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November 2007

Carson Kid's Connection

Community Council on Youth

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This issue's
feature -
Welcome!

Welcome, welcome, welcome! We just

can't say it enough. Welcome to the
premier issue of the Carson Kid's
In This Issue
Connection Ezine brought to you by
Community Council on Youth. Our goal
Welcome with this Ezine and the accompanying
website www.ccoy.org (opening soon) is to
help to keep Carson City Community
Hot News Services informed about the various
programs, services, and family-friendly
activities available in the Carson City area.
Dated Events Please come in, take your shoes off, and
make yourself comfortable.

Ongoing Events This first issue is more to familiarize you

with the whole idea of a central place to go
to for information about what services are
available and who those service providers
are. We will be featuring a different program
each issue with more in-depth information
about that particular program. If your
organization would like to be featured in a
future issue, please email us at
Chrissi@ccoy.org or call Chrissi Barnett 841-
4730.

Don't Forget Hot News!

CCOY's New Digs
Don't forget to submit (via
email, telephone, fax, visit to OnSeptember 1st, 2007, the
Community Council on Youth's
our office or contact me and I'll
come by & pick it up) your
agency's service, program, &
family-friendly event schedules
by the 25th of each month to be
included in the next month's
issue of Carson Kid's
Connection!
Questions? Suggestions? Found
a major typo or broken link?
Call 841-4730 or email...
Chrissi@ccoy.org
Our Staff
Executive Director
Eric Ohlson
eric@ccoy.org
Project Coordinator
Mark Inman
mark@ccoy.org
Communications Specialist
Chrissi Barnett
chrissi@ccoy.org
Dated Events
This section we feel is very important. Here is where all of the
scheduled services, programs, and family-friendly events will
be listed:
Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007 - Patrick Ball, Theater of Legend,
Celtic Harp & Storytelling - 7:30pm at the Children's
Museum of Northern Nevada.
Thursday, Nov 8, 2007 - CCOY Advisory Board Meeting -
8:30am to 10:00am in the Bonanza Room at the Carson City
Community Center on the corner of William and Roop
Streets. For more information contact Executive Director Eric
Ohlson at 841-4730.
Wednesday Nov 28, 2007 - Foster Parent Coalition Meeting -
12noon to 1pm in the Library Building small meeting room.
Call Mikie Franklin 687-4943 ext.230 for more information.
Thursday Nov.29th & Friday Nov. 30th - Registration for
current Latch Key participants for Winter Break Camp will be
in the Recreation Division Office in the Carson City
Community Center - 8am to 5pm. Public registration for the
Winter Break Camp will begin on Dec. 3rd.
Thursday, Dec 13, 2007 - CCOY Advisory Board Meeting -
8:30am to 10:00am in the Bonanza Room at the Carson City
Community Center on the corner of William and Roop
Streets. For more information contact Executive Director Eric
Ohlson at 841-4730.
*** Be sure to contact us with your schedules by the 25th. of
the month so they can be included in the next issue!***
You Can Help
Email CASA of Carson City if you have a place to
put out a CASA volunteer brochure rack--small
tri-fold display. Also, they are helping to look for
places to put adoption/foster home recruitment
brochures for DCFS. They will get them to you or
you can pick them up. Help us find CASA
volunteers. casaofcc@earthlink.net
Ongoing Services, Programs &
Events...
Here is the section where you can look to find information about
events and services that are ongoing. We will include names,
phone numbers, addresses and links to the websites, where
available, of programs that may be beneficial to youth in and
 around Carson City.
Healtherapy: www.healtherapyinc.com, a nationally recognized equine-
facilitated psychotherapy (EFP) program that provides mental health
services to over 120 children, adolescents, and families, at the invitation
and request of officials within the State Division of Mental Health in
Nevada, is expanding to Northern Nevada. EFP is a professionally-
recognized mental health treatment plan, in which horses are used to
assist the client in learning about themselves and practicing new, more
adaptive behaviors. For more information, please call 775-884-9911.
Latch Key: Latch Key is a before and after school recreational
enrichment program that is held at all Carson City public elementary
schools (except Empire) and observes the school district holiday calendar.
Know someone who The program is designed to provide elementary aged children with
would like to receive creative structure while their parents work. Homework assistance, arts &
crafts, sports, games, and special events are the basis of the program.
this newsletter? For information contact your child's school or call the Recreation Division
Forward it to them by 887-2290 x 103.
clicking on the "Forward Books & Brags: Every Tuesday 10:30-11:30 Children's Museum of
email" link at the Northern Nevada. Join Miss Penny for storytime. Children read a story
bottom of the page. and make a related craft to brag about! Free with admission to the
museum. Ticket assistance to the museum is available for "at risk"
children and their guardian(s) (Restrictions may apply). For qualifying
guidelines and more information call Gail Struble at 775-884-2226.
Boys and Girls Club of Western Nevada: Offering child's after school
activities, tutoring and programs. Call 882-8820 for more information.
http://www.bgcwn.org/index.asp.

YOUTH VISION: The Community Council on Youth "CCOY" is

collaborating with Access Carson City TV studios by supporting
the development, editing, production and airing of Youth video film
projects in our community on Cable access channel 10.

"Youth Vision" was launched in October 2006, and continues to

focus its activities on building character, commitment, ingenuity and
youth leadership roles in many different areas in our
Community. Through a focused approach, "Youth Vision"
continues to focus its attention on various issues related to youth
and their families which includes but is not limited to: multi-level
efforts to improve educational achievement; involvement in sports
and social and recreational activities and events, as well as
understanding and avoiding the problems of alcohol and drug
abuse through organized prevention activities administered by
"CCOY" and members of its comprehensive community coalition.

For Further information on "Youth Vision" and "CCOY" please

contact Mark Inman, Project Coordinator at 775-841-4730 or
mark@ccoy.org.

Musical Mentoring: Saturdays, Mondays, Tuesdays & Fridays. Children's

Museum of Northern Nevada FREE Hands-on musical instruments, singing
and music instruction.

WIC: The Carson City Health & Human Services WIC Program offers free
healthy food, referrals, nutrition education, free health screenings, and
breastfeeding education to women that are pregnant, women that are
breastfeeding, post partum woman children under the age of five and
infants. For more information, please contact Carson City Health &
Human Services, Carson City (775) 887-2190 - Gardnerville (775) 782-
8410, http://www.carson-city.nv.us/health. They also offer other
services such as Immunizations, well baby check up and family planning.
 Kindermusic with Ms. Shawna: Saturdays 9:30am-12:30pm &
Mondays 10am-5pm. Children's Museum of Northern Nevada Call 265-
2191 or e-mail msshawnasmusic@yahoo.com
The Ron Wood Family Resource Center: "Reach Up" Free mental
health assessment (3-17 yrs. of age). Free counseling and support
groups for youth and families in crisis and/or need. Teen & Youth
Grief/Bereavement issues and Teen & Youth suicide prevention. Call 884-
2269.
The Carson City Arts And Culture Coalition: Check out this great site
for LOTS of information about things to see and do in Carson City.
HEALTH RESOURCES: Perinatal Substance Abuse resources and
information. Children With Special Health Care Needs program. Family
Health Services application. Early Intervention Programs. Need a referral
to a human services resource...call 211, Nevada's community connection
phone number. Looking for a service...the website for human service
resources in Nevada is Community Link.
PARTICIPATE IN YOUR CHILD'S EDUCATION: The Carson City School
District Contact List. Need help with school advocacy, Individualized
Educational Plans, etc., contact Nevada Pep.
Check out the Carson City events calendar. Check out the Carson City
Recreation Department's Information. Want to attend a concert, play or
musical? See the Brewery Arts Center's site. Also see the Western
Nevada Community College's theater program. See the programs of the
State Museums in Carson City, including the Railroad Museum. The
Nevada Day Theme for this year and information. The Carson City
Symphony's Strings In The Schools!

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