M E A S U R A
B L E B E N E F I T S :
 Youth
who participate in Adams Lake 'Youth Program' are given an opportunity
to experience a wide range of activities that seek to educate and
provide peer support through interaction with other community members.
The youth program is designed to encourage youth to seek an active
life-style into their adult years by presenting opportunities to engage
in various forms of activities.
Some real measurable benefits are the 'zero' tolerance towards drug
& alcohol for youth attending an activity. However, like most
normal social bell curved communities there is a small percentage of
youth whom fall outside and commit the majority of vandalized acts. For
this small population we offer continual support and inclusion to
programs, providing they meet our base rules in attending.
Opportunities to experiment with drugs & alcohol will exist for our
young people at any time; our challenge is to provide an avenue that
provides for a positive choice to counter a negative situation our
youth are faced with.
V A N D A L I S M
Vandalism to buidings in our community is less
frequent due to proactive involvement with out community's youth
population. Construction site vandalism is down considerably and we've
received many comments by contractors mentioning this fact.
Graffiti is another measurable social factor when determining the
impact our program has upon our community's youth. Graffiti in the
community is less visible here then in most other of our outlying
communities. Although, graffiti exists we experience far less frequency
in dealing with matters of this nature.
Participation is the most noticeable impact in our program for youth.
Through the operation and functioning of our program youth have
continued to participate regularly. Participation is how we quantify
our programs existence like most other social programs that utilize
community service. WE conduct community fundraisers like spaghetti
meals, bottle-drives, and raffles to lessen the financial burden upon
parents/guardians of our youth. Further, encouraging the participation
of both parent & youth in achieving a goal is a positive indicator
in developing a stronger community.
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C O M M U N I T
Y P R I O R I T Y
The Adams Lake Band has committed over the past
years to youth in
community that youth are essential to our people's future. Like most
Aboriginal communities the Adams Lake Band reserve population of youth
25 years & under make up the majority of its population. Youth are
an important part of the Adams Lake Band, I believe the programs
existence is a fact to that goal
C A L E N D A R
YOUTH
EVENTS CALENDAR
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