Burlington YMCA Black Youth In Action program aids local students [Video]

TO ATTEND A FILM SCREENING”. THEY NEED 220 DOGS TO DO IT. NOW TO A POSITIVE MOMENT… WHEN A GROUP OF STUDENTS WERE CAUGHT SNEAKING INTO THE BURLINGTON Y-M-C-A. THE RESPONSE FROM LEADERSHIP THERE WAS INNOVATIVE AND UNEXPECTED. NBC5’S MADELEINE AHMADI TELLS US WHAT HAPPENED BASKETBALL ENCOURAGEMENT AFTER NOTICING THAT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE USING THE Y-M-C- A GYM WITHOUT A MEMBERSHIP… WELLNESS PROGRAM COORDINATOR JERVAUGHN SCALES INVITED THE STUDENTS TO WORKOUT FOR FREE BUT WITH ONE RULE… THEY MUST ATTEND A MONTHLY MEETING… AND PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE <11;06;08;05 – 11;06;35;20 JERVAUGHN SCALES, WELLNESS PROGRAM COORDINATOR THE PROGRAM HAS GROWN TO 24 KIDS, YOUNG WOMEN AND BOYS, YOUNG MEN. AND SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES WE DO, WE VOLUNTEER, WE DO COMMUNITY EVENTS, A COUPLE OF THE COMMUNITY EVENTS WE DID IN THE PAST WAS, PAINTBALL. WE WENT TO GREAT ESCAPE. WE DID TAKE PEEK. WE WENT, ESCAPE ROOM, LASER …