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How about a bike that youth make with their own two hands.That&#8217;s the concept of Birrp, also known as Triple Threat&#8217;s Bicycle Repair Program. Donated bikes make their way to the Triple Threat warehouse. Some of them are slightly used, while others don visible wear.An eight-week program teaches Aurora youth [...]]]></description><link>http://triplethreat.org/2010/03/birrp/</link> </item> <item><title>Improv. Theatre</title> <description><![CDATA[Improv. Theatre will be offered for 5th grade students at Bardwell Elementary School on Tuesdays, 3-4:30pm, beginning March 16th.The 8 week program will be led by Erin O’Connor, a theatre major at Western Illinois University and the current Miss Illinois.  The program will teach the basic principles of theatre improvisation through creative exercises. The skills [...]]]></description><link>http://triplethreat.org/2010/03/improv-theatre/</link> </item> <item><title>Money in Motion</title> <description><![CDATA[Money In Motion is dedicated to introducing middle school and high school students to the world of money .. BEFORE they get it! This Triple Threat program will run March 18 &#8211; May 13, from 5:15pm &#8211; 6:45pm at the Jericho Circle Community Center. The program will feature lessons on the basics of finance, hands-on experimentation [...]]]></description><link>http://triplethreat.org/2010/03/money-in-motion/</link> </item> <item><title>Evolution of a Tournament</title> <description><![CDATA[Francisco de los Santos sat silently behind the scorer’s table at East Aurora High School. Arms folded and leaning forward, he quietly uttered a few words amidst a roaring crowd. “It’s been changing tremendously,” Francisco said of the District 131 girls’ basketball tournament that he began 14 years ago. In its first year, there were [...]]]></description><link>http://triplethreat.org/2010/02/evolution-of-a-tournament/</link> </item> <item><title>EAHS Varsity Athletes and Leaders Making a Difference</title> <description><![CDATA[The East Aurora High School varsity basketball team is focusing their 2009-2010 season on leadership development. Triple Threat is partnering to support athletes by providing leadership resources, and program initiatives that create leadership service opportunities for the EAHS basketball team. Target opportunities include EAHS athletes teaching leadership and high-level skills training (coaching basketball) for younger [...]]]></description><link>http://triplethreat.org/2010/02/eahs-varsity-athletes-and-leaders-making-a-difference/</link> </item> <item><title>The Pursuit of Happyness</title> <description><![CDATA[You’re probably familiar with the movie Pursuit of Happyness, starring Will Smith. But on January 10, at the Paramount Theatre, we got to meet Chris Gardner, the man whose real life story inspired the movie. Chris is the author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller, The Pursuit of Happyness. He agreed to come as [...]]]></description><link>http://triplethreat.org/2010/02/the-pursuit-of-happyness/</link> </item> <item><title>Souper Bowl of Caring</title> <description><![CDATA[Triple Threat partnered with Fox Valley United Way for the Souper Bowl of Caring, a food drive held at Jewel-Osco locations throughout the Fox Valley area to collect food and donations for the Aurora Inter-Faith Food Pantry.  On Saturday, Feb. 6, from 9am – noon, Caleb, Aurora youth, and Triple Threat volunteers served at the Jewel-Osco [...]]]></description><link>http://triplethreat.org/2010/02/souper-bowl-of-caring/</link> </item> <item><title>A Tale of Two Toms</title> <description><![CDATA[How would you react to the news that you lost your job? Or perhaps you’re one of the more fortunate people whose job is secure in this volatile job market. And although you’re thankful for a full time job, you long to have some quality time to invest in difference-making volunteerism. Read how these “two [...]]]></description><link>http://triplethreat.org/2010/02/a-tale-of-two-toms/</link> </item> <item><title>I Am Somebody</title> <description><![CDATA[Recently a group of students from Northwestern University partnered with Triple Threat to offer an Academics workshop for students living in Jericho Circle, an Aurora Housing Authority community. One of the NWU students, Jessica Holden, told of her own experience growing up as a disadvantaged youth. She shared her story with under-resourced youth to encourage [...]]]></description><link>http://triplethreat.org/2010/02/i-am-somebody/</link> </item> <item><title>Coming Soon&#8230;</title> <description><![CDATA[eXCess
Extreme Science Challenge, or eXCess, will be a weekend event for Aurora Middle School youth.  Students will work together on teams with professional engineers, technologists and other “experts” to formulate out-of-the-box solutions to some of the challenges currently facing the city of Aurora. More details coming soon.
EEX
Equestrian Experts (EEX) is a one-week summer camp that [...]]]></description><link>http://triplethreat.org/2010/01/coming-soon/</link> </item> </channel> </rss>
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