North Star Youth Partnership

	CANstruction Teens Taking Action and Peer Assistance Leadership (PAL) members take second place in CANstruction contest at Prescott United Methodist Church. The teens held canned food drives to collect cans to build a replica of the UP house. The teens had fun and their efforts greatly benefited the community by helping to collect 1,075 food items and $145 in cash to benefit Open Door in Prescott.
Starting A Ripple A video project, Starting A Ripple, was written and produced by the Teens Taking Action and PAL members. It depicts the issues of poverty, homelessness and hunger in Yavapai County and how each one of us can start a ripple of change. Contact North Star for more information on how you can create positive change and start your own ripple of change. You can watch this video by clicking on the link!!
	Priceless Prom 2010 In these challenging economic times, families are more than feeling their share of uncertainty. When simply trying to make ends meet, it’s nearly impossible to provide for recreational and fun activities for their teens. However, thanks to the generosity of the quad-city communities, North Star Youth Partnership, a program of Catholic Charities, AmeriCorps VISTA and Youth Count were able to coordinate the Priceless Prom Project. This event was created to provide free prom attire and accessories to youth who cannot afford them, but would still like to attend Prom and participate in the social engagement. Over 220 dresses were collected, along with men’s attire, accessories and gift cards. A total of $537 was raised in monetary donations to support the event and $5,292 worth of in-kind donations was generated from December to February. Three events were held in the Quad-City area. From the three events, 82 students from 8 different schools attended to receive attire and 26 volunteers, including 12 students and 7 baby boomers, donated over 27 hours of community service to help make the Priceless Prom project a success! Although the event is over for this year, if you are interested in helping us next year or would like to donate items, please call Diane DeLong, North Star director, at 928-708-7214.
	Our sincere thanks to the following for their generous support: Jamie Nixon, Avon in Prescott Empire Beauty School Albertson’s Floral, Prescott Flowers By Request Formally Yours of Prescott Prescott Transit & Executive Transportation Stella & Dot Stylist, Elise Lininger, www.StellaDot.com/Elise Glamor Girls Salon Trade Secret Clos LaChance Winery DeBeaux Chevex Hair Salon SMARTgirls Resale Fashion Lyanne Gandy – Avon in Prescott The Lodewycks Family Janine’s Nails The Nail Station V & B Nails The Ritz Total Image Salon Humboldt Activity Center Emmanuel Lutheran Church