Matt Copeland has graduated high school and he is attending college at Rolla. He was with our youth court program for 5 years. He served as a defense attorney, prosecuting attorney and a judge. When asked what he enjoyed most about being in the youth court program he said:" Being able to connect with the community and help people." And Matt did that very well. His favorite memory is: "My first year a defendant's dad and I got along very well and convinced his son he should

FUNDRAISER OPPORTUNITY Youth Court is a non profit. This means we rely on donations from various entities to run our program. One is the City of Independence, the other is COMBAT (Community Backed Anti Drug Tax). We also take opportunies siuch as the one I am about to describe to raise additional funds. Matt Ford in Buckner sponsers the Comets. They choose 4 non profit organizations to attend a game and raise money by selling raffle tickets. The top 4 organizations with