Back by popular demand, and in a larger venue, the Staff Council Work+Life Committee will offer the second annual “Youth Summer Program Presentation” Thursday, April 2, from noon to 1 p.m. in SUB Lobo Rooms A-B. Light refreshments will be provided.
Each summer, working parents and guardians face the challenge of identifying quality childcare and youth enrichment experiences for dependants. In 2008, UNM’s Work+Life Committee responded by bringing in local professionals to share information about the variety of summer programs available to families.
“The response to the first presentation was incredible. We had parents spilling out the doors at the event so we knew we would have to offer it annually and in a larger room to accommodate employees and students,” said Karin Retskin, Staff Council administrator.
Presenters will include Trish Heaton of UNM Human Resources Client Services who organizes UNM’s Summer Helper Program, which provides campus employment opportunities to high school students.
Naomi Sandweiss, youth program supervisor for the UNM Division of Continuing Education, and Riann Powell, cultural activities coordinator for the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library System, are among other presenters.
Also speaking are representatives of the YMCA, City of Albuquerque Parks and Recreation Department and Albuquerque Biological Park.
Prized editions of the New Mexico Kids Magazine outlining an updated array of summer youth programs, camps and schools in Albuquerque, Rio Rancho and the East Mountain area will be distributed.
For more information, call 277-1532 or e-mail scouncil@unm.edu.
Posted by scarr at March 23, 2009 03:27 PM