Ionia County Youth Advisory Council- YAC

Ionia County Youth Advisory Council- YAC The Ionia County YAC is represented by high school students from Ionia, Belding, Portland, Lakewood, Saranac, and Lowell High Schools.

The Ionia YAC is a student lead youth advisory council in Ionia County. 9th-12th grade students from Ionia, Portland, Lakewood, Belding, Saranac, and Lowell High Schools are included in YAC! These motivated students meet on a once-per-month basis to plan, develop, and implement service-learning projects. Students also go through professional development trainings that help them further develop the

ir own projects. Students go though leadership, goal-setting, public speaking, team-work, and cultural trainings that help them learn how to be effective at advocating for a positive change in their community. The most impressive quality about this group of students and the Ionia County YAC is that this program is entirely youth lead! Students create the agenda for each meeting, lead each meeting, and take each step from developing to executing their project. These students also host fundraisers for their projects. The YAC has also elected to meet year-round. Students meet throughout the summer to further develop their projects, attend community events, and to plan for the following school year.

Ionia County YAC members joined residents at Ionia Green Acres this week for a morning of Christmas Carols, Bingo, and v...
12/15/2022

Ionia County YAC members joined residents at Ionia Green Acres this week for a morning of Christmas Carols, Bingo, and visiting.

10/28/2022

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD TV8)-Car crashes are the leading cause of death among teenagers. Each year, students from across the state come to Celebration Cinema North for the Strive To Arrive Alive …

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10/19/2022
Ionia County YAC had its annual kickoff at Camp Roger. Students are learning to work together and build their leadership...
09/22/2022

Ionia County YAC had its annual kickoff at Camp Roger. Students are learning to work together and build their leadership skills to address local youth needs in their communities.

Ionia County Community Foundation Youth Advisory Committee program held its 2022 YAC Grant Luncheon at Scheid Park in Sa...
05/13/2022

Ionia County Community Foundation Youth Advisory Committee program held its 2022 YAC Grant Luncheon at Scheid Park in Saranac on May 12. YAC gave out five grants to local organizations to address youth issues. The five are:

Wedgewood Christian Services-$1000
IM Kids 3rd Meal-$1500
Ionia County Dolly Parton Imagination Library-$1000
Opportunities Unlimited for the Blind-$1000
Faith Community Christian School-$1000

Sixteen seniors were recognized for their participation in YAC during their high school years. The seniors were from Ionia, Portland, Saranac, Lakewood, Belding, Lowell, and Pewamo Westphalia high schools.

The first Ionia County Community Foundation scholarships for YAC members were given out by Ryan Wilson to Catherine Svanda and Haden Getchell. Each one received $500.

Making a difference in your communities!
03/01/2022

Making a difference in your communities!

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOTV)-IM Kids 3rd Meal and Ionia County Youth Advisory Council (YAC) partnered for “Peanut Butter with a Purpose” to collect donations of peanut butter and raise awareness of t…

The seven high schools (Ionia, Portland, Lakewood, Saranac, Belding, Pewamo Westphalia, & Lowell) that participate in Io...
02/25/2022

The seven high schools (Ionia, Portland, Lakewood, Saranac, Belding, Pewamo Westphalia, & Lowell) that participate in Ionia County YAC held a peanut butter collection contest in the month of February. The group as a whole raised 2730 pounds of peanut butter for the IM Kids 3rd Meal program serving evening meals to food insecure children in Ionia & Montcalm counties. The winning high school was Lakewood with 751 pounds of peanut butter!

Ionia County YAC began their review of submitted grants to address youth issues in Ionia County. YAC will give out $8700...
02/25/2022

Ionia County YAC began their review of submitted grants to address youth issues in Ionia County. YAC will give out $8700 this spring to local schools and organizations to address youth needs they identified through a local needs assessment completed by YAC.

Please support the IM Kids 3rd Meal at Wendy's Dine to Donate event on January 26th!
01/19/2022

Please support the IM Kids 3rd Meal at Wendy's Dine to Donate event on January 26th!

IONIA, Mich. (WOTV)-TEAM Schostak Family Restaurants announces the grand reopening of the Wendy’s® located at 1010 N Lafayette Street in Greenville. The restaurant recently underwent significant re…

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