FCS) gave the Berlin Town Council
the most recent in their series of on-
going updates on the town's youth
club last week, and the council liked
what it heard enough to renew the
$24,000 annual contract with WY-
FCS for the youth club.
Berlin Youth Club Coordinator Mel-
anie Windsor said last Monday that
it's been a busy five months. The
youth group has traveled extensive-
ly locally, she told the council, going
everywhere from Berlin parks to
Harlem Globetrotter games.
Globetrotters," she said.
such as a family safety night at the
WYFCS building in Berlin.
that event and we're very thankful to
see that kind of a turn out," said
Windsor.
down the demographics of who is
involved with the program. Since
the last update in February, 63 kids
have taken part in some club activi-
ty. Of that, 35 were African-Amer-
ican, 20 were Caucasian, and 8
were Hispanic.
club, a first for the group and made
possible by a grant from the town.
That intern is Calvin Garrison, a re-
cent Stephen Decatur High School
grad who has already developed a
reputation locally as a volunteer and
community advocate despite his
young age.
the council for allowing him to oper-
ate as a paid intern this summer.
Garrison had nothing but compli-
ments for the youth club. "The pro-
gram is phenomenal, the kids love
it...it's like a big family," he said.
promised the council that her organ-
ization is fully committed to growing
the youth club.
port the program and well over
$100,000 in in-kind support for the
program this year as well as work-
ing with a group of staff members to
develop additional programs as we
see needs within the groups of kids
that we're working with," she said.
singling out Garrison's involvement
as an example of how "the youth of
the community are now helping lead
the youth of the community."
for another year at a cost of $24,000.
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