The Thurston County Police Athletic League is a unique juvenile crime prevention and intervention program designed to provide youth, including under-served boys and girls, with a highly structured, therapeutic, educational and life skills program to develop their understanding of civic values along with individual reliability, accountability and responsibility.
Some of the activities offered at the Thurston County PAL include:.jpg)
- law-related educational classes (“Youth Academy”)
- law enforcement mentoring
- educational transitional services, GED and college preparation
- job skills and interview preparation classes for a successful careers
- life skills classes
- cognitive, personal and social development groups
- parent support groups and referral services
- annual summer teach retreat (a weekend educational summer camp excursion)
- annual summer boxing camp to learn boxing rules fundamentals, coaching and judging
- competitive amateur boxing for males and females ages 8 to 32
- juvenile and adult self-defense classes and the fundamentals of boxing for everyone from age 5 to senior citizens
- first aid
The Thurston County Elite Boxing Academy has enjoyed a long-term collaborative partnership with the Olympia Police Department, the Lacey Police Department and the Thurston County Sheriff‘s Department.
