Beavercreek Youth Project
Need
Statement:
For years there has been a cry for programs for teens,
so they have avenues of service learning and social
activities outside of the Beavercreek City School. The
school’s primary mission is education. Beavercreek does
not have a Community Center facility, so the current
project is to build programming to promote the building
of leadership skills, civic-minded education, community
service, and social opportunities.
Policy Action:
The Beavercreek City Council has been asked to establish
a Youth Board. Both adults and youth would be appointed
to a board. The board would actively direct and lead
programming. This legislation is pending and will be
discussed at a City Council retreat this summer.
2003
Projects:
-
Make-A-Difference Day
projects in October 2003 involved 150 volunteers. The
signature project for 2003 was the development of a
Bikeway Staging Area situated along Grange Hall Road
(by the US 35 overpass and Creekside Bike Trail).
Other projects included beautification efforts at the
US Post Office, 35/N.Fairfield interchange, and Police
Department. There was a “talent bus” of teens that
performed at several senior-housing facilities. Work
was done to clear brush in several parks.
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A youth fitness
project was implemented with the Beavercreek Schools,
with winners recognized at a Bomber’s Ice Skating
game.
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The City Council was
approached with the proposal to establish a community
Youth Board. That issue is pending.
-
Party in the Park was
planned by teens for teens. It is a community party
to increase awareness of the Beavercreek Youth Project
and collect names of teens that want to be involved in
this fall’s Make-A-Difference Day projects in October.
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Made preliminary
arrangements for a Beavercreek Youth Program endowment
fund to be held at Greene County Community
Foundation. It is the plan that funds will be donated
to the Foundation, specifically earmarked for
Beavercreek Youth. As proposed the Beavercreek Youth
Board would use that annual earned profit, from the
invested endowment funds, for operational expensive
(such as printing, etc.) and as seed money for service
learning projects or leadership development projects.
Work
Program for 2004-5
·
Make-A-Difference Day October 2004
·
Elect Officers for Youth Council and plan
structure for community service credit and letters of
service
·
Develop a Coloring Book for the
Beavercreek 25th Anniversary: ABC’s of
Beavercreek
·
Youth Service Day in April 2004
·
Plan a social event(s) for Back to School
·
Plan a wellness or fitness project in
Beavercreek
·
Hold a mock City Council (Youth City
Council) meeting to discuss youth issues in Beavercreek
·
Consider sending representatives to the
National League of Cities meeting.
Background:
Greene County’s Family and Children First Council
facilitated the current Beavercreek Youth Project. They
wrote a State grant for Partnerships for Success
funding. They have set up youth councils in seven
districts in Greene County and have hired Lisa Arose of
Wright State University’s CUPA program to oversee their
efforts.
Beavercreek PfS Youth
Board Members:
Julie Vann Megan
Gilliland Kelly Blumenschein
Adam Saxe
Carol Graff Yvonne
Whitaker Anaka Davis-Cuzick
Logan Bruce
Justin Adams Chris
Williams Hayley
Parker Evan Millward
Laurie Fox Phyllis
Howard Megan Levesseur
Kate Cochran
For
More Information:
Check out the PfS website at
http://www.wright.edu/cupa/pfs/communities.html
Phone Julie Vann at 429-5773 or Megan Gilliland at
426-1522 or Lisa Arose at 775-3779
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