Youth Opportunities Calendar August to October 2005

A service of the Columbus Youth Commission (a program of the Columbus Community Relations Commission).

Feel free to share! Generally, this calendar is appropriate for the Youth Commission’s target age range, 13-21, although some

items are appropriate for all ages, and some are only for 18+. We recommend that you download this document and save it to

disk due to its size. Call Heidi Yoakum, Coordinator, Columbus Youth Commission, at 614-645-1993 or email

to add your group’s event. Revised August 4, 2005

Date, time / Event or program info
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Saturday
August 13
8-11 AM
11 AM to 2 PM
2-5 PM / VOLUNTEERS DESPERATELY NEEDED!!!
“What started out as a day of fun for Worthington community members and their dogs has grown into its own all-volunteer nonprofit corporation and what we believe is the largest free dog parade in the country! The Pooch Parade is an annual event designed so that dogs and their people can have fun.” In addition, the Parade helps create awareness of the growing number of homeless pets, the groups who work to find homes for them, and the importance of ending pet overpopulation. The Pooch Parade is in need of volunteers to assist with the 6th Annual Pooch Parade. Each year thousands of people and dogs visit Worthington for a day of fun! Parade day activities start at 11 AM with individual dog contests. Visitors can visit Rescue and Vendor Row, the kids’ activity area and the wellness area for dogs! Visitors can also stop by the Rotary Dine With Your Dog BBQ and end the day with the blessing of the dogs and the Pooch Parade down High Street! There are three shifts where volunteers are needed: 8–11 AM /11 AM – 2 PM / 2–5 PM. Volunteer opportunities include: Buddy for Rescue Group/Vendor, Special Events (Dog Contests, Kids Activities), Registration Area, Parade Line-up and Set-up/Tear Down. All volunteers will receive a volunteer t-shirt and refreshments during their volunteer shift. To learn more about the Pooch Parade, please visit the Pooch Parade website at www.poochparade.net. Please help raise awareness on pet overpopulation, and the number of homeless animals that are available for adoption. Please help these dogs find their forever homes! If you are interested in volunteering at the event, please contact Amy Deverson at (614) 722-6803 or via email at
NEW!
Drop-in center for homeless youth open Mondays and Wednesdays 5-8 PM / Drop-in Center for Homeless Youth -- Are you homeless? Between 14 and 20 years old? Couch surfing? At risk of homelessness? If so…You’re invited to come to 2578 Sullivant Avenue (Volunteers of America) where you can:
·  Rest
·  Have snacks
·  Have computer access
·  Paint/draw
·  Watch a movie
Drop by between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Mondays and Wednesday! Confidentiality is maintained. Contact Gayle Loyola for info at Young Adult Community Development, Inc. at
Extended hours at 2 recreation centers / Columbus Recreation & Parks Dept. has extended hours at 2 local rec. ctrs. For the rest of the summer, the Driving Park and Westgate centers will stay open until 11 PM on the days they’re regularly open. For info: www.columbusrecparks.com or 645-7000.
Friday
August 5
Noon to 1:30 PM / Asthma Walk Kick Off Luncheon – free and open to the public! Sponsored By Genentech – Novartis. Please come enjoy lunch with Honorary Chair, OSU Women’s Basketball Head Coach Jim Foster, and learn about the 3rd Annual Blow the Whistle on Asthma Walk (October 1st) and about this disease. Being held at the Hilton - Easton Town Center. Call Janelle or Andrew at the American Lung Assn. Of Ohio to reserve your spot, 279-1700.
Monday
August 8
5:39-7:30 PM / Columbus Youth Commission meeting – always open to the public! This is an opportunity for all youth and young adults (and adults) to see what the Youth Commissioners are discussing and planning, and to have input into local government policies. Meetings are held at Columbus’ City Hall, 90 W. Broad St., in the second floor City Council Conference Room. For info, contact Youth Commission Coordinator, Heidi Yoakum, at 645-1993 or email . Also, go to the Youth Commission website at http://columbusyc.homestead.com
Friday
August 12
Through
Sunday
August 14 / “Things Ain’t Always What They Seem” -- New Covenant Believers’ Church presents:
Friday, Aug. 12th at 7:30pm—FREE Concert featuring national recording artists Nia Allen, Jonathan Dunn, and Leon “Timbo” Seymore
Saturday, Aug. 13th at 7pm—Speaker Eld. G. Craige Lewis of Fort Worth, TX, “The Truth about Hip Hop”
Sunday, Aug. 14th at 8:30 & 11:30am—Guest Speaker Pastor Burroughs of Bowie, MD
For more information, please e-mail or call 614-475-1678 ext. 6181.
All events will be held at NCBC located at 3400 Kohr Blvd, Columbus, OH (off Innis Rd., between Westerville & Sunbury Roads)
Saturday
August 13th
7 – 11 PM / Reunion – “Let’s Get the (Foster) Family Together!” Free to foster families and former foster youth. Embassy Suites, Dublin Ohio. Come if you are former foster youth (young or old), former or current foster families. Come if you are an agency recruiting families. Come if you are looking, come if you are found, just come! Each participant must complete a registration form. Register by email at . Info: Ohio Family Care Association, 614-268-7776, www.OFCAonline.org
Teen volunteer opportunity
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Aug. 18-20
Aug. 22-23 / Teen volunteer opportunity – in preparation for the 3rd annual “Afterschool Counts! Off to a Good Start Conference.” Need youth volunteers to help with moving and loading/unloading cartons of print materials for the conference from the basement of Action for Children to the conference location at Xenos church near Westerville. Each box is 20-30 lbs. and would be loaded onto a pickup truck and transported to theconference site, then unloaded. This would probably take a crew of five or six teens and adults about two to three hours to complete. It would most likely need to be done during the daytime on August 22nd or 23rd and I would be there along with at least one or two other committee members. Another task is to help collate print materials to be included in a Toolkit binder that will be given to each of the 250+ conference participants. There will be boxes of copies from a copystore,plus dividers, cd-roms in sleeves/jewel cases, and the binders themselves. This job would take place at the Communities In Schools office inClintonville and would probably take 2-4 hours per session,depending on the number of volunteers. This would take place about a week before the conference, August 18-20. We could probably provide pizza or at least snacks for the volunteers. Let me know if you think you might know of any teen volunteers who would be interested/willing to participate. Regan Manczak, Site Coordinator, Communities In Schools, cell: 402-4936. Visit our website at: www.ciskids.org Our Mission: Communities In Schools connects existing community resources into schools to help students eliminate the barriers that prevent them from attending school regularly, being motivated to learn, and graduating from high school.
Sunday
August 14th
Noon to 4 PM / Picnic In The Park – more info later. Call 444-3144 for more information.
Monday
August 15th / Registration begins for Cultural Arts Centerfall classes – the CAC offers various visual arts classes from stained glass to jewelry to ceramics with top-rated instructors and affordable class fees. Classes “literally fill up within hours! This session of classes runs from September 12-November 5th. Ask for a brochure to see if anything tickles your creative fancy, sign up, pay and show up for class. Just that easy!!! If this does not interest you, tell a friend or family member or pass this information along to any mail lists you know would benefit from this information. These are all adult classes ages 18 and up. We are the best kept secret in town! Stop in sometime to visit our gift shop where you will find one-of-a-kind hand-made goods by our instructors and students. Keep us in mind when you go gift shopping! We also have a gorgeous courtyard for outdoor events such as weddings; meeting rooms, and a beautiful main floor gallery and a loft gallery for receptions, meetings, etc.” Contact: Sheri-Lynn Flowers Caffey, Recreation Supervisor, Columbus Recreation and Parks Cultural Arts Center, 139 W. Main Street at Civic Center Blvd., Columbus, OH 43215-5044, 614.645.7527(direct) 614.645.7047(main) 614.645.5862(fax)
www.CulturalArtsCenteronline.org
Saturday
August 20th
7 PM / Jammin' Against the Darkness is coming to Ohio State University's Schottenstein Arena! Join event host Michael Redd of the Milwaukee Bucks as he welcomes award-winning Christian musicians Newsboys, Fred Hammond, and Columbus' own John Reuben, NBA greats Allan Houston, Lawrence Funderburke
and OSU Head Football Coach Jim Tressel; BMX riders, and skaters for an inspirational, action-packed evening you won't want to miss! Highlights include a major 3 on 3 basketball tournament and a slam dunk competition.So sign up through the website today!!! http://www.jamminevents.org/Columbus/index.htm Volunteers are needed! You can serve as a part of the Jamfest team, help with the 3 on 3 tournament, assist at the sound stage, be an altar worker, or be a part of the set-up/tear-down team. Tickets are only $10! All seating is general admission and the doors open at 6:00pm.Starts at 7pm. Call the Jammin' office at (614) 890-0000 ext 4010 to get tickets for any size order. Tickets are also available with no service charge at the Schottenstein Center Box Office (click on those words) orany Moments with Majestystore. Visit the website at http://www.jamminevents.org/Columbus/index.htm
Free Summer Food Service Program – Summer 2005 / Free Summer Food Service Program – Summer 2005
These meal sites are sponsored by the Ohio Department of Education & Columbus Recreation and Parks. They are for children 18 years of age and younger. Children can go to any of these sites to eat lunch and take part in activities. There is no required paperwork. Kids just need to show up at the site and are welcome to come without a parent.
This list is sorted by zip code. For more information call: 645-3266.
SITE NAME
/ ADDRESS
/ ZIP
/ Dates
/ Lunch time
/
Pheasant Run / 2680 Orono Pike / 43068 / 6/13-8/19 / 12:30-1:15
Lutheran Social Services - Georges Creek / 6300 Georges Creek Dr. / 43110 / 6/13-8/19 / 12:30-1:15
Boys Club Milo-Grogan / 1012 Cleveland Ave. / 43201 / 6/13-8/19 / 11:45-12:30
Godman Guild East / 303 E. 6th St. / 43201 / 6/20-8/19 / 12:30-1:15
Milo-Grogan Recreation Center / 863 E. 2nd Ave. / 43201 / 6/20-8/12 / 12:30-1:15
Northside Library / 1423 N. High Street / 43201 / 6/13-8/5 / 12-12:30
Salesian Boys & Girls Club / 80 S. 6th St. / 43201 / 6/13-8/19 / 11:45-12:30
Thompson Recreation Center / 1189 Dennison / 43201 / 6/2-8/12 / 12:30-1:15
Tuttle Recreation Center / 240 W. Oakland / 43201 / 6/20-8/12 / 11:45-12:30
Maynard Avenue UMC / 2350 Indianola Avenue / 43202 / 7/25-8/19 / 12:30-1:15
Beatty Recreation Center / 247 N. Ohio Ave. / 43203 / 6/20-8/19 / 11:45-12:30
Calvary Tremont Baptist Church / 1255 Leonard Ave. / 43203 / 6/13-8/19 / 11:45-12:30
King Arts Complex / 867 Mt. Vernon Ave. / 43203 / 6/13-8/19 / 11-11:45
MLK Library / 1600 E. Long Street / 43203 / 6/13-8/5 / 12-12:30
Mt. Vernon Plaza / 945 Atcheson Ave. / 43203 / 6/13-8/19 / 11:45-12:30
Saunders Park Pool / 1380 Atcheson Ave. / 43203 / 6/20-8/19 / 1:30-2:15
Sawyer Recreation Center / 1056 Atcheson / 43203 / 6/20-8/12 / 12:30-1:15
Trinity Baptist Church / 461 St Clair Avenue / 43203 / 6/13-8/4 / 11:45-12:30
J. Ashburn Jr. Youth Center / 85 South Clarendon / 43204 / 6/13-8/19 / 12:30-1:15
St. Vincent Family Center / 880 South Wayne / 43204 / 6/13-8/19 / 11:45-12:30
Blackburn Recreation Center / 263 Carpenter St. / 43205 / 6/20-8/12 / 11:45-12:30
Broad Street Presbyterian / 760 E. Broad St. / 43205 / 6/20-7/29 / 11:45-12:30
Central Community House / 1150 E. Main St. / 43205 / 6/13-8/5 / 11:45-12:30
Driving Park Library / 1566 Livingston / 43205 / 6/13-8/5 / 12-12:30
Fairwood Pool / 1392 Fairwood Ave. / 43205 / 6/20-8/19 / 1:30-2:15
Fountain of Hope / 967 E. Livingston Ave. / 43205 / 6/13-8/19 / 12:30-1:15
New Direction East / 815 E. Mound St. / 43205 / 6/20-8/5 / 12:30-1:15
DRIVING PARK Recreation Center / 1100 Rhoades / 43206 / 6/20-8/19 / 11:45-12:30
HOLTON Recreation Center / 303 N. Eureka / 43206 / 6/13-8/19 / 12:00-1
Livingston Park Playground / 760 Livingston Ave. / 43206 / 6/20-8/12 / 11-11:45
Mt. Sinai Learning Center / 1061 South 22nd Street / 43206 / 6/13-8/5 / 11:45-12:30
South H.S. / 1160 Ann St. / 43206 / 6/20-7/29 / 11:30-12
BARACK Recreation Center / 580 Woodrow Avenue / 43207 / 6/20-8/12 / 11:45-12:30
Greater Grace Temple / 1255 Faber Ave. / 43207 / 6/13-8/19 / 11:45-12:30
Hosack St. Baptist Church / 1160 Watkins Rd. / 43207 / 6/13-8/19 / 11-11:45
Indian Mound Recreation Center / 3901 Parsons Ave. / 43207 / 6/20-8/12 / 12:30-1:15
MARION-FRANKLIN Recreation Center / 2801 Lockbourne / 43207 / 6/20-8/12 / 12:30-1:15
Prevention Council of Central Ohio / 120 Southwood Ave. / 43207 / 6/20-8/4 / 12:30-1:15
DOUGLAS Recreation Center / 1250 Windsor Avenue / 43211 / 6/20-8/12 / 12-1:15
Helen Mason Learning Center / 2430 Dawnlight Avenue / 43211 / 6/20-8/12 / 12:30-1:15