Office of Youth Development and
Community Outreach
and the
Albion Youth Development Coalition
Welcome!
We welcome your interest in our community. Albion is a unique community, both a foundry town and a college town. We are a melting pot ethnically and racially because of foundries having recruited labor over the years from various regions. These were people of ambition, accustomed to hard work and hard conditions. Our foundries have subsequently closed, leaving many without the needed skills to move forward in the workplace of the 21st century. Thus Albion is an economically deprived community, with a disproportionate percentage of low-income families. Yet our spirit is rich. Historically, we in Albion acknowledge our problems and work together to develop solutions. We are a “roll up your sleeves” community.
Vision Statement:
To change the culture and environment for youth in Albion, knowing that all children children can learn, through planning, leadership, implementation, training, and outcomes as evidenced by assets for youth, academic performance, and character building. No Exceptions, No Excuses!
Mission Statement:
The
Office of Youth Development has maintained a simple mission: The Office of Youth
Development and Community Outreach provides strategic leadership and technical
assistance to improve targeted health, economic, education and social conditions
for youth in the Albion Community. We have done this through leadership,
developing and maintaining relationships, identifying funding resources as well
as providing outcomes.
Goal:
- Serves as a clearinghouse and resource for all youth-serving programs in the community.
- Advocate for the needs of all youth in the community at the local, state and federal level.
- Foster positive community relations and relationships at the local, state, and federal level.
- Develop and launch a youth development endowment fund that will support the operation of the office and serve as a funding resource for model local youth development programs.
What's Happening:
February 26, 2007 at 1:30pm
Executive Committee Meeting
Albion Community Foundation
March 8, 2007 at 7:45 pm
Coalition Meeting