Mobilizing youth to work
to their potential through hands-on and
interactive programs
06.25.2012
The 4th
Annual Stay
Focused Weekend
Was A Success.
Over 300 youth
participated in
a free youth
camp and
community
service with the
Usama Young
Youth
Foundation.
Click
here to view photos
of Usama and youth from
the UYYF pack and shelve
food boxes to feed over
1,000 families in the DC
Metropolitan area.
06.25.2012
Cleveland
Browns free safety Usama
Young lends a hand to
feed children in his
hometown
Read more: Click
here
06.21.2012 White House
Usama Young Visits the White House
to Take Action Against Abuse. VIew
the PSA for the "1 is 2 Many"
Initiative led by Vice President Joe
Biden to end youth dating violence.
For more information on athletes and
their support of "1 is 2 Many", log
on to www.whitehouse.gov/1is2many.
06.10.2012
PURCHASE TICKETS NOW FOR
THE UYYF CHARITY BOWLING
EVENT.
Join Usama & NFL
Friends on June 21st
at the Capital Area
Food Bank. Register
Today to Earn Service
Learning Hours
06.07.2012
Students at
Ridge Road Middle
School in
Charlotte, North
Carolina read over
100,643 minutes a
month in Usama's
Pass, Rush, Read
Challenge.
The
top reading
winners,
Sydnee
Callender who
read 339 hours
(over 20,000
minutes read)
and Tiffany
Rodriguez who
read 203.5
hours (over
12,000 minutes
read) both
received
Kindle Fires
and carrying
cases courtesy
of the Usama
Young Youth
Foundation.
Congratulations
Ridge Road!
06.01.2012
REGISTRATION
IS NOW OPEN
FOR THE 4TH
ANNUAL STAY
FOCUSED
FOOTBALL AND
CHEER CAMP.
REGISTRATION
DEADLINE: JUNE
20TH Registration
Form:Click Here
05.07.2012
Prince
George's County Public
Schools Features Usama
in it's Alumni
Spotlight.
WHO:PGCPS
Alumnus Usama
Young of the
Cleveland Browns
WHAT:Sponsors
the 2nd
Annual “Get on the
Bus” College Tour
WHEN:Friday,
April 27, 2012
WHERE:Howard
University &
University of
Maryland College
Park
Get on
the Bus" with Usama
Young of the Cleveland
Browns and the Usama
Young Youth Foundation
(UYYF) for College Tour
2011-2012.Usama
Young will sponsor 150
tenth and eleventh
grade students from
high schools in the
Prince George’s County
Public School System
on a tour of Howard
University and
University of Maryland
College Park. The objective of
the field trip is to
give students an
interactive opportunity
to learn how to prepare
for the college
admissions process.Presentations
will include navigating
through the application
and financial aid
process, preparing for
on-site interviews and
topical discussions
ranging from collegiate
academics, socialization
and healthy living
habits.Students
will have the
opportunity to get
assistance from
university staff and
members of the Prince
George’s County Public
School System on
creating a college
planning portfolio.
04.20.2012
"Raise
Some Dough" Draft Night
with Usama & Guests
Join Usama and his NFL
friends on Draft Night and
Help the UYYF "Raise Some
Dough"
It's simple, have
dinner anytime between 6
pm and 10 pm on Thursday,
April 26, 2012 and a
percentage of sales will
be donated to the Usama
Young Youth Foundation
which funds free programs
for local youth.
READ ACROSS CHARLOTTE
WITH USAMA YOUNG Charlotte, NC- On
March 2, 2012,
participating schools will
celebrate
the birthday of beloved
children's author Dr.
Seuss. In alignment with
the National Education
Association's Read Across
America campaign, an annual reading
motivation and awareness
program to celebrate
reading,
students from local
Charlotte elementary and
middle schools will
participate in Pass, Rush,
Read with Usama Young.
Pass, Rush, Read
is a new initiative of
Charlotte resident and NLF
player, Usama Young of the
Cleveland Browns. Pass,
Rush, Read
challenges students to
read at least 30 minutes a
day. The Usama Young Youth
Foundation presents this
year’s program in
conjunction
with Insightful Player.
NEA's Read Across
America campaign will be
honored through Usama’s
visit and book talk in an
effort to motivate
children to read and to
celebrate their
achievement.
Classroom activities, a
proclamation and discussions have
also been planned.
Students will have the
opportunity to take the
reading challenge, compete
in contests and
games, with participants
receiving Usama’s
Insightful Player pack
that includes a
T-shirt, poster and an
autographed copy of the
Insightful
Player book featuring Mr.
Young.
Usama
Young Goes Back to School This week,
the Usama Young Youth Foundation
kicked off the “Prince George’s
Goes to College Week” at his
alma mater Largo High School in
Upper Marlboro, MD. Usama
continued his “Chalk Talk”
series, by speaking to students
about the importance of setting
goals, hard work and preparing
for their futures. Chalk Talk
appearances were also held at
Kettering Middle School, Central
High School and the NACAC
National College Fair all
located in Prince George’s.
04.11.2011 Usama Young to
serve as ambassador for "Prince
George's Goes to College Week",
April 11-15, 2011 in
partnership with the National
Association for College
Admissions Counselors and the
Prince George's County Public
School System.
The Prince
George's County Public Schools'
National College Fair will be held
on Friday, April 15, 2011 from
9:30am – 1:00pm, and from 10:00am
– 12:00pm on Saturday, April 16,
2011 at the Prince George's Sports
and Learning Complex in Landover,
MD. Sponsored by the National
Association for College Admission
Counseling (NACAC) and hosted by
the Potomac & Chesapeake
Association for College Admission
Counseling (PCACAC), this event is
free and open to the public.
Get On
the Bus with Usama Young Get on the
bus with Usama Young of the New
Orleans Saints and the Usama
Young Youth Foundation (UYYF)
for College Tour 2010-2011.
Usama will sponsor 150 tenth and
eleventh grade students from
high schools in the Prince
George's County Public School
System on a tour of Morgan State
University and Towson State
University.
The objective of the field trip
is to give students an
interactive opportunity to learn
how to prepare for the college
admissions process.
Presentations will include
navigating through the
application and financial aid
process, preparing for on-site
interviews and topical
discussions ranging from
collegiate academics,
socialization and healthy living
habits. Students will have the
opportunity to get assistance
from university staff and
members of the Prince George's
County Public School System on
creating a college planning
portfolio.
Accompanying Usama are his NFL
colleagues Derrick Williams of
the Detroit Lions and teammate
Jermon Bushrod of the New
Orleans Saints. DOWNLOAD
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For more information or
to schedule Usama for an appearance,
please contact info@usamayoung28.com
