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Twelfth Annual SAVE Awards Underway

Violence-free organization celebrates 12 years of recognizing Central Ohio youth peacemakers.

July 11, 2007

NEWS FACTS

• It has been 12 years since Les Wright began the annually celebrated SAVE Awards Premier.
• Approximately 125 youth peacemakers across central Ohio are honored each year.
• Since 1997, over 1,000 youth have participated in the program.
• The program has evolved from a program of video presentations to a variety of artistic expression including dance, drama, poetry and visual art.
• The style of the SAVE Awards Premier resembles the Grammy’s.
• Videos and photos of past performances can be viewed online.
• Guidelines for the 2008 SAVE Awards program will be available online July 16, 2007.
• A new SAVE Awards Coordinator has been named, Tracy Thornton.
• More information can be obtained on the web at SAVEforYouth.org or by contacting the SAVE Awards Coordinator, Tracy Thornton at (614) 228-5400.

QUOTES

“I have learned how to be a peacemaker and one day at my after school program, I taught others about peacemaking…I am trying to be a peacemaker everywhere I go.” -quote by Dynisha, a 2006 youth peacemaker.

ABOUT STRATEGIES AGAINST VIOLENCE EVERYWHERE

SAVE was founded by Ms. Les Wright and a collaborative group of community leaders that desired to create an organization in central Ohio to focus on the issue of violence.  SAVE’s first program targeted parents, teaching them how to develop their children’s critical thinking skills concerning the media.  In 1997, SAVE began a program to honor youth peacemakers in central Ohio called the SAVE Awards Youth Peacemakers Training Program. For more information, visit http://www.SAVEforYouth.org/.

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