On July 9, the Youth Service Bureau was able to set up on Kids Day at the Jay County Fair! We were set up in the Farmers building with kindergarten readiness binders that have activities, such as learning letters and numbers, shapes, colors, time, and so much more! We were also able to provide books and flashcards alongside the binders. It was a privilege to watch the kids get excited over the opportunity to spend more time with their parents learning! Parents were also very appreciative of the binders and the activities provided in it. Regardless of the rainy weather, we were able to give out 30 binders to families! We do still have some binders leftover. If you are interested, please stop in at the Youth Service Bureau office at 603 West Arch Street in Portland, Indiana. We do plan to set up at another event within the next month to hopefully give out the rest of the binders to families!
Thank you to United Way for funding the entire Patriot Prep Camp Program and thank you to the Jay County Fair for allowing us to be a part of Kids Day!
My name is Elyse Bost and I am the new K.A.R.S.S. and Safe Place Coordinator at the YSB in Jay County! I love the K.A.R.S.S. program! The ability to take students to connect to the community is so important, along with showing them all they can give back with just a little bit of their time. One of my plans for the program is to get students connected with members in the community to allow room for all different kinds of opportunity. The most important thing for me to accomplish in this program is students graduating and having an idea of what they would like to accomplish after high school! It can be intimidating to graduate and not know all of the different options available to you. I just want to help them find where they want to go and give them the tools to get there!
