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Introduction: What is Youth Protection?

We think it’s important for you to know something about what DeMolay calls Youth Protection.

 Youth Protection is all about preventing situations where our members might experience physical, emotional, or sexual abuse, or be exposed to the use of alcohol or illegal drugs.  Unfortunately, these problems seem to be almost everywhere today, and as much as we wish it weren’t so, DeMolay is affected by them too.

The purpose of this program is to:

• Prevent abuse from occurring in our organization.
• Equip members and families to recognize risky situations.
• Protect adult volunteers from situations that could give rise to misunderstandings or false allegations.
• Teach adults and youth to spot warning signs of abuse, wherever they may be occurring.

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