Our events for March are as follows:
 
T&T at Camp Thunderbird- the 16th & 17th.

• Saturday, the 17th will be our Transitions Family Day starting at 9 am.

 
Elective Full Day- the 24th at the East New Hampshire office

This is the first of a weekly instalment series where we will be updating you on Scholarships and other Opportunities that are available. Please Stay tuned for more updates.
 
Accepting applications for the Advocates in Disability Award (ADA)
The Advocates in Disability Award (ADA) is a program of the HSC Foundation (HSCF), funded in part by the Sarah Beth Coyote Foundation and is currently acepting applications. The purpose of the ADA program is to award and encourage a young individual with a disability between the ages of 14 and 26, who has dedicated himself/herself to positively affecting the lives of individuals with disabilities and their families in the United States. Applications must be recieved by 5:00 p.m/ EST., on February 28, 2012. The sele3cted recipient is awarded $3,000 in recognition of his/her past disability advocacy and will recieve up to an additional $7,000 in funding support for his/her proposed project that focuses on serviing and empowering individuals with disabilities. Young leaders with disabilities are encouraged to apply. To apply online go to http://www.hscfoundation.org/2012ADA.php. For more information contact Ryan Easterly, Manager, National Youth Transition Initiative, at REasterly@cscn.org.
 
The 28th Annual VSA Playwright Discovery Program
Is now accepting scripts/applications with an April 16, 2012 deadline.
 
The VSA Playwright Discovery Program invites middle and high school students to take a closer look at the world around them, examine how disability affects their lives and the lives of others, and express their views through the art of play writing. Playwrights may write from their own experience and observations, or create fictional characters and settings. Scripts can be comedies, dramas, or even musicals-be creative! Young playwrights with and without disabilities are encouraged to submit a script. Entries may be the work of an individual student or a collaboration by a group of students.
A distinguished jury of theater professionals selects scripts from up to five students as recipients of the 28th Annual VSA Playwright Discovery Award. Award recipients receive a $1000 cash award and a trip to Washington, D.C. over Labor Day weekend, 2012, to participate in workshops with theater professionals and peers, and participate in the development and presentation of a professional reading of their work on stage at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, with the possibility that the reading will be broadcast live via the internet and then archived for future viewing.    
 
Click Here For Submission Rules
 
Click Here for 2012 Application and Checklist 

This week we have Elective Day on Saturday from 9 am-12pm.
 
We will be offering: Aikido, Cooking, Dance, and Music. Electives will be held at the New Hampsire office (215 E. New Hampsire St.)
Contact a Youth Services team member to RSVP or e-mail cdebonis@lcf-fl.org
 
Your Youth Services Team

 
Welcome back everyone! We are looking forward to this New Year and have made arrangements for some really great activities in the coming months.
 
So what are we doing???
We are back at Camp Thunderbird next week, Jan. 13-14th and we will be having some great classes available for everyone.
We’re also looking forward to having elective courses once again (Dance, Music, Culinary, and Aikido). Our firs elective day is Jan. 28th at the New Hampshire office, remember that with both Elective days and Camp Thunderbird you must always RSVP to be able to attend. To RSVP please contact Chris DeBonis at 407-898-2483x248 or E-mail: Cdebonis@lcf-fl.org
 
And don’t forget summer!
That’s right, summer is closer than you’d expect and we are already gearing up for a great summer program. This year our goal is once again to get everyone to work, and to have some spectacular activities on top of that!
If you are really interested in a specific work experience, please get in touch with a staff member so that we can follow up and help you get that placement.
 
 
Remember to participate.
Yep, summer is a great time, but it isn’t anything without the skills and training that goes on during our regular activities. In addition you also are earning points at every activity you attend so students who want to have all the luxuries (like picking their roommates) will need to have earned enough points from going to events.
But don’t worry it’s not too late to earn those points! Just start attending events now and by summer you will have plenty of points to do everything you would like to.  
 
See you soon,
 
Youth Services Team