Union of Youth

Two Key-related happenings have been mentioned on the Northfield Healthy Community Initiative website, and I just thought that I would mention that here.  The first mentions two graduating seniors from the Mayor’s Youth Council who also happen to be Youth Board Members at The Key– Hattie Ryan and Ruth Amerman.  Feel free to check out the full post here.

Secondly, the Global Youth Service Day/Semester of Service got a nice write up courtesy of the High School’s Promise Fellow Alyssa Jilek.  Alyssa, Jason Hallen at the Middle School, as well as myself spent the first five months of 2009 planning environmentally themed service projects and events for the youth at our sites, as well as for the community at large.  The final event was the recent tree planting at the Middle School that some of the kids from The Key assisted in.  Other events included: “It’s Not Easy Being Green,” which was an informational event at the High School in January, and featured presentations by representatives from Waste Management and the River Bend Nature Center; Buckthorn removal; The Key’s upcoming Community Bike Rental Program; and passing along information about waste reduction and recycling to members of the community and youth at the three sites.