Refugio High School students
and members of the Interact Club from the Santa Ynez Valley Union High School,
in conjunction with the Stuart C. Gildren Family YMCA in Solvang, participated
in a Sock Walk the week of Sept. 20 – 27.
The local YMCA participated
in a nationally held event called America on the Move Week, which encouraged
the community to get active. One of the events was the Sock Walk. Students
collected 75 pairs of socks and donated them to the Santa Barbara Rescue
Mission.
In other local YMCA news,
students enrolled in the YMCA’s Youth and Government program will spend
Veterans Day weekend (Nov. 13 – 15) at Camp Roberts just outside Paso
Robles, to meet with 2,000 other high school students participating in the
California Model Legislature and Court program.
Students will learn about
the various program areas so they can choose one in which to participate.
Program areas include:
Assembly/Senate Legislation; National Issues Commission; Jury Trial; Supreme
Court; Board of Education; Board of Equalization; Media; Page; Political
Parties; Governor’s Cabinet or campaigning/running for an elected office (Youth
Governor, Secretary of State, Chief Justice, etc).
Registration for the program
is available until Dec. 4. Youth and Government meetings are held Wednesday
evenings at the YMCA Childcare & Camp Site at Santa Ynez Elementary School
or at Santa Ynez Valley High School during lunch.
For those interested or to
register for the program, please call: (805) 686-2037 or pick up a registration
form at 900 N. Refugio Road in Santa Ynez. Scholarships are available through
the YMCA’s Campaign for Youth, the Orfalea Fund and the Santa Barbara Foundation.