This weekend, the Ask, Listen, Learn team was hard at work in Glendora, California for Bryan Clay’s 2ndannual Fit4Fall 5k Run! Last year was a huge success with over 300 parents and kids running the race, but this year blew the last one out of the water. Even though it was...
I am so excited to be in beautiful Portland, OR, where the leaves have changed and are dropping! I am demonstrating the Ask, Listen and Learn program to hundreds of people who work with middle school kids. We have a booth at the 39th Annual Conference for Middle Level Education –...
We had another great Ask, Listen, Learn event with Attorney General Marty Jackley in Rapid City, South Dakota yesterday. Three hundred 6th graders at Southwest Middle gathered in the gym for the presentation, though we are lucky the Attorney General made it! Winds were 70 MPH in Rapid City, and General...
This morning we braved security clearance checks and ID checkpoints to enter the prestigious Hall of Heroes at The Pentagon. Our partner, the Young Marines, were awarded the Secretary of Defense Fulcrum Shield Award. The Young Marines is a youth education and service program for boys and girls, ages 8 through...
Ello, Friends! We are back from our trip to London with the Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy’s “Choose to Matter” contest winners. It was a whirlwind tour, to say the least. We started off the adventure at the women’s soccer final- witnessing the historic USA win over Japan. In the following days,...
June is a busy month for Ask, Listen, Learn! Earlier in the month we sat down with Debbie Phelps and local DC bloggers. Yesterday we traveled to New York with Debbie and appeared on TODAY to talk about our Ask, Listen, Learn program and the vital role parents, educators, and coaches play in influencing youth to adopt...
We had a really awesome Ask, Listen, Learn event in Hollywood, Florida this morning. Paralympic champion Mallory Weggemann and Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz entertained the room of 315 8th graders at Apollo Middle School with our presentation about healthy lifestyles. Everyone had a great time running as fast as they could on...
Happy Tuesday! We hope everyone had a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend. Today, Ask, Listen, Learn was back on the road at Pottstown Middle School in Pottstown, PA. Congressman Jim Gerlach spoke to the crowd of 550 students in grades 6th– 8th in their awesome auditorium. Thank you to all...
It’s been a crazy week for the Ask, Listen, Learn team! We had 5 events at middle schools with elected officials and enthusiastic students ready to learn. Thank you to North Junior High for being up bright and early to play our Xavix game and answer questions at your assembly!...
Today was another busy day for the Ask, Listen, Learn team! We were in Medford, NY with Congressman Tim Bishop at Oregon Middle School at 1:30pm. An hour later (one time zone over) in Centralia, IL, we were with Congressman John Shimkus at Centralia Junior High. Both events were packed...