What We Do
Our Youth and Young Adult Programs have been able to sponsor:
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FREE "Leadership Training through Games" Day - to help youth and young adults discovery their inner leadership skills and abilities to develop more fulfilling directions for their lives.
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FREE 1st Aid/CPR/AED Training. In two years over 70 youth and young adults in the area have been able to be certified in life saving skills.
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FREE College Assist Workshops to help students organize themselves in looking for scholarships and to learn how to navigate the avenues to other financial aid support, how to choose the best college for their individual career, planning and organizing their belongings and needs for college life, looking for inexpensive ways to find and fund textbooks. Guest speakers.
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Recreational Activities such as Free Game Nights, Summer Fun Day, and the Annual GRACE RACE! to encourage life-long physical activity for healthy bodies and minds.
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Free Humanitarian Assistance for low-income or struggling youth and young adults and families. Over the past three years hundreds of youth and young adults have been supplied with food and clothing to sustain them in their time of need. We continue distribution of food and goods every single week in upstate New York's poorest region.
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The "Inspiring Student Award", a $100 U. S. Savings Bond for one student in each of the high schools in Schoharie County. Selection is based on a 1000 word essay describing the pros and cons of growing up in rural Schoharie County and what and how the student would implement to improve and inspire the county's youth.
