In the News

NEW! View a video compilation on the Team in Faith website of the 2008 Yolo Youth Triathlon, co-sponsored by the Woodland Youth Council!
 

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Woodland Adult Ed grads earn diplomas, scholarships

Woodland Daily Democrat
Tuesday, June 2, 2009

The Woodland Adult Education graduated its Class of 2009 last Friday. Both scholarship winners and those receiving diplomas were recognized -- including two graduating members of the Woodland Youth Council.

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Young filmmakers premiere their work on the big screen

REACH e-Newsletter
Thursday, May 28, 2009

After eight months of planning meetings, filming in their communities and long hours in the editing lab, members of the REACH Youth Media Project celebrated the premiere of their four youth-led documentaries at the Guild Theater on May 22.

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Justice board members sought

Woodland Daily Democrat
Wednesday, May 27, 2009

The Yolo County Probation Department and the Woodland Coalition for Youth are seeking high school students to apply for one of two vacancies on the County's Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Commission.

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New YFRC Executive Director returns to Woodland with wealth of youth services experience

Friday, May 22, 2009

Robert Ekstrom, former executive director of WIND Youth Services, a Sacramento program serving homeless teens, has accepted the position of executive director of the Yolo Family Resource Center.

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$1.4m after-school grant awarded to youth coalition

Woodland Daily Democrat
Wednesday, May 20, 2009

The Woodland Coalition for Youth, a partnership of youth and adults committed to creating community change that benefits young people, has garnered a five-year, $1.475 million grant from the California Department of Education's 21st Century After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens Program.

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Teen Pregnancy Prevention Campaign Spreads Message on Campus

The Orange Peal (Woodland High School)
Wednesday, May 20, 2009

May marks the 2009 National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month, a country-wide campaign to curb the ever growing number of teen pregnancies.

Local youths receive scholarships, awards

Woodland Daily Democrat
Saturday, May 9, 2009

Yolo Youth Service Award winnersYolo Youth Service Award winnersYoung people throughout Yolo County contribute a
great deal to their local communities by
volunteering.

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Woodland project engages and empowers parents

REACH e-Newsletter
Tuesday, March 24, 2009

By Lamar HeystekBy Lamar HeystekThe Woodland Coalition for Youth implemented a $15,000 REACH parent engagement grant last year by training parents to influence the local public school system from within.

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Woodland Youth Council makes a difference at Wayfarer Center

REACH e-Newsletter
Thursday, February 26, 2009

By Izabelle PonceBy Izabelle PonceFollowing up on a successful strategy meeting held on Feb. 4, the Woodland Youth Council, a group of young people working with adults in the Woodland Coalition for Youth, is asking local residents to support a community service project at the Yolo Wayfarer Center, a social service agency in Woodland.

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Woodland-based Anti-Tobacco Youth Coalition expands to Esparto

Woodland Daily Democrat
Tuesday, February 3, 2009

YUFA STAR in EspartoYUFA STAR in EspartoIn a continued effort to increase youth awareness about the dangers of tobacco use and the tobacco industry’s youth marketing tactics, the Yolo County Anti-Tobacco Youth Coalition has expanded their Woodland-based coalition to Esparto.

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