|
Photo Gallery: Support the Troops
Select a photo gallery from the categories below.
Day For Kids
Visions in Progress has participated in the annual Day for Kids event for the past 2 years. The "Win a Goldfish" ping-pong ball toss has been a favorite among children in attendance.
2007 Teen Speak-Out
VIP helped plan and facilitate the Teen Speak Out, a half day event on current issues facing the youth of the Santa Clarita Valley. The Teen Speak Out provided many teens with the opportunity to come and bring their questions concerning three key topics (Activities for Teens, Public Safety, and Growth/Development/Environment) to local policymakers and experts, and to learn how to take an action to make a change.
Youth Grove Memorial
This Memorial was built in Central Park to provide a safe venue where the public, particularly the youth, can go to remember Santa Clarita Valley youth (up to 24 years old), who were killed in traffic-related collisions, while serving as an educational tool for our community to deter further deaths.
Youth in Government Summer Internship Program
The VIP/Youth in Government Summer Internship Program is focused on teaching high-school aged students about how local government works. During the 3-week program, participants have the opportunity to gain work experience through summer internships at City Hall; and to participate in a workshop-style educational program that incorporates guest speakers from various City departments and trips to various important City and County sites.
2007 Santa Cruz Culmination Excursion
To celebrate the end of the 2006-2007 school year and all the accomplishments VIP made during that time, VIP hosted an excursion to Santa Cruz Island, a part of Channel Islands National Park, on May 19, 2007. The excursion included an hour-and-a-half boat ride from Ventura Harbor to the island and a guided hike of the Nature Conservancy's Interpretive Trail, which is located on a beautifully preserved, protected part of the island. The excursion gave VIP members an opportunity to spend time as a team; to support each other in the common goal of a 6-mile round trip rugged hike along often steep and challenging terrain; and to learn more about how private companies, environmental organizations and government organizations work together to preserve open spaces.
Team Building Field Trips and Activities
Visions in Progress Youth Advisory Committee (VIP) has participated in a variety of teambuilding field trips and activities designed to build unity amongst the group.
Santa’s Helpers
Volunteers who help Santa answer the many letters he receives each year from the children who write him with their list of toys. This is a volunteer project that VIP truly enjoys.
Make a Difference Day
VIP participated in Make a Difference Day; a national day of service. This year, 25 projects were completed and over 650 volunteers participated.
Support the Troops
VIP sponsored a Support the Troops drive. Various items (toiletries, magazines, etc.) were collected at the local schools, were packaged, and sent to the troops.
Youth Master Plan
VIP was instrumental with the preparation of the Mayor’s Conference- kick off to the Youth Master Plan. Focus Groups were formed in an effort to gather opinions and solicit feedback from the community, based on three pre-designed questions. VIP is in the process of developing a Youth Master Calendar to be made available to all teens in the Santa Clarita Valley.
Youth Summit
VIP helps plan and implement on the Youth Summits, which are seminars on current issues facing the youth of the Santa Clarita Valley. The Youth Summit gives teens the opportunity to come together and share their ideas and issues, meet new people, and have fun. Youth Summits are offered to all Santa Clarite Valley junior high and high school teens of all the schools.
Dances
VIP has hosted over eight successful dances for both Junior High School teens and High School teens within the last two years.
Movie Nights
VIP has hosted a successful Movie Night, which catered to both the junior high school teens and high school teens of the Santa Clarita Valley.
|
