PYLI December 2009

PYLI Class 9 met for its final session on December 9, 2009, to complete their community service project and have an informal graduation celebration. The day was full of organizing, planning, presentations, and SHOPPING! As part of the project this year, all PYLI members agreed to solicit donations from area businesses, organizations, and individuals in order to purchase Christmas gifts for Caddo County foster teenagers. When the money was all counted, the group had raised nearly $4000! We were so happy to be able to give each teen over $150 in gifts and gift cards. The project was considered a great success by all!

A trip to Wal-Mart, Department of Human Services, then lunch at City Hall took up our morning; a short meeting with Sam from SWAT then our graduation celebration finalized our day!

PYLI has been a remarkable experience this year, and every member has learned more about leadership, teamwork, and community service.

PYLI's next step is to start working in groups to combat tobacco use in SWAT, so get ready for a SWAT meeting in January! See you all January 6, 8:00, same place as usual.

Happy Holidays and God bless you all.

Cindy

Points of Light Youth Leadership Institute (PYLI) at Caddo Kiowa Technology Center met on November 4, 2009, for project planning and leadership building activities. The group will be working on a service project from now until graduation in December of 09. We are so pleased with our project which will provide Christmas gifts for all the foster teens in Caddo County! See you all here at CKTC on December 9. Excellent job, PYLI Class 9!!

PYLI Class 8--October 7, 2009

PYLI Class 8 met on October 7, 2009, for training and to plan their community service project. It was a great day!

The group decided to organize a Christmas giveaway for all Caddo County foster teens. Guest speakers for the day were Ronda Weaver, former DHS social worker and Pam McEachern who did a True Colors training with PYLI participants.

The next PYLI meeting is on November 4 when we will finalize our project and plan for graduation. Time flies when you're having fun!

PYLI Class 8 session 1

Welcome to Points of Light Youth Leadership Institute (PYLI) 2009. We are in the 8th year of PYLI, and we have a bigger class than we've ever had! It's exciting to see participants from 13 high schools in PYLI from the Caddo and Kiowa County areas. Trainers Cindy and Shawn would like to share a few pictures with you from session one which was held on September 9, 2009.