YAC Second Required Meeting: October 31, Harper, 7:30 am

Agenda

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

October 31, 7:30 am-7:50 am, Harper
YAC official meetings are 
1st and 3rd Monday of the month @ 7:30 @ Harper!

Your hospitality chairs(Anna B, Sahanya B, Hannah H.)  
Halloween Surprise Great candy and donuts!  Thank you, hospitality team

Minutes by Charlie 

1. Project Proposal from Mr. Rooney, Class of 2004

Britton Christian Church Learning Center. The church is literally just down the street from Casady off Britton Ave.  The learning center needs tutors and mentors for young students from middle school through high school.  The high school students need more help prepping for ACTs as they try to get into college.  Turner Rooney, Petroleum Landman, 405-317-1985, r.turnerrooney@gmail.com

Mr. Rooney- Service learning opportunity at Britton Christian Church learning center. Underprivileged kids, unlikely to go to college. Very different than us. Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30-8:00. Mr. Rooney's e-mail is r.turnerrooney@gmail.com

Miranda- How could we help?

Mr. Rooney- Tutoring basic spelling, SAT and ACT prep. Or we could mentor these kids, be a buddy and help them with things besides schools.

Ms. Clay- The problem is that people who do sports and have homework won't have much time.

Mr. Rooney- People could go once a week and just help as much as they can.

Ms. Clay- You also said that there was training for tests.

Mr. Rooney- Helping teaching can help you learn. Obviously sports and school is your main priority. We (Isaiah and I) worked downtown last year to rebuild and repaint a house. Learned how to hang doors and hang dry wall.

Isaiah - It was a great experience. 

Ms. Clay- Any questions

Everyone - Thank you 

On Parking Lot for Tuesday meeting

1. Food Drive Results, Reflection and picture delivering the check.  The Special Programs Director and the Food Bank Photographer will be on campmus

First Place:           Upper Division: (3,117 cans and cash) Leader: Juniors 
Second Place:      Middle Division: (3,075) Leader: Taber 

Third Place:          Lower Division:  (1,166 Cans, cash, checks) Leader: 4th grade 

Fourth Place:        Primary Division (647 Cans, cash, checks)

Fifth  Place:          Faculty (UD only)  150 (Cans, cash, checks)

Thank you, donors and volunteers.   Memories of the drive at http://casadystudentsagainsthunger.blogspot.com/ 

 Food Drive 2016 Results

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Show Your Thinking: Reflective PowerPoint 

 October, Help End Hunger Month

3. Items from the floor
- November Project:  Doing something together at the community.  Sahanya will work on ideas
- December Projects: Blood Drive:  We need a date from Coach T.
- January Projects: MLK Day:  What Project will YAC facilitate?  Organizations need to be contacted now
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From Mrs. Clay's Desk: Strategic Planning
Planning Team Officers who have not provided description of responsibilities from their perspective, please send Mrs. Clay yours by Sunday night.  Thank 
you.

Co-Presidents:  Miranda & Isaiah
Vice-Presidents: Safra and Mariam 

Calendar/Scheduling Manager: Ellie G                         
Secretary:    Katherine S.

Treasurer:  Johnnie L.  
Social Media: Grace P. 
Social/Hospitality Managers: Hannah H. Sahanya B. Anna B.

Grade Chairs: Project Chairs/Project Facilitators

Seniors:  Cathy Zesiger?  Erik R.(School mentors), Miranda (Humane Society?), Isaiah (MLK Day ?), Nicole J. (Kindness Week ?)
Juniors:  Mallory (?), Gabrielle (Food Drive 2016), Luke A. (Voters Registration, Elections 2016), Zac Conner (Best Buddies), Safra and Mariam (Food Drive 2016)
Sophomores:  Sahanya (Children's Hospital), Mason (Peace Week: Peace Silhouettes), Ellie (Food Drive 2016, Perfect Pair Drive for Homeless Alliance), Katherine S. (ICS Hope for the Holidays Drive)
Freshmen:  Ahmed H., Saadia N (Food Drive 2016)

Faculty: Peace Week, Food Drive

Mrs. Clay, Mrs. Bek-gran, Father Blizzard, Father Youmans, Mrs. Seitter, Mrs. Pardue, Dr. Torres, Mrs. France, Mrs. Sharp, Mrs.  Robertson, Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. Lopez (Peace Week)

Co-Presidents: (Miranda T. Isaiah L.)

1. Inspire and motivate Cyclones to belong to the club

2 Responsible for accountability. we have made sure to keep our numbers high for attendance of meetings. We have had record breaking numbers sign up for YAC this year and we are trying to keep them, but not trying to overwhelm them with meeting after meeting and project after project. 

3.. Assign those to plan projects, only who would like to volunteer.

4. Have a good time.

5. Set agendas for meetings

6. Plan YAC's year in collaboration with planning team

Co Vice-Presidents (Safra and Mariam S)

1. To assist and fill in for the co-presidents. 

2. The v.p.s can call meetings and lead projects, and are the authoritative figures when the presidents are unavailable

3. Facilitate agendas in absence of co-presidents

Secretary: (Katherine S)

1. Attend any meetings possible and to work closely with Mrs. Clay and the co-presidents to ensure the agendas for each meeting are clearly expressed and as efficient as possible. 

2. Record the minutes of each meeting. 

3.Be an active participant of the various drives, and when necessary, work with the administration office to establish the connections for the various drives. 

4. Introduce some of the speakers in chapel; however, the main responsibilities for the secretary of YAC include recording minutes and working with others to make the agendas for each meeting efficient.

Treasurer: (Johnnie L.)

1. Make sure our funds are stored in Casady's finance office 
2 Allocate YAC funding to the right people or organizations in a timely manner.
3 Youth Decision maker in allocation of $100 funding for monthly projects from service-learning budget.  The decisions are made in collaboration with Mrs. Clay, YAC sponsor and Rainbolt Family Service-Learning Chair.
4. Oversee the counts for drives and report final results in collaboration with division heads and finance office

Grade / Project Chairs:  Freshmen (Saadia N)
1. Should be involved with some of the board decisions (which I am). 

2. Be able to have a positive input and impact on YAC which includes perhaps introducing new organizations to the group as well as new ideas/drives. 

3. Currently, help mobilize the Food Drive activities which help freshman realize that they have decision making while helping out. 

4  Goal as a freshman chair in YAC is to help organize our group into a team that works together for the benefit of our community 

Sponsor:  Mrs. Clay   (Father Blizzard when Mrs. Clay is not present)

1. Be at meetings for liability issues requirement.  Provide ONLY suggestions for agenda items.  
2 Bring community organization volunteer opportunities and service learning experiences to the attention of the officers.

3. Empower planning team decision making.  

4. Provide resources and connections to planning team decision making 

5. Support and celebrate YAC involvement in the community.

6. Provide weekend opportunities and transportation to empower the mission of "Participating in the community to improve lives" 

7. Request feedback from planning team to be what the club needs demand.
8. Promote a yearly strategic planning-reflective time.

Ideas for projects and funding from Youth Service America

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This episode profiles 13-year-old Will Lourcey, whose interest in childhood hunger and community service began at age seven, when he realized some people in the Fort Worth area were going hungry and did not have access to healthy and affordable food.  After volunteering at a local food bank, Lourcey and a group of friends founded FROGS, a kid-run organization that helps underprivileged kids in his community. Over the past six years, FROGS has provided over 200,000 healthy meals for kids through the Tarrant Area Food Bank and FROGS Dinner Club, helped pack over 80,000 backpacks with food for hungry children through its Backpacks for Kids program, and helped serve over 10,000 families through the Mobile Food Pantry. RESOURCES & TRAININGS As part of YSA's ServiceVote 2016 campaign to engage youth ages 5-25 in the 2016 election, we're highlighting election-related resources. OneVote 2016 Mock Election Lesson Planning Resources   OneVote lesson plans turn students into informed citizens. Students will learn about political parties, key issues, the importance of debates and the impact of the media. It all leads up to the final objective: casting an informed vote in the OneVote 2016 Mock Election. A step-by-step guide details everything you need to know to plan a mock election at your school. Get inspiration for stirring up excitement and ideas for preparing your polling station.  TED Talk: There's No Such Thing as Not Voting  Many people like to talk about how important voting is, how it's your civic duty and responsibility as an adult. Eric Liu agrees with all that, but he also thinks it's time to bring joy back to the ballot box. The former political speechwriter details how he and his team are fostering the culture around voting in the 2016 US presidential election - and closes with a powerful analysis of why anyone eligible should show up on Election Day.   CIRCLE 2016 Millennial Poll: Full Analysis   Today's release looks even more deeply at the Millennial generation and at differences within the generation. Two major themes emerge: first, Millennials across the board share a deep skepticism of most major political and public institutions, and less than half of Millennials believe they have a legitimate voice in the political process. Second, there are significant differences by race and ethnicity, gender, religion, and educational attainment that shape young people's worldviews and their candidate of choice in the 2016 presidential election. 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Family Volunteer Day: November 19. Gather your family and kick off the holiday season by making a difference in your community! Volunteering as a family helps kids and teens develop compassion for their neighbors in need, make friends and even develop a new skill or two!

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