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Lyle Griner is honored with 'Little Red Wagon'

America's Promise: The Alliance for Youth, headed by Gen. Colin Powell, has awarded its "Little Red Wagon" to Lyle Griner, national peer ministry director at the Youth and Family Institute, for the commitment of the peer ministry program to the strengthening and developing of faith and values among youth.

"I can't imagine a more effective and rewarding way to make a difference in youth's lives. Having the support of America's Promise will open a number of new doors for us to train and support peer ministers," Griner said of the honor.

Over the next five years, YFI's peer ministry program will train adult facilitators who, in turn, will train youth to be peer ministers. By practicing caring skills and modeling their faith and values, peer ministers will be positive role models to at-risk and other youth.

Griner teaches peer ministry on campus as part of the youth and family ministry major. The class is open to all students and is quickly becoming popular.

America's Promise is a national organization dedicated to involving individuals and organizations in activities to achieve a significant increase in positive youth development.

The wagon was chosen as a fitting symbol for the America's Promise commitment to children. Gen. Powell wrote, "The little red wagon. A symbol of childhood. It could be filled with a child's hopes and dreams or weighed down with their burdens. Millions of American children need our help to pull that wagon along. Let's all pull together."

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