Sactown Heroes give time and energy to beautify West Sacramento

by Yaminah Bailey
Youth Development Specialist,
West Sacramento Youth Resource Coalition

The Sactown Heroes are currently in the process of completing one of their Community Beautification Projects at the Senior Center located in West Sacramento. So far the group has had two planning meetings, which consisted of youth, adults, residents of the center, master gardeners and residents of the community. During these planning meetings the youth facilitated discussions and were able to create a map layout of the end product. Volunteers, including youth from the Sactown Heroes, have given their time and energy on four Saturdays to work on the project.

In the meantime, the Sactown Heroes have begun conducting planning meetings for their next Community Beautification Project at Riverbank Elementary, which will begin in late January.

The Sactown Heroes youth subcommittee was created in January 2006 during the creation of the West Sacramento Youth Resource Coalition. The Sactown Heroes were originally just a few youth who found interest in their community and began leading focus groups at various schools in the Washington Unified School District. The goal of these focus groups was to find out how youth felt about their community. Since then the Sactown Heroes have grown to more than 25 members. One main focus of this amazing group of young people is to develop leadership skills that will help them in the future. To learn more, visit the West Sacramento Youth Resource Coalition Web site.

The West Sacramento Youth Resource Coalition is a REACH Community Action coalition.