The Lenawee Youth Council - Paula Trentman, Program Manager

Kathye Herrera introduced today’s speaker, Paula Trentman, Program Manager for the Lenawee Youth Council (LYC) to whom Kathye presented a check in the amount of $1,150.

 

Last year the Lenawee Youth Council had 36 members who went out and recruited 121 more! Some 17 non-profit organizations partnered with them. Some 792 hours were spent educating youth on philanthropy and leadership in our community and they volunteered over 1,300 hours in Lenawee County.

 

These youth live in Lenawee County. The Council works to get kids excited about career and college so they can be more employable and return to Lenawee County to live and work. Next week, for example, the LYC has invited a Marine recruiter to speak to the group. Following that, a simulation will be conducted on understanding poverty.

 

Paula mentioned the Snack Pack program that our club assisted the LYC with in the past. Some 250 children in the county are fed each year through this program. Another program of the LYC is the Imagination Library which impacts about 1,700 children up to 5 years old!

 

Next week, Paula said, members will prepare for the first ever college campus visit. Next week they will visit MSU; on June 24 - Saginaw Valley; Ferris State University on July 29.  This past April, the council visited all 3 of the local colleges and universities.

 

Paula said that she appreciates all we do as a club to support the LYC. And with the help also of the Lenawee Community Foundation, Paula said, this community is a much better place to live!