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Severance Youth Council begins planning May mental-health event at Overlook Park
Summary
Council members discussed a youth-focused mental-health event tentatively scheduled for May (possibly May 9) at Overlook Park, listing booths, school music acts, food trucks, age-appropriate activities, and exploring parking at Rangeview Elementary.
The Severance Youth Council on Feb. 2 began planning a youth-centered mental-health service event tentatively scheduled for May, with Town Manager Nicholas Wharton outlining possible logistics, activities and partners.
Wharton opened the discussion on a May event "encompassing mental health," and members sketched an initial program that would include educational booths (mental-health clubs, the town library, law enforcement and firefighters), school performances and a battle-of-the-bands, vendor and food-truck options (taco, funnel-cake and donut trucks; Kona Ice; Mary’s Mountain Cookies), organized sports and age-appropriate games with morning and afternoon brackets, and raffle prizes potentially donated by local businesses such as Main Event, Tecate Grill and Canes.
Council members emphasized making the event accessible and family-friendly by encouraging walking and biking and asked staff to "look into offering parking at Rangeview Elementary" as overflow parking. The Council discussed offering low or no booth fees for youth groups and soliciting donated prizes to keep participation affordable.
No final date, budget, vendor contracts or formal approvals were recorded in the minutes; the date is listed as "in May, possibly the 9th." Staff and Council members will pursue outreach to local schools, clubs and potential vendors to finalize programming and logistics ahead of the May tentative date.
