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Minutes 11-30-00ADVISORY BOARD ON CHILDREN & YOUTH YOUTH EXPO AWARD CEREMONY CITY HALL CHAMBERS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2000, 7:00 P.M. BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA PRESENT ALSO PRESENT Shanna St. John, Chairperson Stephen Waldman, Vice Chairman Dorothy Davis Evelyn Geathers Mary Morera Hattie Miller Welton Sanders (Alternate) Lori Wilkinson Sherri Claude, Assistant to Director, Recreation Department Kurt Bressner, City Manager ABSENT Amy DeVries Amanda Hollis I. CALLTO ORDER Chairperson St. John called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and welcomed everyone to the Youth Expo Award Ceremony. Chairperson St. John invited all to stay after the award presentations for refreshments in the lobby of City Hall. II. MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG Following a moment of silent prayer, new Board member Welton Sanders led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. III. INTRODUCTIONS Chairperson St. John recognized the presence in the audience of the City Manager, Kurt Bressner, thanking him for attending, and asking him if he wished to speak. Mr. Bressner addressed the audience, apologizing that he had to hurry away to another meeting, but thanking everyone for the hard work that had gone into the Youth Expo event. He mentioned visiting the mall during the exhibits and said it was great, a job well done. He also said it had been very meaningful to him to see all that the youth of the City had achieved. He congratulated the young people and wished them success. IV. RECOGNIZE AND THANK SPONSORS Chairperson St. John recognized and thanked the event sponsors. She mentioned that every dollar that was raised went towards savings bonds and costs to put on the event. Volunteers do all of the work. The sponsors contributed approximately $4,000 to this year's event. Meeting Minutes Youth Expo Award Ceremony Advisory Board on Children and Youth Boynton Beach, Florida November 30, 2000 Sponsors: The event and contest sponsors were: Washington Mutual Savings Bank Palm Beach Post Hunters Run The following sponsors also participated: Boynton Beach Mall City of Boynton Beach The Board and the audience gave a big round of applause for the generosity of the sponsors. V. RECOGNIZE AND THANK JUDGES Ms. Dorothy Davis, on behalf of the Advisory Board on Children and Youth, thanked the persons who had volunteered their services as judges, sacrificing time from their busy schedules to judge the artwork presented by the children of the City of Boynton Beach. The judges were asked to stand as their names were called: Heather Spilene Lenore Waldman Steve and Charlie Fisher Verna Bittenbinder VI. RECOGNIZE AND THANK PROVIDERS OF ENTERTAINMENT Ms. Mary Morera, on behalf of the Advisory Board on Children and Youth, thanked the following providers of entertainment for the two-day event. She said there were children there from age 3 to 18 or 20 and they did a wonderful job. She asked the participants to stand if present: Sanataluces Chiefettes Children's Theater Guild South Florida Dynamics Dance Center L.A. Dance That's Dancing Santaluces Jazz Band Royal Palm School Chorus Tomodachi Judo Southern Dance 2 Meeting Minutes Youth Expo Award Ceremony Advisory Board on Children and Youth Boynton Beach, Florida November 30, 2000 Ms. Morera stated that these performances really made the event. Lots of people came out for these performances, which were standing-room-only. VII. RECOGNIZE AND THANK TABLE PARTICIPANTS Chairperson St. John stated that she wished to thank the table participants at Youth Expo who had done such a groat job and provided such good information. She hoped that everyone had been able to gather information from the tables at the Youth Expo event. VIII, RECOGNIZE AND AWARD PARTICIPANTS AND CONTEST AWARD WINNERS Ms. Wilkinson and Ms. Hattie Miller, on behalf of the Advisory Board on Children and Youth, announced the certificate and award winners and assisted in giving out the awards. :Certificates of Appreciation/S10.00 Mall Gift Certificates Kathleen Angerbauer Nathalie Champagne Michael Fix Samantha Jankowski Victoria Jean Krystie Kimmey Chris Krauser Paige Martin Samantha Martin Dylan Moody Colin Morgan Andrew Rosales Andrea Smith Joanne St. Fort Sterling Swanson Kenneth Thomas Joviette Voltaire Travis Wright Contest Award Winners Art, Elementary School Level Honorable Mention ($50 savings bond) Dakeria Phillips Third Place, ($75 savings bond) Eldine Eloi Meeting Minutes Youth Expo Award Ceremony Advisory Board on Children and Youth Boynton Beach, Florida November 30, 2000 Second Place, ($100 savings bond) Harshil Patel First Place, ($200 savings bond) Jamie Norton Contest Award Winners Art, High School Level Third Place, ($75 savings bond) Thomas Westhouse Second Place, ($100 savings bond) Sarah Bidmead First Place, ($200 savings bond) Jair Salazar Photography, Elementary School Level First Place ($200 savings bond) Bridget DeVries Photography, Middle School Level First Place ($200 savings bond) Julie Claude Creative Writing, Middle School Level Second Place ($100 savings bond) Sean Dooley First Place ($200 savings bond) Erin Zylstra Creative Writing, High School Level First Place ($200 savings bond) Layla Grosskopf Creative Writing, Elementary School Level Honorable Mention ($50 savings bond) Serena Soplop Lisa Stewart 4 Meeting Minutes Youth Expo Award Ceremony Advisory Board on Children and Youth Boynton Beach, Florida November 30, 2000 Third Place ($75 savings bond) Jessica Clark Second Place ($100 savings bond) Catherine Arnold First Place ($200 savings bond) Bridgett DeVries Ms. Wilkinson, on behalf of the Advisory Board on Children and Youth, congratulated the young people who had won awards and gotten certificates of participation. Chairperson St. John thanked Ms. Wilkinson and Ms. Miller. She then stated that everyone should have gotten a form to fill out for the savings bond and asked that they see someone on the Board before leaving for the evening so the information could be recorded and the bonds could be sent to the recipients. IX. ANNOUNCEMENTS Chairperson St. John stated that the Advisory Board on Children and Youth was an advisory Board to the City Commission of Boynton Beach, appointed by the City Commission, and that their mission was to look into the unmet needs of the children of Boynton Beach. She said that Youth Expo was just one of the programs, mentioning the Youth Volunteer Bank where students do volunteer service. She said in this program the youth do volunteer service, keep track of their hours, turn a record of those hours in, and, once a year, an Awards Banquet is held, where the youth are given recognition for the work they have done during the year. She asked if anyone was interested in signing up for the Youth Volunteer Bank and if so, to contact someone on the Board so they could forward the appropriate information. The Board is also putting together a committee of people who are interested in having a teen and family center within the city limits of Boynton Beach. The Board feels that such a place is very much needed and they are going to be having their first workshop meeting with the community on December 9, 2000 at the Library at 9:00 a.m. and invited all interested participants to come. Tomorrow night there will be a Celebration of Peace at the Children's Museum across the street with a tree-lighting ceremony and entertainment. Also, this Sunday at 3 p.m. on Federal Highway the Annual Christmas Parade will take place. X. PUBLIC AUDIENCE Chairperson St. John opened the floor for questions or comments from the public. She said that the Board met the 4th Thursday of every month in the west wing of City Hall, second floor at 7:00 p.m. and that the meetings were open to the public. She also said there were openings for an adult and a student on the Board. Chairperson St. John stated that her five years of Board membership had been very enlightening and rewarding and she really enjoyed getting involved with the community. 5 Meeting Minutes Youth Expo Award Ceremony Advisory Board on Children and Youth Boynton Beach, Florida November30,2000 Xl. CLOSING REMARKS Chairperson St. John thanked Ms. Sherri Claude, who had been extremely helpful to the Board during the past year and had helped to make their successes possible. The Board showed its appreciation by presenting Ms. Claude with a bouquet of flowers. Ms. Claude assists the Director of Recreation in the Leisure Services Department. Chairperson St. John also wished to thank all the teachers, parents, mentors, political leaders, and adults for being in their children's lives. She said that they were showing their children how important they were by just being there at the awards ceremony. "Our Children, Our Future" was more than just a bunch of words put together, she said. It is important to realize that they are the people that will be taking over this world and we need to listen to them, teach them, groom them, and love them. To the children in the audience she said, "You ARE the future. What you do, what you say and what you feel is very important. As adults, sometimes we do not have the time to listen to you but you will just have to keep bugging us until we hear what you have to say and know what you are feeling because we do care. We all have busy lives but take some time each day to think about your future and the world's future. She suggested that the youth get a journal and take a minute every day to write down just one thought about the future, your life and how you can affect the world." She said we respect you and really care about what you think. Chairperson St. John said she looked forward to the future that the youth would bring to her. She thanked everyone for coming to the meeting. Mr. Stephen Waldman, Vice Chair, arrived at the meeting at 7:30 p.m. and Chairperson St. John introduced him to the audience. Chairperson St. John invited everyone to partake of the refreshments being served in the lobby. She also said that the owners of the artwork could take the artwork home at the end of the evening. The children who had received certificates and awards were asked to come to the front of the room so the parents could take pictures of them. Ms. Wilkinson said that the Advisory Board on Children and Youth had a website that was linked to the City's website and that many of the pictures taken this evening may be put up on the website. Chairperson St. John congratulated all the winners. The meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Recording Secretary (One tape)