Army Teen Panel launches Real Teens Connected

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[SandRat]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Army News Service, April 5, 2006) – The Army Child and Youth Services’ Army Teen Panel has launched Real Teens Connected, a Web site connecting youth from active Army and Reserve Components, as well as Department of Defense civilian youth around the world.

Real Teens Connected is for teens ages 13 through 18. It offers a variety of services to all Army affiliated youth, including scheduled chats, question and answer boards, a youth support service, news updates and relocation information.

To use the site, eligible youth must have an Army Knowledge Online account that is sponsored by parents/guardians or siblings.

Real Teens Connected is accessed through the Boys and Girls Club of America Web site, www.bgcayouthnet.org. After registering at BGCA YouthNet and signing in, users should click on the menu tab "Army Teens" and then, in the authentication box, type in their AKO user name and password. Users will have the benefits of Real Teens Connected as well as access to all that BGCA YouthNet has to offer.

Real Teens Connected is sponsored and was created by Army Teen Panel members.

The Army Teen Panel is a group of teens that has created avenues for Army youth to communicate directly with the highest levels of Army leadership. ATP members are youth between 14-18 years old. They have strong leadership skills and have the opportunity to make changes that impact Army affiliated youth world-wide.

The Army Teen Panel meets biannually to discuss major concerns that affect Army teens. At each meeting, ATP members work on projects to help resolve the concerns of Army youth.

(Editor's note: Information provided by the U.S. Army Community & Family Support Center Public Affairs Office.)

[bnelson44]

I wish them luck.