year... $7 billion are spent to incarcerate young offenders

• Every year... school dropouts cost taxpayers $71 billion

• With youth accounting for 18 percent of all violent crime in the U.S.

• As well as 33 percent of all serious property crime.

A Y.O.G.A. for Youth Class National studies also show repeatedly that a regular practice of Yoga and Meditation reduces hypertension, lowers blood pressure, and releases endorphins in the brain that heighten a sense of calmness and produce feelings of well being.

Yoga for Youth has created a dynamic environment for addressing many of the social and behavioral problems confronting these youths. We believe Arts and Yoga for Youth can have a dynamic impact on the lives of its participants and offer an effective and affordable alternative to detention and police-centered crime prevention.