Assets in Action

How Kitsap Family YMCA Cares About Kids

It was a fun filled afternoon with 16 children on a walking tour from YMCA, through downtown Bremerton, to the Evergreen Children’s Theatre and back.MORE

How Totem Girl Scout Council Cares About Kids

An average Girl Scout troop may charge Scout members six dollars per month for dues.MORE

Bemidji Youth Advisory Council

The Bemidji Youth Advisory Commission is a partnership between Healthy Community Healthy Kids and the city council. The Bemidji Youth Advisory Commission’s main purpose is to provide a youth perspective to Bemidji City Council on matters that affect youth in the community, as well as matters that effect the community at large.MORE

Project Sticker Shock

Adult and youth volunteers through the Genesee Valley Health Partnership have been at Livingston County convenience stores pasting underage drinking stickers to alcohol packs.MORE

Box City Vigil

The Box City Vigil is an annual all-night event put on by and for high school students. It started four years ago when a group of high schoolers realized what a significant and growing problem youth homelessness is in Minnesota.MORE

Asset-Building Ideas from Care Team Schools

Below are just a few examples of some of the great asset-building being done in our Care Team schools.MORE

Build Strong Kids at Day Camp

In June 2007, a Building Strong Kids workshop was conducted for YMCA day camp staff. The two-hour workshop was delivered at the start of their three-day training session that takes place the week before camp begins.MORE

History and Beginnings of the YMCA Healthy Communities Initiative

About 5 years ago a Board member and one leadership staff from our association heard Dr. Peter Benson’s message about the power of the 40 Developmental Assets. They returned to the association as our first two champions for this work and continued to gather knowledge, resources, and research.MORE

A Pack Full of Assets

Tammie Bernal has what many asset builders might think of as the ideal job.MORE

Ohio County Takes Youth to Heart

It’s no accident that the official logo of Together We Care is a big red heart. Spread across the rolling green hills of western Kentucky, rural Ohio County plunged into the economic doldrums with the death of its chief industry, coal mining.MORE

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