Are you interested in community service? Do you want to take a leadership role in your community?
The SCI Lynn Citywide Youth Council is looking for new members. If you are a Middle School or High School student and live in Lynn, please consider joining the Citywide Youth Council. Applications are available below to download as attachments, or at the SCI Lynn office, located at 52 Andrew Street, Straight Ahead Ministries, Family and Children’s Services, Girls Incorporated of Lynn, and the Greater Lynn YMCA. This is the first year of the SCI Lynn Citywide Youth Council, and we seek to engage a diverse group from ages 12 to 18 who share a desire to make a difference in their community.
The Youth Council will meet every other week, on a weekday, after school, but the exact day and time will be determined by the popular vote of the Youth Council. Meetings usually last one hour, and light refreshments will be provided. From November to June, the Youth Council will lead community service projects and civic engagement projects, including the distribution and management of grants to other youth initiated service projects such as park clean ups and resource fairs . The SCI Lynn Citywide Youth Council also offers an outstanding opportunity to enhance leadership through the use of SCI's Civic Skills Checklist; this provides a concrete way to build practical skills such as public speaking and event planning.
Remember, applications will be available at Family and Children’s Services of Greater Lynn, located at 111 North Common Street, Straight Ahead Ministries, and the SCI Lynn office. Applications can be returned to the SCI Lynn office, located at 52 Andrew Street or emailed to GayLynne Samsonoff at GSamsonoff@socialcapitalinc.org
The deadline for applications is Monday, November 2nd at 5pm. If you have any questions please contact the SCI Lynn AmeriCorps Youth Leadership Coordinator, GayLynne Samsonoff at 781-599-1269.
This program is coordinated by SCI Lynn, and sponsored by the Amelia Peabody Foundation, Cabot Family Charitable Trust, Foley Hoag Foundation, and the Mass. Service Alliance.
SCI Lynn is partnering with local youth volunteers to decorate My Brother's Table with snowflakes in the spirit of the winter season. My Brother's Table is a local organization that serves food to over 200 families in need daily. Adult and youth volunteers are welcome to volunteer with SCI Lynn on Thursday, January 15th at My Brothers Table, located at 98 Willow Street.
Community members and residents in the Henry Avenue Park neighborhood have begun to make plans to clean-up and refurbish the park. On January 5th over twenty people, community members, neighborhood residents and community officials, gathered at a residence near the park to coordinate the project. Antonio Guitieres offered his experience from other park clean-ups such as Ames Park, along with Lisa Connelly who helped revamp the High Rock Tower Park. Department of Public Works has offered their assistance in putting in lighting, park benches, and trash bins. Local residents of Henry Ave. were also excited to gain the assistance of other community members and look forward to helping oversea the project. The park committee would like to see the basketball courts finished, the tennis court turned into an all purpose area, benches put in, and area for small children, and murals done by youth. The projected date for the next planning committee will be Monday, February 2nd, and the actual clean-up is to be held April 18th. For more information please contact Wendy Joseph at 
The Greater Lynn YMCA is hosting an information session about their free lifeguard course for teens over the age of 16 on Tuesday, January 27th at 6:30 PM, free to all with light refreshments provided. The DCR Lifeguard course placed eighteen lifeguards at various beaches, ponds and community pools during the summer of 2008, and twenty slots are open now for 2009. To enter the program you must be able to swim at least 300 yards. There is no limit to the number of teens they will coach, and in February they will choose 20 candidates for DCR employment, which pays close to $500.
Girl Scouts of America is presently recruiting youth workers interested in community work in the Lynn area. In the coming months Girl Scouts will be developing programs for several organizations and schools in the Lynn area. They hope to hire a part-time employee to help them meet their goals.
