“Hope 4 Life ”
- Mission -
Provide children with the information and skills they need to live drug and violence-free lives, and equip them with the tools that will enable them to avoid negative influences and instead, allow them to focus on their strengths and potential.

David Bascome and the Island Soccer League’s Hope 4 Life program is designed to deliver the importance of living a Drug and Violence free life through Attitude and Sacrifice.

Primary Focus
 

 

• Provide children with the information and skills they need to live drug and violence-free lives.
• The mission is to equip kids with the tools that will enable them to avoid negative influences and instead, allow them to focus on their strengths and potential
• Gives kids the skills they need to avoid involvement in drugs, gangs, and violence.
• It gives children the skills needed to recognize and resist the subtle and overt pressures that cause them to experiment with drugs or become involved in gangs or violent activities.
• Teaches kids how to recognize and resist the direct and subtle pressures that influence them to experiment with alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drugs.
• Based on the premise that prevention is the only long-term answer to drug abuse.
• The unique program creates a positive atmosphere for students.
Four Major Areas


 

 

• Providing accurate information about drugs, alcohol and tobacco.
• Teaching students good decision-making skills.
• Showing students how to recognize and resist peer pressure.
• Giving students ideas for positive alternatives to drug use.

Program Presenters
 

• Player and coach led program that teaches children of all ages how to resist peer pressure and live productive drug and violence-free lives.
• Presenters undergo hours of special training in areas such as child development, classroom management, teaching techniques, and communication skills.
• Additional training provided to instructors to prepare them to teach the high school curriculum.
Tips For Parents


 

 

• Establish family rules that make it clear that drug use will not be tolerated.
• Educate yourself about drugs, so you can talk informatively with your children and answer their questions.
• Spend time with your children listening to their concerns and showing how much you love and care for them.
• Recognize that You are their most important role model.
• Because peer pressure is a major factor in teen drug use, know your children’s friends.
• Talk with other parents.
• Try to establish uniform rules that make access to drugs harder, such as curfew and the amount of spending money they receive.
• If a problem exists, get help! Don’t say "Not my child!"
• Teach them about the many positive alternatives to drug use
• Drugs and kids. It’s a reality every parent must face--head-on.
• You can’t deny it.
• You can’t ignore it.
• But as parents or other concerned caregivers, you are your children’s greatest resource.

Benefits Local Communities

• Permits students to see role models in a helping role, not just in an authorities role.
• Opens lines of communication between youth and adults.
• Role models can serve as conduits to provide information beyond drug-related topics
• Opens dialogue between students and adults to deal with other issues.
• Since the majority of all crime is drug related, it is absolutely vital that we reach the children of Bermuda before it is too late.
• Work with children to raise their self-esteem, teach them how to make decisions on their own, and help them identify positive alternatives to drugs.
• Emphasizes the negative consequences of drug use, and reinforces the skills to resist peer pressure and intimidation.