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    \n
  1. Be a mentor to a boy without a father through Big Brother or some other agency<\/li>\n
  2. Contact your local junior or senior high school to tutor a needy kid<\/li>\n
  3. Teach Sunday School<\/li>\n
  4. Become a leader in Awana, Pioneer Clubs, or Adventure Club<\/li>\n
  5. Meet one-on-one weekly, with a boy in your church or neighborhood who doesn’t have a father in the home<\/li>\n
  6. Become a leader in Boy Scouts or Cub Scouts<\/li>\n
  7. Coach Little League or some other sport<\/li>\n
  8. Volunteer to work with needy kids in an inner city ministry<\/li>\n
  9. Hire a potentially “at risk” kid for yard work or in your business<\/li>\n
  10. Become active youth leaders in your local church or a parachurch organization<\/li>\n
  11. Start a church-based sports league that reaches out to needy kids in the community<\/li>\n
  12. Lead a Bible study in a juvenile detention center or group home<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    June 1996 issue of The Standard (pp 20-23), published by the Baptist General
    \nConference, 2002 S. Arlington Heights Rd., Arlington Heights, IL.<\/p>\n

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