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City-backed youth program seeks volunteers for transit-site summer sites
Summary
A city-supported youth initiative presented a plan to run transit-site summer outreach at four locations and two high schools, asking the committee for volunteers and donations to support daily programming and supplies.
A city-supported youth outreach program described plans on April 16 to staff four transit-site locations and two high schools for late‑school‑year outreach and summer engagement and asked community members to volunteer and donate supplies.
Iris Rowley, a consultant to the city manager on collaborative public‑safety efforts, introduced the initiative and asked community members to consider short volunteer shifts to help the program’s trained staff. “What we are doing right now, we're working on the last 30 days of school to lead to a safe and productive summer,” Rowley said.
Program basics presented by Rowley and project staff: volunteers and trained staff will be on site from 2 to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday. The four transit sites named were Glenway Crossing, Government Square, Northside and Oakley Station; the program also planned daily presence at Withrow and Hughes high schools. Outreach activities include feeding children, passing out information about internships and employment, creating safe adult presence during site hours, and distributing “swag bags” with hygiene supplies, journals, flashlights and basic daily needs.
Project staff said they average about 646 young people across the sites and high schools on a given day. New volunteers are oriented at Government Square for a two‑hour supervised shift before being assigned to another site under a CACI lead. Rowley said the developer and community partners have supported earlier iterations, and the program will adapt site assignments as community input dictates.
Contact and donation details were provided on the record: phone (513) 658-5246 (answered 24/7) and an email address, caci.youthdrive25@gmail.com. The presenters asked committee members to share the call for volunteers and to attend or promote the sites; Dr. Corrine Moffett thanked donors who had supplied bags and supplies.
No committee action was taken; the presentation served as an informational appeal for volunteer and in‑kind support.
