Welcome
Welcome to TeensTakeAction.com (TTA), the opening shot of a brand new website. TTA wants to helpyou get involved in your community. Go to the blog for stories about real teens making news in their neighborhoods, towns, cities, states and countries.
This is only the beginning, so I need your help. Why not bookmark TTA so you can return and keep up with teens the world over and learn what they are doing to make a difference. Also, please sign my Guestbook, pin the Guestmap, and click on the Tell-A-Friend box so news of the contest and website can spread.
Like contests? Enter the TTA 2005 Contest. Visit the Teen Room. Watch for Live Chats, discussion groups, even a Teen Forum. Teachers, librarians,and homeschoolers will find resources, tips, and information about school author visits in the Teacher's Lounge. If you're active in the church, synagogue or temple, click on Faith in Action for more ideas and suggestions. Working on a badge for the Scouts? Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Civic groups will want to visit the Club Room. Want to write? Check out the "New" Writer page. Curious about the author? Click on Vikk's World.
Want to know more about TeensTakeAction.com? Bring Vikk Simmons to the classroom for a school visit. Want to learn about other teens who are doing great things and motivate teens to step outside themselves and get involved? Invite Vikk to speak to your organization, homeschool group, girl scout or boy scout group. Planning a bookstore event, writing conference, or community event? Bring Vikk in for a workshop or speaking engagement that will be entertaining, informative, and interactive.
Announcing the TeensTakeAction.com 2005 Contest
Teens and T'weens between the ages of 9 and 19 are invited to enter the 2005 TeensTakeAction.com Contest. You can do a project by yourself or get a group of friends, a class, a school, or even a church group. Maybe you're a member of a civic organization or the Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts and need to do a service project in for a badge. Or maybe your school requires you to do a service project. The prize? $500. The deadline? December 31, 2005.
The project must have been completed in 2005. Entries must be submitted with a completed entry form, required photographs, and required verification by email or snail mail from September 30, 2005 through December 31, 2005.
There will be a 2006 Teens Take Action Contest for projects that will be finished next year.
Getting started . . .
More information is coming, but to get started go to the TTA Contest page. Return for updates and upcoming contest rules and submission requirements.
In the beginning . . .
The idea for this site came out of the research I did for my first young adult novel, Divided Loyalties. One of my characters is an environmental activist. During my research I discovered many stories about teens who were willing to take action in their community to bring about a positive change.
What's coming
TeensTakeAction.com will be a chronicle of what teens are doing around the world to make a difference. I'll post stories as I find them or even as you and your friends tell me about them. There will be a variety of links that will offer resources to those who want to take the next step. I'll post interviews with kids, teachers, organization leaders, writers, anyone who can provide some tips and insights into how we can make this a better world--and the best place to begin is in your own backyard. Like Jon and Trisha, in my novel, perhaps you can identify a need or a wrong and decide to do something about it.
Watch for more contest information!
What to do now . . .
Here are are three things you can do right away
- Bookmark this site and come back often. That way the website and its idea will grow.
- Check out the TeensTakeAction.com BLOG.
- Sign the TTA Guestbook below.
- Let us know where you're from by clicking on the TTA Guestmap below.
- Tell a friend. Click below.
Thanks!
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