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Northfield named among "100 Best Communities for Young People"

link to America's Promise 100 Best CommunitiesNorthfield was recently named as one of the "100 Best Communities for Young People" by the national America's Promise organization.

The 15 high school students in the Northfield Mayor's Youth Council wrote and submitted the application this fall. Northfield was selected from 750 applications nationwide – Northfield’s application was one of the only ones written entirely by youth themselves!

 

link to America's Promise Alliance

To read more about the Northfield application process, visit: Northfield News

To learn more about the 100 Best competition and the selected winners, visit:
America's Promise

 
Mark your Calendars!
Reception honoring Mary Nelson & Beth Berry, HCI Board members and youth advocates extraordinaire!


HCI and Women In Northfield Giving Support (WINGS) invite you to a reception honoring two remarkable local women:

Beth Berry with studentBETH BERRY
Winner, 2008 Northfield Human Rights Award
Northfield Human Rights Commission


Mary Nelson with studentMARY NELSON
Winner, 2007 Virginia McKnight Binger Award in Human Service
McKnight Foundation


 

 

 

Join us to celebrate Mary and Beth for all the work they do to benefit the youth of this community. 
Monday, February 25, 2008
4-6 pm (Short program at 5:00)
Northfield Community Resource Center - Room SS103 (1651 Jefferson Parkway, Northfield)
Questions? Contact HCI (664-3524 or info@northfieldhci.org)

 
Skateboard Coalition fundraiser set for Sunday, February 10
Help local youth meet their challenge grant

skateborderThe Northfield Skateboard Coalition will host a pancake breakfast on Sunday, February 10, 2008, from 8-9:30 a.m. The event will be held at Applebee’s (2433 Highway 3 South, Northfield). Breakfast will include all-you-can-eat pancakes, juice, coffee, scrambled eggs, and an order of sausage.

Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the door, from a Skateboard Coalition member, or by contacting HCI (664-3524, info@northfieldhci.org).

As part of a challenge grant awarded to the Skateboard Coalition, HCI will match all donations to the Coalition, so each ticket purchased will result in an extra $5 for the Coalition’s efforts!

To learn more about the Northfield Skateboard Coalition and their efforts to build a new skate plaza, visit: http://www.unionofyouth.org/skateplaza/
 
Calendar of free after school activities for local teens

Northfield Youth Events Calendar linkThrough a grant from the Minnesota Department of Education, local youth organizations are working collaboratively to expand free out-of-school-time activities for Northfield youth in grades 4-12.

Several of the partners have assembled an online calendar of free youth activities for middle and high school students. Visit the calendar website to learn about planned activities at the Middle School Youth Center and the Northfield Union of Youth/Key.

 

Prescription Drug Abuse Resources

The Northfield Mayor's Task Force on Youth Alcohol & Drug Use is working to provide additional education and resources to the community about the misuse of prescription drugs. To learn more about this growing national trend, please read the column by Joan Janusz, Task Force co-chair, in the January 19, 2008, Northfield News.

To see more helpful links on this topic, please click here.

 
Funding available for projects benefiting local youth

HCI is pleased to announce the continued availability of grant funds to support projects and activities benefiting local youth. HCI can provide up to $400 in funding to support efforts that:

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 offer the opportunity for young people to develop positive intergenerational relationships with caring adults and/or
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 connect Northfield youth with their communities (ex. neighborhood, school, wider Northfield)

HCI gives the highest priority to applications submitted by Northfield youth themselves and projects that reach Northfield youth in grades 6-12.

To learn more about these funding possibilities, visit: HCI Mini-grants website.

 

Northfield HCI Home Page

info@northfieldhci.org
 

 

In This Issue:

 

Northfield named among "100 Best Communities for Young People"

 

Reception honoring Mary Nelson & Beth Berry, HCI Board members and youth advocates extraordinaire!

 

Skateboard Coalition fundraiser set for Sunday, February 10

 

Calendar of free after school activities for local teens

 

Prescription drug abuse resources

 

Funding available for projects benefiting local youth