From sarena@u.washington.edu Sat Nov 8 18:38:45 1997 Received: from jason05.u.washington.edu (root@jason05.u.washington.edu [140.142.78.6]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id SAA28452 for ; Sat, 8 Nov 1997 18:38:45 -0800 Received: from homer27.u.washington.edu (sarena@homer27.u.washington.edu [140.142.77.7]) by jason05.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id SAA30456 for ; Sat, 8 Nov 1997 18:38:44 -0800 Received: from localhost (sarena@localhost) by homer27.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.04) with SMTP id SAA17950 for ; Sat, 8 Nov 1997 18:38:43 -0800 Date: Sat, 8 Nov 1997 18:38:43 -0800 (PST) From: Casey Bui To: ccp@u.washington.edu Subject: Fw: Greater Seattle Youth Hall of Fame Nominations close 11/16 (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 15:26:04 -0800 From: Philip Klein To: king-socserv@scn.org Subject: Fw: Greater Seattle Youth Hall of Fame Nominations close 11/16 > > From: Larry Sagen > > > > > > Give Gift of Acknowledgment! Nominate aYouth by 11/16! > > Please forward this to your local email distribution lists, list serves > and > > networks. Call me if you have questions, or nominate a youth online at > > (www.youthhall.com/documents/NomForm.html) Thanks. > > Larry Sagen > > November 1, 1997 > > > > > > > > Dear Friends Who Care About The Well Being of Children And Our Community, > > > > Good News, For A Change! > > We need your help! We offer you a free opportunity to "give a gift of > > acknowledgment" to young people you know who are giving life their best > and > > deserve some unsolicited recognition. A fifteen-minute time commitment > on > > your part to identify and nominate a youth has the power to positively > impact > > a young person for a lifetime. > > > > The Greater Seattle Youth Hall of Fame is launching our 1997-98 program. > This > > is not a competition of the best of the best! Our goal this year is to > > identify, recognize, and celebrate 500 "everyday youth who are being > > extraordinary in their own way." These are school-age children who are > taking > > positive action; giving back to and inspiring others at home, in school, > and > > in the community; and are living positive virtues like kindness, > compassion, > > personal courage, and integrity. > > > > If you know and/or work with children who fit these simple criteria, > lease > > take a few minutes to fill out the Youth Hall of Fame Acknowledgment Form > and > > answer the four questions that comprise the nominating statement. Feel > free > > to make copies of the form and pass them along to other people who also > know > > of deserving young people. Or go online > > www.youthhall.com/documents/NomForm.html. > > > > Please do not tell the young person of your acknowledgment. The element > of > > "positive" surprise is very powerful. It says to children that people > are > > watching and watching out for them. If the child meets the simple > criteria, > > s/he will receive a letter in January from the mayor informing them that > > someone noticed they are being a positive and inspirational role model. > > > > Each youth then chooses if s/he would like to be honored in this year's > Youth > > Hall of Fame by signing a pledge to mentor and support another young > person in > > their own way. If they take the pledge, they are given the opportunity > to > > design a tile that expresses something important that they would like to > be > > remembered for. These tiles are hand-etched, and will be used to > construct > > this year's Greater Seattle Youth Walls of Fame. Our plan is to build > one > > Wall in the Rainier Valley and one near Crossroads. > > > > Our Youth Board looks forward to reading your Acknowledgment Forms and > helping > > our community come together to embrace and celebrate our children. > Thanks for > > your love and for your support. > > > > With appreciation, > > > > > > > > Larry Sagen Anshu Wahi > > Executive Director Youth Board President > > > > > > PS. The Youth Board reads through each Acknowledgment Form and calls all > > > references. Although the closing date is November 16, 1997, please fill > out > > and submit your Acknowledgments as soon as possible so the Youth Board > doesn't > > get backed up. > > > > Larry Sagen > > Youth Hall of Fame Int'l > > Web: www.youthhall.org > > Email: youthhall@msn.com > > Tel: (206) 623-6770 > > Fax: (206) 623-6648 > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * From the Listowner * * * * * * * * * * * * .. To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to: majordomo@scn.org In the body of the message, type: unsubscribe king-socserv END .