Matching Youths with Summer Opportunities
“…the focus: … connecting the youth we work with to real and concrete summer programs.”
On Thursday, June 18th, Aikido Kenkyukai Santa Barbara Executive Director Lia Suzuki participated in a 90-minute Summit called Building Community Connections: Gang Violence – Matching Youths with Summer Opportunities. The summit was organized by the Nonprofit Support Center and was held at the Goleta Valley Community Center. The group consisted of representatives from local nonprofit organizations dedicated to reducing violence in Santa Barbara. Aikido Kenkyukai Santa Barbara was one of those groups.
The summit provided each organization with a chance to introduce themselves and briefly describe their work and their needs. Some groups had children whom they were trying to place in summer programs. Others had programs they were offering for children. Some groups had both. Also, funding groups were represented to inform everyone about scholarship possibilities.
Lia Suzuki, Aikido Kenkyukai Santa Barbara’s Executive Director and Head Instructor gave a short presentation, letting the other groups know that we have 2 sponsored openings for an underprivileged or at-risk youth and that we could welcome as many as 20 more children if funding is provided for them.
If you know a youth who you think would benefit from our programs or if you would like to sponsor a youth, please call 805-870-5437.
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