Thank you, thank you to the over 100 volunteers who made our 2nd Annual Independent Living Day such a success!

Parent Programs

ONGOING

Monday, May 21: “Fathers’ Night,” 7:30 pm.

Mondays, May 14 and June 4: “Parents of Children with Special Needs,” 9 am.

For further information or questions, call the office at 270-4335. Registration is necessary for all parenting courses.

May is the 14th Annual “Celebrate Youth Festival!” at NYS

 

Gail Smith Award

To be presented at the Newtown Youth Services’ Annual Board Meeting on Monday, May 21, at 7 pm. A student and an adult volunteer are recognized as well as a local business. Their selection is based on outstanding contributions and leadership for the betterment of Newtown’s youth. This even is held at Newtown Youth Services and is open to the public.

 

Outstanding Youth Awards

As part of the “Celebrate Youth Festival,” NYS will present awards to young people at the 14th Annual Outstanding Youth Awards ceremony at 4 pm on Thursday, May 24. Held at Newtown Youth Services, the public is always welcome.

 

14th Annual NYS Talent Show

Friday, May 11, 7 pm, AT Newtown Middle School. Ticket prices are $4 for adults and $2 for children. The show will be videotaped and those tapes will be available for purchase at $15. Proceeds go to the NYS Youth Advisory Board Scholarship Fund.

4-H, Let’s Get Ready For Garden Season!

Elementary School – Monday, 3:15-4:30 pm;

Middle School – Wednesday, 4-5:30 pm.

Harvest your own flowers and vegetables in a garden plot you design yourself. Help us build a Butterfly Plant Nursery, a Children’s Theme Garden, and a Chicken and Rabbit Garden. Plant a row for the hungry in our garden and bring your pet to our pet show. We meet at NYS, so come and join us.

Attention High School Students: NYS HAS OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS.

If you like deer ticks, mosquitoes, sunburned shoulders, dirty fingernails, slug slime, muddy shoes, poison ivory, heat stroke, sweaty frizzy hair and an experience that you will cherish until the day you die, the Newtown’s Youth Garden is for you.

Our project includes a farmer’s market garden, a wildlife habitat garden for a daycare center and a nature trail for a local retirement community, with the possibility of more projects added when we get your ideas.

We need your help with the gardens, starting from the planning, then to the planting and finally to the maintaining. You will learn about vegetable gardening and produce marketing, flower garden designing, and wildlife habitat observation gardens.

You may also be interested in assisting the 4-H after-school garden club. The 4-H club consists of elementary and middle school students who happen to idolize high school students and would be thrilled to work with you. Besides working in the garden, the 4-H clubs work with animals and learn about Newtown’s diverse environment. To volunteer, call Jonathan Aragones at NYS at 270-4335.

YOUTH GROUP MEETINGS

The High School Youth Advisory Board (HS YAB) has completed its organized meetings for the year. New members are always welcome. Officers for the 2001-2002 school year are Karen Earle and Gregg Hammond, co-chairs; Jeanmarie Moriath, secretary; and Jen Kotch, treasurer. Feel free to contact any of these students for further information.

Middle School Youth Advisory Board (MS YAB): Further meetings will be announced.

NYCAAP will meet on Tuesday, May 15, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm.

Please watch this column for all meeting dates and times. Membership in the above groups is free and new members are welcome at all times. For additional info please call the NYS office.

All programs will take place at Newtown Youth Services, 41-A Main Street, unless noted. To register, or for further information, call 270-4335.