June 21, 2010
Facebook Urban Mentors www.facebook.com
Join Facebook Urban Mentors!!
Let’s make Facebook powerful and fill in the gap for a child around us who does not belong to us biologically or through some familial lines.
I challenge each of you to get a child by July 21st (one month from today) and spend at least ten hours a month with them. This isn’t about buying them things or taking them on fancy excursions, but about showing them positive role models. I’m choosing you as my companions on this challenge, and I encourage you to do the same. Lets make Facebook be about more than social interaction, but make it a social movement to change the lives of the future generations!
I’ve chosen friends and family members from all over the nation from California & Washington State in the West to New York and DC in the east, and of course I saturated the south.
Ages: 5- 18
Interactions: Library trips, museum trips, musicals, plays, your job, tour of city hall etc.
This is just the beginning, please believe there is a plan growing in my mind!
Please comment if you agree and then comment again once you secure your kid. This challenge lasts until next Father’s Day!
**In my Cosby Show voice** CHALLENGE!!!
You know I love the kids!! ~ Juli Von
June 10, 2010
City of Birmingham Mayor’s Office-Division of Youth Services
He’s First Summit Series Registration & Donation Drive
Mayor of Birmingham, AL William Bell
The City of Birmingham Mayor’s Office-Division of Youth Services (DYS) has several slots open for the 2010 He’s First Summit. The Summit is for Birmingham middle and high school-aged boys in the 6th - 12th grades and their father, male guardian, or adult male mentor. This FREE event will take place on Saturday, June 12, 2010, from 9:00am – 1:00pm at the Alabama School of Fine Arts.
The He’s First Summit will feature a series of sessions that cover topics sensitive to today’s young men, prize drawings, lunch, and more. Young men and their adult male guest must pre-register as a pair through DYS and attend the event TOGETHER! Participants must register at the DYS office located at 808 North 18th Street in downtown Birmingham. No faxed or e-mailed registrations will be accepted. Registrations will be accepted until all remaining slots have been filled.
(Note: DYS is also accepting donations of new and gently used ties to share with young men who will be attending the event. Donations are being accepted at the DYS office located at 808 North 18th Street in downtown Birmingham through the end of this week.)
For more information about the He’s First Summit event or tie donation drive, call DYS at 205-320-0879.
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May 18, 2010
The Gulfsouth Youth Summer Action Corps is an six week intensive camp designed to engage 150 rising 6-9th graders in service-learning related to disaster preparedness and the environment. Each camper will be eligible for a $500 scholarship provided by the Corporation for National and Community Service
Cost: FREE
Location: Wilkerson Middle School
Start: June 1st
End: July 9th
Time: 8am-4pm
