six month scheduled events

6 month Youth Council Plans

Due to conflict of schedule and weather, dates and times are subject to change.

February 

2/7 Youth Council Meeting @ 430 pm to 7pm Topic: Plans and Ideas to Move Forward.

2/14 Wear Red for Heart Disease Month, and share photo.

2/15 Practice for Black History Program 6pm to 7pm.

2/17 Practice for Black History Program 6pm to 7pm.

2/21 President's Day "Keep Pride in Our City Clean Up Park" @130pm-330pm.

2/24 Practice

2/26 Black History Program.

Read “Dr. Satcher’s bool and do 1 page report

March 

3/4 Weekly Check in and reminders by text or phone call.

3/5 Volunteer at Library to help citizens order Covid Test 9am to 12pm.

3/7 Youth Council Meeting @6 at City Hall Topic Healthy Nutrition and Dietitian Month, youth will receive a calendar to log what they eat daily for a month, at the end of the month we will compare logs and determine who ate the healthiest, 1st, 2nd and 3rd will receive prize.

3/12 Volunteer at Library to help citizens order Covid Test 9am to 12pm. (YC Director can’t supervise, has scholarship luncheon).  

3/14 Weekly Check in.

3/17 Healthy Eating "Eat Green for St. Patrick's Day" Take photo or do video and share to YC Director.

3/21 Weekly check in.

3/31 Youth Council meeting @6 at City Hall Conclude Healthy eating logs, compare logs to determine healthy eating habits. Have licensed nutritionist to speak.

Read “Dr. Satcher’s bool and do 1 page report

April

4/2 Volunteer to help citizen order Covid test 9am to 12pm.

4/4 Weekly Check in and reminders.

4/9 Volunteer to help citizens order Covid tests 9am to 12pm.

4/11 Youth Council Meeting @5pm Topic National Stress Awareness Month, have a guest licensed counselor to speak with youth about stress.  

4/19 Youth Council Meeting by Zoom at 6pm.

4/23 Volunteer at Community Engagement

4/29 Weekly check in and reminders.

Volunteer in the Community Garden after school. (Time and day will be given, when available).

Read “Dr. Satcher’s bool and do 1 page report

May

5/2 Youth Council Meeting 530pm to 630pm Topic: Mental Health Awareness, make planted and paint small flower pots for Youths Mother’s. Research and do a report or video on “Mental Health in the Black Community” And prepare health packets for Community Mothers for Mother’s Day.

5/7 Community Mothers drive by to receive a flower and Women health information packets. 9am to 11am.

5/10 Weekly check in and reminders.

5/14 Volunteer at the Library to help citizens order covid test.

5/17 Youth Council Meeting 530pm to 630pm Topic: National Stroke Awareness Month.

5/20 Mental Health in the Black Community report due.

5/23 Weekly Check in and reminders.

5/31 Volunteer in community garden (Time TBA).

June

6/2 Volunteer in community garden (Time TBA).

6/6 Youth Council Meeting Topic: Staying safe and healthy during the summer 530pm to 630pm. Research and do 1 page report or video on “How to stay safe and healthy during your summer break!”

6/9 Volunteer in community garden (Time TBA).

6/10 Weekly Check in. Assignment, research Juneteenth, do a report or video on “What Juneteenth means to Me!”

6/13 Youth Council, day meeting 2pm to 3pm prepare Health bags and ties for Community Fathers.

6/15 Volunteer in community garden (Time TBA)

6/16 Community Father’s drive. Youth will pass out health packets and ties to community Fathers.

6/20 Youth Council Day meeting 230pm 330pm. Topic: “What Juneteenth Means to Me” presented.

6/23 Volunteer in community garden (Time TBA).

6/28 Youth Council Day meeting Topic: Drugs and alcohol. Have guest speaker from ASAP to speak. (Time TBA).

6/30 Volunteer in community garden (Time TBA).

Volunteer 2  days week at Library to help citizen order covid test.

July

7/11 Volunteer in community garden (Time TBA)

7/13 Youth Council, day meeting 230pm to 330pm Topic: “How to make a resume?” Have Stillman College students or speaker show youth, how to make a resume. Have youth to make a mock resume.

7/18 Volunteer in community garden (Time TBA).

7/20 Youth Council, day meeting Topic: Internet Safety “How to Protect Yourself” Have a juvenile probation officer or Oxford police officer speak with youth on internet safety.

7/25 Volunteer in community garden (Time TBA)

7/27 Youth council, day meeting, turn in Mock Resume 230pm to 330pm.

Volunteer 2  days week at Library to help citizen order covid test.

Due to conflict of schedule and weather, dates and times are subject to change.

February 

2/1 Youth Council Zoom Meeting (High School)

2/3 Wear Red for Heart Failure Awareness. February is Heart Failure Awareness Month

2/4 World Cancer Day. Youth council will create and distribute flyers  designed to “Stand up for a Future without Cancer”.

2/7 Youth Council Zoom Meeting (High School ) March is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. Share CDC Resources and educate youth to help people learn how to build healthy relationships. Use the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) evidence-based teen dating violence prevention model.

2/14 Healthy Hearts on Valentine’s Day Activity. 

2/15 Youth Council Zoom Meeting to plan Black History Month Activities

2/17 Random Act of Kindness Day Youth Council will perform random acts of kindness throughout the day

2/20 President's Day/Black History Month Youth Council Celebration

2/22 Youth Council Zoom Meeting(Preparing for upcoming community engagement)

2/24 Be sure that senior youth advisors have registered for 4/15 ACT

2/25 Community Engagement( Topic TBD)

March 

3/3-Education Summit

¾ Hip Hop Summit,

3/5 Fight for the Vote March & Rally with the youth council. 

3/7 Design flyers for Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month

3/14 Youth Council Meeting to brainstorm healthy green snack ideas to prepare for St. Patrick’s Day

3/17 Healthy Eating” Snack Green Be Lean”  for St. Patrick's Day" 

3/18 Selma to Montgomery Relay and  Bike Ride

3/21-3/25 Spring Break

3/25 Community Engagement(Topic TBA) 

3/28 Youth Council Meeting 

April

4/1 Zoom Meeting to Brainstorm ideas for World Autism Acceptance Day

4/2 “Light It Up Blue for Autism”

4/4 Youth Council Meeting

4/5 Design Posters for World Health Day 

4/6 Meeting to finish up Posters

4/7 Celebrate World Health Day. Youth Council will share posters they created on various health topics

4/8 Community Engagement  Focusing on “Egg”cellent Health with community Easter Egg Hunt

4/11 Youth Council Meeting Topic National Stress Awareness Month, have a guest licensed counselor to speak with youth about stress.  

4/12 Youth Council Meeting by Zoom to generate Ideas for Earth Day.

4/19 Youth Council Meeting by Zoom to discuss Oral Cancer Awareness Month

4/22 Earth Day Celebration

4/26 Distribute flyers designed by youth council highlighting Oral Cancer Awareness

May

5/2 Youth Council Meeting to design posters for Lupus Awareness Day.

5/7 Mother’s Day Out Celebration

5/10 Wear purple to  celebrate World Lupus Day 

5/14 Youth Council Meeting to design flyers for National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month

5/17 Youth Council  will distribute flyers and provide information to the community.

5/23 Weekly Check in and reminders.

5/31 Volunteer at the local food drive to distribute boxes to residents. 

June

6/2 Virtual Meeting to brainstorm ideas to highlight  World Sickle Cell Awareness Day

6/4 Create Flyers to highlight  World Sickle Cell Awareness Day

6/6 Volunteer at the elementary school summer enrichment program  (Time TBA)

6/8 Volunteer at the elementary school summer enrichment program  (Time TBA)

6/9 Youth Council  Meeting to discuss Juneteenth Events

6/13  Volunteer at the elementary  school summer enrichment program  (Time TBA)

6/15 Pass out flyers to recognize the symptoms of a sickle cell from The Mayo Clinic Heart. June 19 is Sickle Cell Awareness Day. 

6/17 Following Father’s healthy steps. Youth will take walks with community Fathers.

6/17  Attend Juneteenth Celebration at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts with the Youth Council 

6/19 Wear burgundy for Sickle Cell Awareness Day

6/23 Meeting with Mayor Boone and Health Navigator to plan to brainstorm ideas for  National HIV Testing Day  on June 27

6/28 Youth Council Meeting 

July

7/3 -Work with the youth council to develop Healthy Eating Plans to combat National Childhood Obesity Week.

7/7 Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month Podcast with Youth Council

7/11 Youth Council Meeting “Safety in the Sun( U.V. Awareness Month)

7/14 Youth Council CPR Training

7/19  Dangers of Vaping  Virtual Summit

7/21 Youth Council Meeting 

7/22 Community Clean Up