If you graduated from Anytown last summer, this is your program! Don’t wait for others to act, get involved and have fun while you are at it!

Youth Core provides Anytown graduates with great opportunities for continued development, learning, civic engagement and community service. Youth Core is not only a great way to keep the Anytown spirit alive, it is also a coaching process to help Anytown graduates from the summer put into practice their individual action plans developed at Anytown.

Continued learning, service and skill-building opportunities take place at various locations throughout Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties.

Our Spring/Summer 2008 Youth Core Newsletter & civic service calendar is now available, offering great articles, volunteer opportunities and community service opportunities. This is your chance for continuing to grow and make a real difference in your community, while at the same time continuing your Anytown experience!

*Participation in Youth Core is a requirement to become an Anytown volunteer.

Tool-kit for Youth Core Members

• Put your ideas on paper

All youth participating in Anytown and Youth Core are expected to complete an action plan. If you would like to discuss your action plan or rewrite you action plan, please contact Community Tampa Bay. To download an Action Plan, click here

• Put your ideas to work

If you are active in your school’s multicultural committee or volunteering time and efforts to a good cause, we want to know about it! To download a Youth Service Report, click here.

• Get credit for your community involvement

Don’t forget to ask the school, agency or organization where you volunteer to share their experience with us. Ask them to complete a Community Service Verification and submit it to us. Or, just refer them to this webpage. To download the Community Service Verification, please click here.

PIZZA PARTY!!! The first 20 teens from each County to have completed their two service projects will be invited to a special pizza party with a GREAT BIG MOOSE and lots of PEEL BANANA!! Contact Jessica Estevez to see if you are on the VIP list!!!

Click here to visit the Alumni Corner.

*Photos are of a group of youth participating in a training on how to write a community service grant proposal on March 15, 2005. A partnership with 4-H Youth As Resources of Pinellas County.

Youth Core Mission Statement:
Fostering Civic Engagement & Community Action.