On March 26th we are holding our second annual Awards Night for our youth!
From what we can tell, there really isn't an opportunity in existence to celebrate the types of milestones our youth achieve, because the milestones can be pretty atypical.
But some kids could be powerfully affected by being recognized for things like: sobriety milestones, staying out of jail, finishing 50% of high school, being great parents, holding a job, and for finding their first apartment all on their own.
We think building up our youth and celebrating their accomplishments is really important in order to help remind them that they are loved, cared for, and being cheered for. This will be a night where they will all be recognized for the amazing things that they have accomplished over the past year.
Last year, we gave it a shot just using simple paper certificates of recognition, and it was a powerful evening with just that!
However, we think it's absolutely possible to up the ante, and that's why we're asking our community:
What do you think we could do in order to make this night super special for the youth? We're looking for ideas for how we can make sure the food is awesome, the music is wonderful and the speaker is someone who has a great resilience story.
We are open to any and all ideas and really want our community to feel like they've gotten to help us make this event fantastic so that our youth feel super loved and cared for!
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