Sarah Bloom, 13, looks up at the instructors as she and other children participate.
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Donald Robinson, director of Dose of Reality, center, speaks with the program's participants about the importance of respecting their parents.
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Latoshia Starks, center, wipes a tear from her eye as she listens to Shawn Mahone, Sr., describe the trials in his life that led him to found an organization to help scare kids straight.
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Shawn Mahone, Sr., founder of the Young Men and Women For Change.
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Latoshia Starks, right, films her son, Bruce, 12, as he participants in the 80th Dose of Reality program Friday in South Toledo. The program is a one-night-long "boot camp" run by the organization Young Men and women For Change, which seeks to adjust errant behavior in children.
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Ashton Saunders, 14, center, does pushups with other participants.
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Shawn Mahone, Sr., speaks with parents about his program's philosophy. Parents drop their children off and stay for the first hour before leaving the kids at the camp overnight. "God laid it on my heart to come back to Toledo and start a program for the youth," he said.
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Keith Boone, Jr., 11, left, listens as volunteer Jamie Arnett of Findlay, speaks with him.
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Shawn Mahone, Sr., speaks with parents about his program's philosophy. Parents drop their children off and stay for the first hour before leaving the children at the camp overnight.
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Shawn Mahone, Sr., keeps an eye on the parking lot as parents bring their children.
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Girls enrolled in the 80th Dose of Reality program keep their nose and toes to the wall as parents look on at the start of the night.
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Bruce Starks, 12, struggles as Jerry Funk speaks with him. Mr. Funk was a participant in the program when he was 14 and was so impacted he has come back multiple times to volunteer.
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