Handz On Hope!
Youth Go Green is seven weeks in the summer where your child’s creativity, innovation, and problem-solving skills are challenged and developed in fun and exciting ways. Our top priority is to inspire future innovators and build their confidence in the natural ability to dream and create. Some of the activities they will do include; sewing, making clocks, making lamps, upcycling old furniture.
They will raise money for school supplies while learning about opening a bank account, budgeting, and saving money. Children are presented with hands-on challenges that are fun and encourage creative problem solving, teamwork, entrepreneurship, and innovation. Youth Go Green is led by experienced local community members and new curriculum is introduced each year!
Find the brochures below. For ages 5-13.
Start date: June 26, 2017
End date: August 18, 2017.
Cost: $50 a week. Breakfast and lunch will be included.
Location:
Bethel AME Cultural Center
512 East Strawberry Street
Lancaster, PA
17602
Youth Go Green
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Programs
Handz On Hope runs two summer programs that are great to teach the youth of Lancaster County the importance of recycling, and upcycling materials in their communities.
If you have questions, please call Schirlyn Kamara at 717.224.8469.
Handz On! Teen Master Recycling
Handz On! Teen Master Recycling 60 hour after school training program offers participants an in-depth study of solid waste management including waste reduction, composting, up cycling and recycling. This program is for teenagers aged 14-18.
Goals
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Provide comprehensive training in solid waste management, recycling and up-cycling to teens who will work for Youth Go Green Summer Camp.
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Provide comprehensive training in solid waste management and related sustainability issues.
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Increase overall understanding and participation in all SOLID WASTE DISTRICT programs.
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Improve teen trainees’ knowledge and skills to advocate for recycling and sustainability in their community and schools.
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Empower participants to reduce waste.
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Culture productive partnerships with participants.
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Develop volunteer educators that can represent the Handz On Hope organization and its mission, and provide mentoring service learning in after school programs and volunteer opportunities for participants.
Lecture Sessions
Topics to be addressed include:
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Waste reduction ideas and methods
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Material reuse, composting and local programs
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Careers in Recycling
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Recycling processes, programs and commodities
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Waste and history of waste management
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Household hazardous waste management and substituting green alternatives
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Solid waste management programs and services
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Electronics, organic and other specialty recycling
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Away from home recycling: event, office, business, institutions and school recycling
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Manufacturing with recycled content
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Marketing and promotion of recycling and up cycling programs and businesses
Lectures will include at least one guest speaker or panel of experts. They will incorporate warm up activity, upcycling project, active participation in weekly topic and discussion on previous take home actions.
Upon completing the Handz On! Teen Master Recycler Course, all participants will complete a course evaluation and receive a certificate. If they have a successful completion of the program they will be able to apply for summer employment or volunteer opportunities as mentors/advocates.
Consider becoming a volunteer or intern with Handz On Hope! You will impact your community and the world at large by becoming part of a growing group of courageous and compassionate individuals. Our volunteers desire to improve the lives of people in Lancaster every day. We currently use sewing skills and sewing machine repair training as a our platform to teach participants many aspects of entrepreneurship.
They are the following:
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human resources
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employee development
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accounting
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payroll training
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product development/design
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branding
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material sourcing
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management
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online selling of goods produced
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social media marketing
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grant writing
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distribution techniques
We are expanding to the Nimble Thimble on Market Street for our advanced sewing and machine repair training academy. We will also be using this space as a retail boutique to sell our upcycled products. We will still have a location at Bethel AME for beginner sewers and classes for children and teens.