Community Coalition for Teens

Youth Conference

Project Overview

For 16 years, CCT has sponsored an Annual Youth Conference, planned and run by our youth Conference Planning Committee, with approximately 300 youth and adults from all Franklin County school districts participating, as well as others from throughout Western MA. The 2007 conference was held at Greenfield Middle School, and the 2008 conference will be at Mahar Regional Middle School on May 8. Contact: Lani or Rachel

Current Activities

The 17th Annual CCT Youth Conference, "Spark Thought, Create Change!" is currently being planned by a group of local youth ages 12 to 20.  The conference will take place on Thursday, May 8, 2008 at Mahar Regional Middle School. Regular Youth Conference planning meetings are Wednesdays from 5-7 at the YES BizCenter, 26 S. Main St., Orange, MA.

Register Now!  The workshops have been selected, the performers booked, and now it's time for you to register for the "Spark Thought, Create Change,"17th Annual Youth Conference!  Download the 2008 Youth Conference Registration.  All registrations must be received by April 18th so send it in today!

Fundraising: Conference planners and CCT staff are actively seeking donations to support the youth conference. Our goal is $3000. If you are interested in contributing funds, please contact Lani at 413-774-1194 x 118.

 

Updates: Please check back here for weekly updates and highlights from Youth Conference planning sessions. This week's highlight:

Are you part of The 84?  We are!  Check it out at www.the84.org.  84% of Massachusetts teens don't smoke!  If you don't smoke, then you're part of The 84 too.

April 2nd was Kick Butts Day, and we spent it at Mahar Regional School in Orange, where students took buttons, pens, postcards, and posters, and found out how they are a part of The 84!  The Greenfield Recorder covered the story in an article on April 2nd in the Local & Regional section, called "Majority of Mass.Teens not lighting up" by Mackenzie Issler.  Thanks to everyone who made the day a success!

For more updates and information, please check out our Youth Conference pages on MySpace: http://groups.myspace.com/youthconference2008 and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8777871026

 

Future Plans

We are looking forward to a successful youth conference in 2008. After this year's conference, we will actively pursue options for the 2009 conference venue. We have begun to discuss this with several Franklin County school districts.

This page was last updated on 4/11/08 .

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