Butte Youth Now Coalition

The loot from our Toy Drive!!!

YN gardening at the Dorothy Johnson Center

Whats New

What's new with Youth Nexus?!!

We are well under way for the 2012-2013 school year! We are so excited about all the new Nexus members this year. We have a wide representation from schools all over Butte County including Oroville High, LP High, Gridley, Chico and PV High.

The first week of October brought new friends and a fun experience at YD SUMMIT! Youth Nexus members educated local FNL and Club Live clubs on the grant writing process. We also annouced the funding for each school at the end of conference.

The remaining of the school year will include: volunteering at Enloe Medical Center, WindChime and the Jesus Center. We will of course attend REACH for the Future in Feburary too!

Also, be sure to follow our blog for recent activities and updates!!!

grant recipients

2011/2012 Grant Recipients

In the fall, the Youth Nexus grant cycle was all about funding youth lead projects that are designed to improve school climate on their campus. What is school climate? It's a prase that describes the social "feel or vibe" on a school campus. A school that has positive school climate is a campus where people feel welcome, accepted, respected and valued. A campus with negative school climate is one where students do not feel welcome, are harassed or bullied, feel isolated, judged or disrespected. Your project should be one that promotes good school climate on your campus.

Each school who applied for the School Climate/World Cafe Grant was awarded funding through Youth Nexus!!!

about youth nexus

Founded in 1999, Youth Nexus was the first youth philanthropy board in California. Youth philanthropy is the giving of time, talent, or money from youth to youth in the community. Youth Nexus chose its name to represent its meaning: "nexus” signifies a starting point that the council strives to be for youth change and advocacy in the community. Youth Nexus is a group of young people working as a team to represent and empower youth leaders. The council influences other young people to create positive change by funding youth-led community change projects. Since Youth Nexus began as the first youth philanthropy board in Northern California, it has provided opportunities for youth to help make decisions affecting other youth throughout Butte County.

Youth Nexus creates opportunity among youth by:
. Funding youth initiated projects
. Nurturing youth-adult partnerships
. Offering a youth perspective and voice to the community
. Reducing youth access to alcohol and underage drinking

community engagement

Youth Nexus is made up of three committees: an environmental prevention committee, a service committee and a civic action comittee. The environmental prevention committee plans and implements projects that aim to reduce underage drinking. The service committee plans and implements service projects while the civic action committee works on projects that involve creating a positive image for young people.

Some of the service and civic action projects for last year included: making Valentine's Day cards with the seniors at Windchime assisted living facility and doing some much needed landscaping at the Dorothy Johnson Community Center. Phew! Between funding grant projects and service, Nexus members have been busy!

contact info

If you interested in finding out more about Youth Nexus and what we do, get in touch! Youth Nexus is always recruiting new members. We meet twice a month on Thursday afternoons from 4-5:30. Come check us out!

Ashley Steck