SCPY History continued
1995-1996
It took the 1995-1996 school year to firmly establish the coalition. Much brainstorming and discussion went into choosing the name Scott County Partners For Youth Council, deciding on a format for the meetings, determining what committees were needed and writing the mission, during the coalition forming process.
The four committees decided upon were: Safe & Drug Free Schools (to meet the requirements for the school grant), Community Involvement, Parenting, and Interagency.
The mission decided on: To strengthen families through collaboration and cooperation, community awareness, education and creative problem solving.
The vision statement decided on: That Scott Community will be a place where families and children feel safe; feel connected to their community; have opportunities to be connected to families and schools; have pride in their community; parents are recognized as the most influential factor in childrens lives; collaboration is facilitated and commitment exists to meet the changing needs of families.
The belief statement decided on: The Scott County Partners for Youth Council believes that families are the foundation of our community, family authority is undermined by many negative influences, and family and community cooperative effort can overcome negative influences.
In order to pay for postage and other organizational expenses it was decided to have each member agency contribute $50 a year to the Council.
1997
Adopted the clasp hands logo and decided upon the color lue to be used on all Council promotions.
Ann Schumacher resigned.
1998
On April 13, 1998 the Council received its Articles of Incorporation and became The Scott County Partners for Youth Council, Inc. By-laws were written and approved. Annual meetings are held each year. A voting board of up to 20 members is elected each year. All members, whether board members or not, are encouraged to attend all of the meetings. The Council does not wish to exclude any interested persons from being involved.
On June 9, 1998 Renata McCulloch was hired as contract labor ot be director for the Council. She resigned June 30, 1999.
The clasp hands logo was completed and approved and letterhead was developed.
1999
The Council received their tax exempt, non-profit 501 C 3 status.
We ran out of money.
October 1999 there was new grant funding and Greg Wolf ws hired as director, He resigned Ocotber 10, 2000.
2000
A banner was made with Scott County Partners for Youth Council, Inc. on it and the clasp hands to use at fair booths, chili cook-off and any other appropriate place to promote the Council.
Sheila Boyd was hired as facilitator for the Parenting Support Group.
The Wall was constructed.
November 7, 2000 Karla Norstrom was hired as director. She resigned October 8, 2002.
The interagency committee was eliminated because it had completed its work.
2001
The vision statement was changed to read: Scott County will strive to be a community where youth and families lead positive, secure and happy lives, gaining skills and knowledge necessary to become productive citizens.
2002
The committees were reorganized to fit the strategic plan. The Safe & Drug Free Schools committee was no longer needed for the school since that grant is no longer in force. The current committees are: Community Education, Youth Development, Council Development, financial Management & Sustainability. These committees had quit functioning by the ed of the year.
We ran out of money to pay a director. OPEN-K made a donation to the Council which paid a director until she resigned in October.
The first annual mud volleyball tournament was held on July 4th.
A pamphlet was written to educate about the Council and to solicit donation.
The Council joined the Youth Volunteer Corps of America (YVC)-$400/yr
2003
Bob Mulch, president, recruited five teenagers to be members. They became very active and involved in the tobacco issue.