1. Taylor Hooton Foundation“Appearance and Performance Enhancing Drugs (APEDs) Educational Programs” 2010 Don Hooton Donald Hooton Jr. Clint Faught Anabolic Steroids and Appearance and Enhancing drugs Educating America’s Youth about the Dangers of

2. Agenda Overview of Taylor Hooton Foundation Mission and Vision Partners and Board of Directors How serious is this epidemic Why are kids using APEDs Our Hoots Chalk Talk Program 2 Taylor Hooton Foundation © 2010 All Rights Reserved

3. Who was Taylor Hooton? Taylor Hooton, a 16-year old, 6' 2", 180 pound, muscular high school athlete was told by his high school coach that "he needed to be bigger" in order to effectively compete in his senior year. Like others on his team, Taylor decided to take a short cut to help him achieve his objective. Unfortunately in his efforts to "get bigger", Taylor was unaware of the depression he would experience as a result of using anabolic steroids. On July 15, 2003, Taylor took his own life. 3 Taylor Hooton Foundation © 2010 All Rights Reserved

4. Taylor Hooton Foundation Formed in 2004 in memory of Taylor E. Hooton, a 17 year old high school student athlete Founded by the family of Taylor when they became aware of the magnitude of a growing problem among high school students across the country – the widespread use of appearance and performance enhancing drugs (APEDs) Knew that parents and coaches were generally unaware of the real dangers of this powerful drug. Taylor Hooton foundation was formed to change this through education Kids Adult influencers 4 Taylor Hooton Foundation © 2010 All Rights Reserved

5. THF Mission and Vision 5 Taylor Hooton Foundation © 2010 All Rights Reserved

6. Board of Directors (a partial list) “Delivering Expertise on the Topic of APEDs” 6 Taylor Hooton Foundation © 2010 All Rights Reserved

7. Some of Our Partners Recommended in Senator Mitchell’s Report to the Commissioner of MLB Endorsed by Dick Butkus Program delivered in every MLB Park each summer . . . . and more 7 Taylor Hooton Foundation © 2010 All Rights Reserved

8. How Big is the Problem? 8 Taylor Hooton Foundation © 2010 All Rights Reserved *CDC Youth Risk Survey

9. Teen steroid usage on the rise “A recent study showed 6.1 percent of high school students used anabolic steroids with numbers appearing to be on the rise. . . “ Dr. Teri McCambridge, American Academy of Pediatrics (Reuters, 3/11/2009) 9 Taylor Hooton Foundation © 2010 All Rights Reserved

10. Why do kids use APEDs? Participants could select more than one reason. Source: Tom Hildebrand, PsvD, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, 2008 10 Taylor Hooton Foundation © 2010 All Rights Reserved

11. What needs to be done to address this problem? Increased knowledge and decreased usage = Education is the primary weapon that we should be using to fight this battle First priority: teach our kids about the dangers of using APEDs, to provide them with the knowledge that they need make an intelligent decision not to use APEDs Recent studies indicate 84% of our kids have never had a parent, coach, or teacher talk with them about dangers of these drugs! This is not just an athletic problem - all students need to be educated on this subject matter. Adult influencers must be trained Coaches Athletic Trainers Physicians Parents

12. Education vehicles THF is the ONLY organization in the US focused on this topic Only education programs of their kind in the US THF invests more in APEDs education than all of the Federal Government 12 Taylor Hooton Foundation © 2010 All Rights Reserved

13. What is a Hoot’s Chalk Talk? Multimedia assembly program Schools, conferences, coaches meetings, any large gathering of youth, parents, or coaches One hour in length Speaker, PowerPoint, and video Post-assembly Q&A session Leave behind classroom curriculum Designed to raise the awareness and provide education on the subject of the use and abuse of APEDs by the youth of America 13 Taylor Hooton Foundation © 2010 All Rights Reserved

14. Topics Covered 14 Taylor Hooton Foundation © 2010 All Rights Reserved

15. Proven training methods Presented to: Over 110,000 high school students, parents, and coaches nationwide USOC athletes and USOC board of directors American Assoc. of Family Physicians, American College of Sports Medicine, US Dept of Education / Nat’l Drug Educators, WADA, USADA, and more Presented in every MLB Stadium in partnership with Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers and MLB Strength Coaches for the past 3 years In addition, Minor League Ball parks, Pro Fast Pitch League, and others Proven test results via testing by SAMHSA 15 Taylor Hooton Foundation © 2010 All Rights Reserved

16. Our Foundation would like to drive Appearance and Performance Enhancing Drug awareness and education programs into schools all across the country