During April for Alcohol Awareness Month, we encourage other parents to take the time to talk with their kids.  While the availability of alcohol to underage youth has continued to decline for over a decade, as has lifetime alcohol consumption, parents must continue the conversation to protect their kids. How do we...

Since March is Women’s History Month, the Ask, Listen, Learn team would like to take a minute to send a special shout out to 2 of our partners making a huge difference in girls’ lives. Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy’s camps teach girls to not only be leaders on the field, but...

March is a great month- flowers are starting to bloom and temperatures are getting warmer with the start of Spring! March is also National Nutrition Month– and what better way to make a dedication to your health than by taking the Ask, Listen, Learn pledge to say YES to a healthy lifestyle and NO...

April is National Alcohol Awareness Month and it is right around the corner! At The Century Council, we celebrate the occasion with a multitude of activities throughout the month, and this year is no different. For the third year in a row, The Century Council and Scholastic are collaborating to bring the Ask...

Could you use $1,000 in a Flaghouse voucher to buy PE equipment for your school or community based organization? If so, we encourage you to team up with your students and enter the 2013 Ask, Listen, Learn Challenge! The Century Council, the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) and Flaghouse are...

Today, Ask Listen Learn traveled through some snow to Pollard Middle School in Needham, Massachusetts— Aly Raisman’s hometown! The excited 7th and 8th graders were all too happy to host Aly, making four signs welcoming her back to her home middle school. We had a great time at Pollard, and we...

Today Ask Listen Learn went from East Coast to West Coast to visit Sun Valley Middle School in San Fernando, California. The kids at Sun Valley Middle School were all super excited to welcome Ask Listen Learn partner Congressman Tony Cárdenas to their school to talk about his childhood and...

The projects are complete and the votes are in!!  For a second year, we sponsored the 2012 Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy “Choose to Matter Contest” where girls across the country give back to their community through service.  We are proud to announce this year’s winners: Kate Walner (JFSLA California); Shannon Moran (JFLSA...

Last week we posted about Youth Leadership Month, but did you know February is also National Parent Leadership Month? It’s a fact that parents are the leading influence when it comes to their child’s decision whether or not to drink alcohol. You may think their peers, teammates and teachers in school...

Today, The Century Council research was featured on the cover of USA Today’s Life section regarding how often parents talk to their kids about alcohol. According to the research on what youth say about alcohol, parental influence with regard to underage drinking has increased significantly over the past 10 years.  Today,...