PYLI

PYLI December 2009

2009-12-09T14:42:00.001-08:00

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

2009-11-09T06:58:00.000-08:00

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

2009-11-02T10:51:00.000-08:00

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

2009-09-21T11:04:00.000-07:00

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.

Social Hosting Ordinance

2008-12-03T12:41:00.000-08:00

On December 3, PYLI came together to finalize their presentation for their respective communities covering the social hosting ordinance. Check your email for the powerpoint presentation!

After the work on the PPT was done, we enjoyed a good lunch and had our graduation ceremony. Congratulations to all who completed PYLI for the year 2008!

PYLI Class 8 November 08

2008-11-06T08:52:00.000-08:00

PYLI has partnered with 2M2L!!

November was the 3rd session for PYLI Class 8. Candace and Holly couldn't be with us because they were helping with the blood drive in Apache, but the rest of us worked all day with Red Rock Area Prevention Resource Center on a project targeting underaged drinking prevention. Later in the afternoon we learned about SWAT (Students Working Against Tobacco) in Oklahoma and how to start a SWAT in our own schools. It was also a happy birthday for Amy, Brian, and Chris!

Michelle, Paul, and Kerri helped us formulate a community service project in the morning; and then Maureen informed us about SWAT and big tobacco companies in the afternoon. Busy day for Rachel, Michaela, Jessica, Addy, Brett, Brian, Amy and Chris!!

PYLI class VIII session 2

2008-10-02T12:08:00.000-07:00

Class VIII met on October 1 and worked on leadership development and planned for their upcoming community service project.

Who is that PYLI girl????

I like my PYLI friends. . .

Guest Speakers came to talk to the class about underaged drinking prevention.

The class will meet again in November to fully develop plans for their service project. Red Rock West Prevention Resources will be there to partner with PYLI in efforts to prevent alcohol access to underaged drinkers. See you then!!

PYLI Class VIII session 1

2008-10-02T11:34:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the Points of Light Youth Leadership Institute blog! PYLI's mission is to train young leaders from the Caddo Kiowa Technology Center service area and allow those trainees to develop leadership skills for the future as well as form a network with other young people and resources in their respective communities. PYLI members for class VIII come from several Caddo County communities including Binger, Fort Cobb, Hydro, Eakly, Gracemont, and Apache.

Meet our trainers, Cindy Murphy and Shawn Freie:

Lots of different activities go on throughout the training. Here are some pics of a few featuring this year's PYLI: Rachel, Jessica, Brett, Amy, Michaela, Candace, Brian, Holly, Addy, Chris and Amy.

In session one, PYLI members wear blindfolds to learn more about teamwork.

PYLI class VIII is going strong. . . .We're looking forward to a great year!