Teen Court is a cooperative, volunteer community program which provides an alternative to the formal process of trial and sentencing for young offenders. There, they agree to take responsibility for their own actions and to voluntarily accept a sentence from a jury of their peers. The sentence is a contract to serve a suitable amount of time in volunteer or community service or to make some kind of appropriate restitution for their offense. Upon completion of the sentence, the referring agency dismisses charges against the youth. The young person takes an active role in clearing their record and learns that breaking the law is unacceptable.
Many young people return to the program as volunteers themselves or enter law enforcement.
Auxiliary Units across the nation are working to initiate this type of program by contacting and meeting with local agencies and working cooperatively wherever there is a need. The Citizens Flag Alliance is an apolitical, non-partisan confederation of organizations and individuals who wish to protect the United States flag from public physical desecration. Stressing education along with rallying public support, the Citizens Flag Alliance's goal is to pass a narrowly drawn Constitutional amendment making it illegal to publicly desecrate the flag. The American Legion Auxiliary joined this effort in 1994 because it believes the flag is unique among our national symbols and it deserves respect, care and protection.