Director’s Report: verbal report 1. The Agency is doing well overall and the staff is achieving a lot and is very enthusiastic about programs, and engaging kids who aren’t otherwise involved in positive activities. Barnes and Hanratty commented on how beneficial the After School Clubs are. Great enrollment for the spring session. 2. Passed around the final Summer
Community Service Projects flyer. 3. Youth Summer Stock Workshop is tonight with participants reading for the Director so that roles can be assigned. 4. Our 7th grade Wilderness Challenge group is meeting tonight to begin their group initiatives. It is a diverse group and includes a youth referred by the Juvenile Diversion Board. 5. The Chamber of Commerce has confirmed they are giving us a booth at the Annual Arts and Craft Festival again this year
for Youth Art. Adm. Asst. will coordinate the booth again, with youth helping to man the booth and displaying their artwork. 6. The Memorial Day Main Street Art Show entails a lot of work to put together. We have decided to display the artwork for a full 2 weeks next year. The Women’s Club has helped with this project for the last few years. 7. The final project for this year’s Middle School Peers (Youth to Youth Mentoring) is a puppet show on June 17th. (Passed around a flyer and invited all to attend). The puppets were designed and created by the 10 pairs of mentors and mentees. 8. We are able to send up to four high school students to attend the MADD Power Camp this summer. MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) will provide partial scholarships, as will we, with students paying $100 each. We have sent students in the past to the summer program that focuses on prevention. 9. Two staff will attend a “Crisis Debriefing” workshop and will in turn facilitate a workshop for all guidance personnel and our counselors so that there is a model to follow when our community is faced with a crisis. (Over the past year or so, we’ve faced two suicides of parents with children in the
school system.) 10. The Personal Achievement Award (plaque and check) will be presented to LJ Parkes by Commission Chairman and Ashley Glorioso thisThursday evening during the Awards Ceremony. 11. We have cultivated a relationship with Chuck Lewis of the HKTV Program, who is now working on editing the Hidden Treasures video for broadcasting. 12. The Kate Hepburn Theatre committee will be joining us for Family Day. They will open the theatre for tours and for
brief entertainment slots. 13. The Youth and Family Services Foundation Board will hold a Planning Retreat in July. They are looking to bring on additional Board members and to develop their mission statement. The Board will also work on a fundraising plan and a Leave a Legacy plan. 14. H.E.A.T. raised almost $35,000 for the Foundation; of this approximately $15,000 was used to help residents with heating needs to date. In addition, a new dentist in town named the Foundation as the beneficiary of his office’s SMILE FOR LIFE campaign this year, expecting to raise $3,000 for the Foundation.
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