St. Louis Park, Hennepin County, Minnesota
In the spring of 1993, St. Louis Park, Minnesota, began transforming how the community viewed its young people. Children First was born out of a partnership among the education, faith, city, health, and business communities.
The focus of this partnership?
To encourage everyone in the community to find ways that made sense of them to help in the healthy development of our infants, children and teens.
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Community Celebrates '100 Best' Award in Unique Way
Congratulations to Children First in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, who recently won (For the fourth time!) the 100 Best Communities for Young People Award, given by America’s Promise Alliance. While Children First should be commended for continuing to build assets and creating strong and healthy communities, we also want to commend them for the innovative way they’ve chosen to live out the honor awarded to them by the Promise Alliance. We recently spoke with St. Louis Park High School Senior and active member of Children First, Leigha Sledge. She shared with us the story behind how she and her colleague, Jackie Adelmann, also a Senior at St. Louis Park and member of the alliance, came up with a creative way to celebrate the award.MORE
Girl Scouts Commission Developmental Asset Paintings
In St. Louis Park, Minnesota, four Girl Scouts engaged community members in a Developmental Asset painting project. Working toward their Silver Award, these young women, all students at St. Louis Park Junior High School, have collaborated with their Girl Scout advisor, Jeanne Tatarek, and their community advisor, Karen Atkinson of Children First, to commission 40 paintings, each representing one of the Developmental Assets.MORE
Aquila Service Club for Young People
Students in first, second, and third grade at Aquila Primary Center in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, have the opportunity to be a part of their school’s Service Club, engaging in short- and long-term service-learning projects every other Tuesday after school.MORE
The 2008 Parktacular Parade on June 14, featured Grand Marshalls who represent partners involved in making St. Louis Park a “100 Best Community for Young People.”
Children First’s unit included some of the Super Heroes featured in the Champions coloring book. More than 1,000 coloring books were distributed at the parade.
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