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Mrs. Bush's Remarks at Father Flanagan's Girls and Boys Town
Mrs. Laura Bush shares in laughter with girls who are living in a family-style residential group home at Father Flanagan’s Girls & Boys Town in Omaha, NE, Monday, April 3, 2006. Girls and Boys Town was founded in 1917 to help troubled boys. Today there are more than 100 long-term, residential-care homes for trouble youths, featuring family-style living in the least restrictive environment. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush shares in laughter with girls who are living in a family-style residential group home at Father Flanagan’s Girls & Boys Town in Omaha, NE, Monday, April 3, 2006. Girls and Boys Town was founded in 1917 to help troubled boys. Today there are more than 100 long-term, residential-care homes for trouble youths, featuring family-style living in the least restrictive environment. White House photo by Shealah Craighead Full Story
Mrs. Laura Bush sits with Mrs. Jessica Maes’s second grade class at Bel Air Elementary School in Albuquerque, N.M., Monday, April, 3, 2006, during a lesson called Protecting You/Protecting Me, to teach the prevention of substance and alcohol abuse. Protecting You/Protecting Me is a curriculum developed and supported by Mothers Against Drunk Driving, for children in grades 1-5, focusing on the effects of alcohol on the developing brain during the first 21 years of life. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
As part of her Helping America’s Youth Initiative, Mrs. Laura Bush participates in a round-table discussion with Mr. Jay Pierce’s fifth grade class at Bel Air Elementary School in Albuquerque, N. M., Monday, April 3, 2006. The discussion with the children is focused around a curriculum called Protecting You/Protecting Me which teaches children how to protect themselves and make informed decisions regarding alcohol and drugs. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush flanked by students and Family teachers is presented the Father Flanagan Award during a visit to the Father Flanagan’s Girls & Boys Town in Omaha, NE, Monday, April 3, 2006. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush shares in laughter with girls who are living in a family-style residential group home at Father Flanagan’s Girls & Boys Town in Omaha, NE, Monday, April 3, 2006. Girls and Boys Town was founded in 1917 to help troubled boys. Today there are more than 100 long-term, residential-care homes for trouble youths, featuring family-style living in the least restrictive environment. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush visits with high school girls who are living in a family-style residential group home at Father Flanagan’s Girls & Boys Town in Omaha, NE, Monday, April 3, 2006. The program applies a behavior treatment model for delinquent youths ages 10-18 that emphasizes positive relationships, teaching skills, self control, while supporting moral and spiritual development and promoting self-government and self-determination. White House photo by Shealah Craighead

 
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