Guard’s Youth ChalleNGe Nears 100,000 Grads
Guard’s Youth ChalleNGe Nears 100,000 Grads
By Army Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill
Special to American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24, 2010 – With increasing government and private support, a National Guard program that helps high school dropouts transform their lives is closing in on its 100,000th graduate.
Air Force Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, speaks with Indianapolis 500 champion Dan Wheldon and NASCAR’s Dale Earnhardt Jr. at the fifth annual Youth ChalleNGe Champions Gala in Washington, D.C., Feb. 23, 2010. The gala honored advocates of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program, a 17-month voluntary intervention program that has graduated more than almost 100,000 former high dropouts since 1993. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill
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