We know it's not easy being a young person in a world like this. Think about it:

• you've got more money in your hands than any generation of youth ever
• you have beaucoup cool cars, cell phones, clothes and other consumables
• your country rules the world
• when you say "jump!" the corporations say "how hi?" 

2008 NCP Challenge

So, want to do something about it? Take the 2008 NCP Challenge! Instructions: choose one or more challenge items below--and get busy! And get your friends involved! Kelly did--she and her music-type buddies raised $500 for Give a Girl a Chance at a music festival last summer. Sophie did--she's determined to raise $1000 for the same cause in the next year from her middle school friends--and she's already half way there! Rebecca and her friends are--they're out to educate their whole high school about living better with the planet. So let's rock!

• Let's see...what were you going to do today? Oh yeah, SAVE THE EARTH! That's right, kids, the good old planet is a mess and we're running short on time to fix it. Be a voice for earth care in your school, church or youth group! Climate change is huge--educate your school or church by using our climate change info-pieces. Another way to take the heat off the planet is by protecting forests. NCP is supporting reforestation efforts in Sudan and Guatemala through our If a Tree Falls... program.  Need info for a class report on enviro issues? Contact us.  And there's lots more earth care help off the link below. One earth, one chance!

• Support Project Nimule! NCP Solidarity Workers spent the summer in Nimule, Sudan, and have now challenged us to raise $12,000 in the coming year for projects in the  community. Help!

• Your congregation need a little reality medicine--in easy-to-swallow doses? Check out NCP's skits and dramas. They combine Bible stories and humor to get people thinking. Check 'em out!

• Need somebody to light a fire about any of the above? Say the word and NCP's David Radcliff is coming soon to a classroom or assembly near you! Contact him to check out the possibilities. He's cheap, he's occasionally funny, and he won't bring religion into the school setting. He's already making plans to visit schools in Kansas, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Washington, and Indiana--you could be next! 

And there's more! Check out these links - if you dare!

• Go Global
• Share what you have
• Care for God's earth
• Make an Impact

NEW! Short readings to use as devotions at your next youth meeting - guaranteed to get the group thinking about how we treat the earth and our neighbors!

Volunteer for a week or more with NCP! Find out what you could do for us--what we could do for you--and what volunteer Kylee Leland had to say about her week with us.

Fast Food? Not so fast! Read Kylee Leland's exposee of the real cost of that burger and fries.

Take NCP to school! Yes, we'd love to come to your school to talk about taking care of the earth and living fairly with our neighbors. Learn more about it...

Join our Give a Girl a Chance campaign to support girls' education in Central America and Sudan. Click here to find out more!

Did you know that Sophie Wilhelm, high school student from Richmond, IN, is youth representative on the NCP Advisory Board?