LIFE EDU-BASKETBALL-MENTORS 1 AK

Kyle Early, founder of the Blue Program, leads a discussion about important life values with a group of Akron sixth graders at Crouse Community Learning Center on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015, in Akron, Ohio. The new, district-wide mentoring program is a suicide prevention/emotional wealth program that helps them in the classroom and teaches them basketball skills for games they play on Saturdays. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal/TNS)