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In our coalition work throughout the area we met an awesome lady who is the head librarian in the town of Zeigler. This small town has its nice modern library located on the “Circle” downtown. Every day the head librarian Peggy Carpenter looked out the library window and saw the bus dropping off kids after school. But the kids didn’t walk home. Instead they just hung out on the square, unsupervised. They would spend hours doing nothing, except occasionally getting in trouble.

Find out how Peggy the Librarian engaged these young people.

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Mary Ann Krems and Dee Erlandson write a monthly article that is published in the Portage County Gazette, Rosholt News, and Tomorrow River Paper in Amherst, WI. Their work is also shared with some Iowa schools and the Des Moines County Register.

The Fall air is crisp as many cover up their still growing flowers and gardens. Your children now wait for the bus in longer pants and hoodies. It is the time for Homecomings at High Schools, Football games at all levels and who can miss the excitement of the Brewers and the Packers, or even the Jets?MORE

The Greece Marching Band has made the Developmental Assets® a part of their routine. Student Assets Coordinators are in charge of choosing a weekly Developmental Asset that band members strive for and recognize those who do.
Read more about the Greece Marching Band and their work with the Developmental Assets.

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Shop the local malls and you’ve surely noticed those kiosks in the middle of the corridors selling everything from skin care products to hair extensions. But a new kind of kiosk recently debuted at the Mall at Greece Ridge and it’s aimed at selling the positive contributions of young people.
Read more about the Assets Kiosk at Greece Ridge Mall.

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At the entrance of various Yorkton community events stands a plastic tree. As adults arrive, young people approach them to ask, “When you were my age, was there an adult in your life who made a difference for you?”MORE

The Yorkton Municipal Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Detachment has initiated a Positive Ticketing initiative in partnership with the City of Yorkton and the Yorkton Alliance of Asset Champions.MORE

The Mayor’s Youth Council (MYC) of Northfield, Minnesota, is a city-commissioned group run by 15 diverse youth community members.MORE

Asset building as an economic development strategy? It is almost a no-brainer, says St. Louis Park City Manager Tom Harmening.MORE

“Iowans to Reduce Underage Drinking, a group of young people and adults from across the state, is lobbying Iowa’s senators and representatives to pass a statewide beer keg law in this session of the Legislature.”MORE

One hundred and twenty three Old Saybrook High School ninth graders packed up their sleeping bags and bathing suits instead of their books, and headed over to Camp Hazen in Chester for a unique 2-day, overnight program.MORE