FEBRUARY NEWSLETTER

ALTADENA

CENTURY

INDUSTRY

LAKEWOOD

MARINA DEL REY

NORWALK

PALMDALE

PICO RIVERA

SANTA CLARITA

SOUTH LOS ANGELES

TEMPLE

WALNUT

WEST HOLLYWOOD

YOUTH ACTIVITIES LEAGUE

ALTADENA Y.A.L

February 2012

February 1st – February 29th

SYLC MEETINGS

We meet every Thursday at 4p.m.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Beautification project at Charles E. Farnsworth park march 12th

Charles E. Farnsworth park is having a festival march 17th

Monday

Tutoring 3:00-4:00

Basketball 4:00-5:00

Life skills 5:00-5:50

Tuesday

Tutoring 3:00- 4:00

Fun fit 4:00- 4:50

Passion program 5:00-5:50

Wednesday

Tutoring 3:00- 4:00

Basketball 4:00- 4:50

Art class 5:00-5:00

Thursday

Tutoring 3:00- 4:00

SYLC committee meeting 4:00-4:50

Leadership class 5:00- 5:50

Youth Center News….

Our centers own, Anthony Diaz, won a regional essay contest. Anthony, eight grade, was competing against others from other centers. Anthony’s winning essay won him a BMX bike. Congratulations’ to Anthony Diaz.

This month’s community service project was creating a web page. The web page brings awareness to poaching effects on panda and tigers. It will be ready to launch the end of February.

This month the Altadena center received a new mentor coordinator. Alfonso is very excited to be a part of the team and is anxious to get started.

CENTURY Y.A.L February 2012

This month at Century, our kids enjoyed themselves at our Valentine's Day party. They enjoyed candy, cake, and soft drinks. The kids had fun playing musical chairs and dancing. For Black History month our kids worked together to design a display celebrating important leaders such as; Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King Jr., and Frederick Douglas.

For community service this month, the kids designed a mural for our YAL. The theme is “Our Community”. The mural will high light the Florence Firestone community through the eyes of its youth. Once completed, the mural will be on the wall in the art room. Essentially, our goal is to work on various murals throughout our facility.

INDUSTRY Y.A.L February 2012

The LEA students of La Puente High School made Valentine’s Day cards for the Seniors Living in the Emeritus Senior Villas. They let their creative juices flow, creating one of a kind hand made cards for the seniors. The students learned the importance of making someone else's day by spending an hour to make them a card. Some female students were able to go to the El Encanto Senior home to pamper some of the female residents for Valentine’s Day. They gave the ladies manicures so they were ready for their Valentine’s Day plans.

We were able to take some of the LEA students to Camp Courage for two paintball trips. The paintball competition has began to see which class has the best shooters. The students will take at least 7 trips this year to compete against each other. All classes will choose their best players to compete against the other classes to find out who is the top dog of paintball.

LAKEWOOD Y.A.L

As part of the Scholars on the Move program, teens were lead on a campus tour of California State University, Long Beach. They also were given the opportunity to as questions during the college student panel. In addition, the teen were exposed to college life by having lunch in a college dinning hall. The teens came away with valuable information about university and college life. The teen scholars are looking forward in engaging in additional campus tours and learning about college life.

The YAL attended ‘Love it/Hate it’ lead by librarian Karen. This event was hosted by the County Library in Hawaiian Gardens, CA. During this program, the teens assisted in setting-up for the event, volunteered for demonstrations and lead clean-up at the culmination of all activities.

February 2012

As part of the Colorful Flags cultural awareness program, the teens worked on their Russian pronunciation with the help from Mr. Alexander Khananashvili. The teens were able to ask questions and gain more insight into the Russian culture.

MARINA DEL REY

Y.A.L February 2012

Bruk Vanderweghe, a Reserve Sheriff for Marina del Rey, came in to speak to our students. He told the students about his personal story and the

decisions that led him to his success today. He emphasized the importance of goals, leadership, and decision making. Who we are today effects who

we become in the future.

The students did a Valentine’s Day Gram sale. They got together and planned what kind of grams they would make and how much they would sell them for. This project emphasized the importance of teamwork, communication and leadership. The students had to work together to make the fundraiser

successful.

NORWALK Y.A.L

Norwalk kids went to the Salvation Army Domestic Violence Shelter . They showed the kids how to decorate valentine’s day

cupcakes the kids had a great time

February 2012 Upcoming events

for March •Shelter Partnership-Community Service • Attend a Galaxy game •Leadership Academy

The Norwalk YAL Welcomed Deputy Tammy Schleshneggar . Sergeant Brian Doyle and Tammy’s family came to enjoy Norwalk's festivities. Deputy Tammy wastes no time joining in the fun with our YAL Family

The kids enjoyed Norwalk's Valentine’s Day Dance they danced and they sang and listened to music. The Dance

provided a positive social environment for the youth program.

PALMDALE Y.A.L

February 2012

Our boxing program has stepped up and they’re training hard for a big introductory tournament that will be announced soon.

We assisted with the 31st annual Black History Art Contest. It services over six different schools in the community and we normally have over 200 students participate. They’re judged by different groups of the community. We laid out our 2000 pictures, made up 1-3rd placements, decorated the gyms and assisted the judges.

Our major sports offered is a Basketball Program partnered with the Clippers. This month we took over 60 kids to the Staples Center and after the game they got to shoot around on the court. Great Time !

PICO RIVERA Y.A.L.

February 2012

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Love is always in the air at Pico

Rivera YAL!! Many of the teens at

our center had fun decorating hand

made Valentine cards for their

loved ones.

While there was love to spread

around at our center this month, a

speaker by the name of Michelle

Gonzalez shared her personal

experience on domestic violence as a

teen. Deputy Payes and Staff

member Mercedez spoke on

awareness regarding teen dating

violence and the importance on

establishing a healthy relationship.

On the other note, our teens

took pride in giving back to

the community by picking up

trash surrounding our YAL

center.

This month concludes our In-House Flag Football games. We averaged a total of forty-five kids in three divisions. The kids really enjoyed playing because it was a new sport for a lot of them. We also took our YAL kids ice skating this month on one of there days off of school. They all wore their lime green YAL t-shirts, and displayed them proudly. For a lot of our kids it was their first time ice skating. Our SYLC program this month volunteered during the Black History Celebration. They set up the exhibits, served food, drinks, and cleaned up at the end. This was a good community service for most of our kids because they learned about different cultures. They also learned our community's history, and the impact African Americans have made in modern day society.

SANTA CLARITA

Y.A.L February 2012

SOUTH LA Y.A.L

February 2012

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South LA YAL just added a new Smart Board system for the center. It is a interactive learning tool the children that will be used for our science center. The children are enjoying the colorful flags program where they are learning new languages and cultures from all over the world. SLA explorer post and the SLYC will be conducting a black history month play as their community service project. This will be a great way to educate the YAL kids on our countries heroes. For Valentine's day the kids put together valentines day baskets for their families.

The girls are working hard on their bicycles in the B.E.A.R. program.

TEMPLE Y.A.L February 2012

Upcoming Events

March 24-27 2012

CALPAL

Leadership

Academy

March 31st 2012

Easter Egg Hunt

The Temple YAL helped their peers by holding a Yard Sale to raise money to send our Leadership Council to a Leadership Academy in Anaheim. The kids will attend a 3 day conference were they can interact with other young leaders and brainstorm about community projects. Our youth worked hard the entire month to collect. sort and price the items and were very involved on the day of the event.

The kids also had some friendly competition this month when the East LA and Weho YALs came for a visit We hosted a friendly basketball mini tournament where the kids were able to practice their basketball skills, while making new friends.

Soccer is a favorite pastime of several of our youth so we took a group to a Soccer Expo at the LA Convention Center. The had a chance to see upcoming products and watch skill drills.

WALNUT Y.A.L February 2012

The Walnut YAL held their 2nd Annual Yard Sale Fundraiser at

Carolyn Rosas Park!

The SYLC board at the YAL put together a

fantastic yard sale to raise funds to go to CAL PALs

event in Anaheim. The youth worked all month to

put together this event and are now able to attend

the event in March!

As a community Service

Project this month the

Walnut YAL teamed up with

the LA County Parks and

Recreation department to do

an extensive park clean up!

February 2012

Above: This month we took a mini road

trip, and visited Temple YAL for a Basketball

Tournament. Students learned basketball

skills during WeRun Weho, our weekly fitness

class. It was a very close and exciting game,

with Temple coming out on top with a 15-12

victory. Thank you Temple YAL for

hosting, and showing great sportsmanship!!

To the left: Bruins Basketball!! UCLA

vs Berkley, February 11th. We cheered,

we ate popcorn, and had an amazing

time visiting the Los Angeles Memorial

Sports Arena. Who knows, maybe one of

our students will be a future Bruin All

Star... we HOPE SO and BELIEVE it's

possible. With hard work and dedication,

anything is possible.

Teens 4 Jeans was a tremendous

success. We are proud to report that West

Hollywood YAL collected nearly 300 jeans!

Participation stretched beyond the YAL, and

into local schools, and Businesses. A very

big THANK YOU to our Community Partners,

BRICK Performance Training and their

members for donating over 40 pairs.

WEST HOLLYWOOD

Y.A.L