Come one, Come all!
There is something for everyone and you will be
supporting Williston's Youth in the process!
Small gestures can go a long way towards making children, youth and families feel important. YOU can play an essential role in asset building by being a good role model, letting young people know that they are valued members of the community and developing caring relationships with all. It is Healthy Williston...Healthy Youth’s goal to grow Williston into a community that has strong values, valued youth, and responsible community members. To weave asset building into the fabric of the community life, it needs to be reinforced everywhere. That means in homes, schools, congregations, places of employment, clubs. Everywhere. For healthy development to occur for all children and youth, we need to rebuild communities where people and organizations feel connected, engaged, responsible, and committed to young people.*
the Five Action Strategies Creating a World Where All
for Transforming Communities and Society:
Young People Are Valued and Thrive
- Engage adults from all walks of life to develop sustained, strength-building relationships with children and adolescents, both within families and in neighborhoods.
- Mobilize young people to use their power as asset builders and change agents. This means listening to their input and including them in decision making.
- Activate sectors of the community-such as schools, congregations, businesses, and youth, human service, and health-care organizations-to create an asset-building culture and to contribute fully to young people’s healthy development.
- Invigorate programs to become more asset rich and to be available to and accessed by all children and youth.
- Influence civic decisions by influencing decision makers and opinion leaders to leverage financial, media, and policy resources in support of this positive transformation of communities and society.
