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Wellington youth council pitches May 2 'Wellington’s Day of the Youth' with talent show and community resources

2892782 · April 7, 2025

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Summary

The village Youth Council presented a proposal for a May 2 community engagement event — Wellington’s Day of the Youth — featuring a talent show, family activities and local partners including fire rescue, PBSO and United Way; students requested council support for promotion and recruitment.

Members of Wellington’s Youth Council presented a proposed community event for May 2 called Wellington’s Day of the Youth, describing a family-friendly program of entertainment, educational resources and mental-health support aimed at youth engagement.

Joel Vincent, youth mayor of the Youth Council, and Rebecca Chen, youth vice mayor, told the council the event — organized by a 34-member Youth Council cohort — will offer bounce houses, face painting, lawn games, an axe-throwing activity, and a talent show billed as "Wellington’s Got Talent." The talent show will be organized in separate elementary, middle- and high-school brackets; prizes will be trophies and gift baskets, the presenters said.

The youth council said it has confirmed participation from Palm Beach County Fire Rescue community risk reduction staff, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office community police therapy dog unit and the cadet explorer program. United Way is confirmed as a partner; Palm Beach County Library and the National Alliance on Mental Illness (Palm Beach County chapter) were listed as pending confirmations. Student groups from Palm Beach Central and Wellington High School, and contacts at Palm Beach State College, were also mentioned as expected participants.

The youth council requested help from council members promoting the event and suggested the village could record a brief PSA for social media. They said sponsorships are being sought to cover approximately $6,000 of entertainment costs and that applications for the talent show would remain open through the coming week.

Ending

Council members expressed support and offered to help promote the event; staff said they would coordinate a PSA recording and outreach to school and PTO contacts to boost talent-show applications.