Activity Room Meeting

The Activity Room is changing, and prior to its renovation, we wanted to start some kind of group that would help the younger kids have a voice in what goes on in the Activity Room. We also had a meeting with the older kids/teens on ways we could better serve them, but this meeting was designed for the younger kids: we wanted to know how we could improve the Activity Room for them, what programs they'd like to see, and what changes need to be made.

We called this new group the 808-812 Youth Council, and the meeting was well-attended: attendees included Dan, Jamie, Rebecca and Shirley from the 808-812 Tenants Association, and over a dozen young people.

Suggestions included a designated time each week for a "Boys Group" and a "Girls Group" as had been done in the past; fundraising efforts to raise money to buy things for the room (a car wash and a bake sale were suggested); dividing time in the room so that older kids (13+) and younger kids (6-12) had their own time; and renewing our efforts in promoting 808-812's recycling program.

All of the ideas will be taken into consideration, and it was great to see the kids so interested in taking charge and making changes. We hope to have another meeting with the kids sometime in the coming weeks, and hope that their interest in the room translates into more respect for the room, its contents, the property, and their peers: once one has a vested interest in something, he or she will protect it more diligently.

Above: Feldano takes notes on what was being discussed.
Below: The kids listening to Jamie speak about the Activity Room.

Below: The kids listen as Fernandes makes some suggestions for the Activity Room.