Will Youth be Collateral Damage in Penn State’s Scandal?

CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS

WILL SECOND MILE FOUNDATION

YOUTH BE COLLATERAL DAMAGE

IN PENN STATE’S SCANDAL?

      …With the response and action being taken by the funding sources, it appears that the youth being served by the Second Mile agency will become collateral damage…

  ~~~~~~~~~~~~    

     Penn State University is a nationwide community. The events surrounding its recent child sex-abuse scandal, therefore, are affecting and splitting an entire nation.

      Because the charges against Jerry Sandusky involve youth(s) from the Second Mile Foundation that occurred on Penn State’s campus, the organization that serves at-risk youth is caught in the net of allegations surrounding the University’s scandal.

     Sandusky founded the Foundation, which hasn’t been charged with anything, in 1977.*

~~~~~~~~~~~~

     The parties involved in the scandal have expressed that their first concern is (or should be) for the youth, especially those youth who were victims.    

~~~~~~~~~~~~

     Because of the scandal, the Second Mile funding sources and its volunteers are being withdrawn.

     In addition, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett’s earlier approval of a state grant to the Foundation is being debated.*

~~~~~~~~~~~~

     I think that the following questions must be asked and addressed:

• Who is ultimately being punished by these actions?
• Are the supporters of the Foundation more interested in