Summer Service Trip Info Meeting

Youth Action Hudson is going to St. Louis this summer!  This informational meeting will be in the conference room at the library (#219) at 6:30 on Monday June 18.  Any and all high school age students are invited on this trip.  Please read on for more information regarding the trip.

Youth Action Hudson is excited to introduce our Hudson High School Pay It Forward Tour! This year we are partnering with Students Today Leaders Forever (STLF); an organization whose mission is to reveal leadership through service, relationships, and action! We at Youth Action believe STLF’s mission correlates strongly with our hope to empower and engage youth to make a difference through service learning, leadership, and education. Each student will have their own personal response to what this trip offers. They can bring back what they gain to the Hudson community to respond to a need, or turn an idea into reality.

We will depart by bus July 31, 2012 at 3:30 p.m. from Hudson, WI travelling through Waterloo, IA, Galesburg, IL, Springfield, IL and finally celebrate our service in St. Louis, MO! We will return to Hudson, WI on August 4, 2012. While on the road our daily schedule will look like this:

• Service Project in the Morning
• Lunch with the Community Served
• College/University Tour (one state school and one private school)
• Bus Travel in the Afternoon to Next City (charter motor coaches)
• Potential Tourism in City
• Evening Activities and Reflection
• Spend the Night (with the exception of the celebration city which is  spent in a hotel, participants sleep in gyms, community centers, churches, etc)

STLF strives to expose participants to a new social issue and a different community environment each day. Throughout the tour, participants will engage in service projects that involve everything from human interaction to labor-intensive work, usually while using teamwork to accomplish their tasks. Each service project can range from 2 - 4.5 hours and may be indoor or outdoor.

A High School Pay It Forward Tour experience costs $300. However, if you sign up before JUNE 19, 2012 it's only $285! Sign up today! There is a $100 non-refundable down payment required to reserve your spot on the Pay It Forward Tour, register here:

http://stlf.net/chapters/national-tours/events/hudson-high-school-pay-it...

For parents and students interested in fundraising, please contact YAH. We have information to help you organize a fundraising event.

If you have more questions contact Sam, americorps1@youthactionhudson.org or Elise americorps2@youthactionhudson.org or by phone at 715.386.9803. YAH will host a parent orientation with STLF in Hudson that will take place before the tour where you will receive all the necessary information.

We look forward to the first Hudson High School Pay It Forward Tour!