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<br />Can schools and students engage in adoption activities? <br /> <br />Through the Youth Civic Action and Education Program (YCAP), ASA encourages teachers and school <br /> <br /> <br />administrators to use adoption activities to enhance their curriculums. Members of adopted units might <br /> <br /> <br />come speak to school groups about their experiences and the situation in the Middle East. School groups <br /> <br />can take field trips the military base that's "home" to an adopted unit. Students and unit members might <br /> <br /> <br />work together on a social service campaign like "Toys for Tots." Many units greatly enjoy posting letters <br /> <br /> <br />from student groups in their unit headquarters, and studnets have often helped to raise funds to pay for <br /> <br /> <br />adoption activities. To learn more about integrating adoption activities into school programs and the <br /> <br /> <br />classroom, please visit our YCAP page. <br /> <br />Schools not located in adoptive communities can participate with military units through the ASA Foster- <br /> <br /> <br />a-Unit Program. For more information on this program, read below or visit the Foster-a-Unit Program <br /> <br /> <br />Information page on this website. <br /> <br />How do I get my community to participate in the Adopt-a-Unit Program? <br /> <br />Fill our and submit our online Adoption Inquiry Form for Cities, and we will send you an initial packet of <br />information so that you have the material you need to talk to people in your community about <br />undertaking a unit adoption program. We will also be in touch with you to help you plan how to best go <br />about trying to get your city to adopt a military unit through ASA. <br /> <br />Talk to friends, neighbors, co-workers and other people you know in your community to see if there are <br /> <br />a good number of people who are interested in working on adoption activities and in working on getting <br /> <br />other individuals and organizations in your community involved in the Adopt-a-Unit Program. <br /> <br />Next, make an appointment to meet with your mayor, city manager, or city administrator. You should <br /> <br />bring the material you received from ASA on the Adopt-a-Unit Program along with information about the <br /> <br />people who want to work with you on the adoption program in your community. Your mayor, or <br /> <br />comparable civic official, will eventually need to sign the adoption agreement form and will need to agree <br /> <br />to have your city or town council pass a resolution adopting a military unit. (You will have a copy of the <br />