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 Are
you a high school student who wants to get involved in the
community? Why not apply to the Kern Youth Council? For more
information on the Kern Youth Council email
krushing@co.kern.ca.us
 Community
Service and Activity Ideas!
Click here for past fundraisers.
Remember that if you have an activity or question
to let us know and we will post it here.
Friday Night
Live is the original prevention program that began in
1984 as a pilot program dedicated to reduce the number of
teen deaths caused by teens driving under the influence of
alcohol and other drugs. It is the program from which Club
Live and Friday Night Live Kids evolved.
Friday Night Live is a youth driven and youth led prevention
program for high school students that works! It is a peer
program designed to build partnerships for positive and healthy
youth development, which engage youth as active leaders and
resources in their communities. Friday Night Live provides
positive, high-energy alternative activities, promotes alcohol
and drug-free lifestyles, and develops leadership skills among
teenagers.
So what does that mean?
Friday Night Live is a shared venture between high school
age students and adult allies. Friday Night Live is a program
developed by the youth for the issues they deem necessary.
Rather than young people passively acting on what adult administrators
tell them to do, youth are the core teachers and administrators
of their own programs. The adults act as a support system
to the students by providing resources, and the basic framework.
However, it is the youth that are the driving force in Friday
Night Live.
Research clearly shows that when young people are in places
rich in opportunities and supports they are less likely to
engage in problem behaviors, more likely to achieve in school,
and more likely to attend higher education or secure a full
time job. However, research also clearly shows that even the
best program will be useless if the youth will not stick around
long enough to take advantage of it. Which is why Friday Night
live has adopted the motto of 75% FUN and 25% message. As
a result youth join for the fun, and stay to learn skills
that empower them to live full and productive lives alcohol
and drug free. Friday Night Live has adopted the quote by
an anonymous source, “I kept looking for somebody to
solve the problem, and then I realized: I am somebody”.
This quote has found meaning with the Friday Night Live members
as Friday Night Live can fill the gaps left by weakened family
and community networks and help the youth to see that they
are the somebody.
What do Friday Night Live Members do?
Participates in Friday Night Live will build social connections
with members and meet teens from across the county through
service projects, conferences, activities, and events such
as Teenwork. TeenWork
is the largest teen conference California. The California
Youth Council, together with adult allies, plans and implements
the entire four-day program and every workshop is presented
or facilitated by youth.
Of course being a Friday Night Live member also means FUN.
The members of Friday Night Live know how to have a good time!
Friday Night Live chapters organize dances, haunted houses,
sober grad events, 24 hour relays, all night lock-ins at pizza
places, and countless other activities.
Friday Night Live members also make positive changes in their
school and community. They have the opportunity to speak to
city officials on issues that affect them. Friday Night Live
empowers its members. Friday Night Live members will see negative
things in their community and learn the skills to take action
for change; rather than just feeling powerless and thinking
“Well, I can’t do anything about it”.
Members also participate in community service, and some participate
in mentoring activities. Their
participation in community service provide opportunities for
young people to engage in ongoing, mutually beneficial, caring
relationships that strengthen them to face today's challenges.
All are welcome in Friday Night Live, join today and see
what you have been missing.
Click here to see
if there is a Friday Night Live active at your school.
Click here to start a
Friday Night Live chapter at your school.
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