Leadership Portage County will begin a new Leadership program in August.
It is an excellent program of monthly meetings to learn about and interact
with all the structures in the county and is well worth the investment. For
more information go to the PC Business Council Web site for an
application.
 

WI NICARAGUA Partners Lending Libraries   Speaker: Amy Wiza  Learn
about and support literacy opportunities in Nicaragua.  Thursday, April 12
7pm  Community Industries Corporation Community Room 41 Park Ridge
Hwy 10.

Monday March 26 at Pinery Room Portage County Public Library  Showing
of reports on issues in the media and reminds us that the airwaves belong to
the people.  Discussion follows and popcorn and refreshments will be
provided. Time is 7pm-8:45.

 
 
 
SAFEGUARDING OUR YOUTH
 
A  Learning Event for Adults Working With Youth
 

Learn tips from an expert about talking to youth  about alcohol and drugs
Update your knowledge about local trends in underage alcohol and prescription drug use
Understand how our community culture contributes to underage use/abuse
Available resources and helpful tools

 
You are cordially invited to attend a learning [...]

Mentors Needed
Northwest Counseling and Guidance Clinic is seeking mentors for children and adolescents in Portage County to provide positive experiences and help connect youth to their community.  Mentors must have a valid driver’s license, a reliable vehicle, and valid automobile insurance.  They must also have some experience working with children with Severe Emotional Disturbance or [...]

 
 In two hard-hit Japanese villages, youth spark renewal

 
The population of mountainous Toho Village had been declining for decades–when half the population of coastal Onagawa vanished in minutes on March 11, 2011.

“Our village is shrinking. We worry that we will become invisible.” – Yume, 14, Toho Village
 
Just ten days before the Great East Japan Earthquake devastated the [...]

 
March 1, 2012
Volume 19, No. 9  
Circulation: 40,100

YSA DOES Nothing Alone…

We certainly don’t celebrate GYSD alone. YSA is excited to celebrate our partners’ events as part of GYSD, including: 

Earth Day 
Great American Bake Sale National Challenge Weekend 
J-Serve – International Day of Jewish Youth Service 
National Volunteer Week 
Alpha Phi Omega’s Spring Youth Service Day 
Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s True [...]

 
March 1, 2012
Volume 19, No. 9  
Circulation: 40,100

YSA DOES Nothing Alone…

We certainly don’t celebrate GYSD alone. YSA is excited to celebrate our partners’ events as part of GYSD, including: 

Earth Day 
Great American Bake Sale National Challenge Weekend 
J-Serve – International Day of Jewish Youth Service 
National Volunteer Week 
Alpha Phi Omega’s Spring Youth Service Day 
Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s True [...]

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Help Fight Proposed Cut to Drug Free Communities Program

March 5, 2012
 
ISSUE
In his FY 2013 budget request, the President recommended cutting funding for the Drug Free Communities (DFC) program by $3.4 million, from the $92 million appropriated in FY 2012 to $88.6 million.
  
WHAT YOU CAN DO
The field must ask their members of Congress to: 1) make [...]