In recognition of Community Service Month, the Mayor’s Youth Council is committed to increasing youth volunteerism.  In addition to establishing a community service registry, the Council is encouraging participation in community service projects and has created a community service registry with a listing of agencies that are seeking teen volunteers. The Council also conducted outreach to youth groups to inform them of special events requiring volunteers. One such event was Make A Difference Day, the most encompassing national day of helping others.  This year, “the national day of doing good” occurred on Saturday, October 22^nd at the Salvation Army where members of the Mayor's Youth Council organized a Halloween party for Bank Street Neighborhood kids.  The Mayor’s Youth Council is encouraging groups to organize their own community service projects.
 

(Top row, left) Fre Johnson has one of the children stick his hand into a box to see if he can identify its contents without looking. (Top row, center) Sasha Johnson creates balloon animals for the children. (Top row, right) Erin Bentley, Jordan Harrop and Erin Foley prepare hanging donuts for a donut eating contest. (Middle row, left) Sarah Karam and Erin Foley assist the contestants. (Bottom row, left) Sasha Johnson announces Travis Tillman in sumo costume, one of  the contestants in the costume contest, while Bank Street Neighborhood Association President Natalie Mello and June Carver from the Salvation Army applaud. (Bottom row, center) Erin Foley, Erin Bentley and Jasiel Correia II judge the finalists and award prizes to the contestants.