RS Youth Empowerment Project Attends Annual Conference
Members of the Reeds Spring Youth Empowerment project are pictured above. In the front row, from left to right, are Brooke Davis, Olivia Mottl, Carley Kite and Ashlyn Shafer. In the middle row: Justin Locke, , Kyah Barr, Shelby Loftis and Luke Brown. In the back row: Mr. Craig Barr, Mr. John Kessinger, Parker Maloney and Rhys Brock.
February 14, 2019
Members of the Reeds Spring Youth Empowerment Project at Reeds Spring High School recently attended the annual YEP Conference held in Springfield.
Rob Blevins, Executive Director of Discovery Center of Springfield, delivered the keynote address for the Feb. 6 event at Empower: Abilities (formerly known as the Southwest Center for Independent Living). He shared his story of how he came to be a nonprofit leader and gave several recent examples of young people that changed the world.
The students also participated in small-group activities, discussing how to make a measurable impact in their communities and sharing ideas for how to improve early childhood education, food insecurity, civic engagement and other community issues.
The goal of the Youth Empowerment Project, a program of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks, is to promote the principles of philanthropy for high school and middle school students through education, community grantmaking, service projects and fundraising. Reeds Spring YEP is one of about 30 chapters across the region.
The CFO is a regional public charitable foundation serving central and southern Missouri through a network of donors, nonprofit partners and affiliate foundations, including the Table Rock Lake Community Foundation.
Members of the Reeds Spring Youth Empowerment Project at Reeds Spring High School recently attended the annual YEP Conference held in Springfield.
Rob Blevins, Executive Director of Discovery Center of Springfield, delivered the keynote address for the Feb. 6 event at Empower: Abilities (formerly known as the Southwest Center for Independent Living). He shared his story of how he came to be a nonprofit leader and gave several recent examples of young people that changed the world.
The students also participated in small-group activities, discussing how to make a measurable impact in their communities and sharing ideas for how to improve early childhood education, food insecurity, civic engagement and other community issues.
The goal of the Youth Empowerment Project, a program of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks, is to promote the principles of philanthropy for high school and middle school students through education, community grantmaking, service projects and fundraising. Reeds Spring YEP is one of about 30 chapters across the region.
The CFO is a regional public charitable foundation serving central and southern Missouri through a network of donors, nonprofit partners and affiliate foundations, including the Table Rock Lake Community Foundation.