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i ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: March 19, 2002 Action Agenda .Item No. �•-i SUBJECT: Scholarship Funding for Youth Leadership Conference �- DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Request for Scholarship Funding Sharron Hinton, ext. 2300 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To approve a request to fund scholarships for three youth and one adult leader to attend a leadership conference in San Antonio, Texas from April 4-7, 2002. BACKGROUND: Youth Creating Change, Inc. (YCC) is a youth-led and youth-run organization empowering today's youth to create positive change in their community. Established in June 1999, this organization has grown in membership from 8 to 35 members representing six different communities across Orange County. There are currently two clubs, the Chapel Hill/Carrboro Club and the Hillsborough/Cedar Grove Club. Plans are underway to organize a third club in the Efland area. The YCC programs provide leadership and economic development opportunities for youth. The leadership program provides hands-on training opportunities for youth to develop their skills in conducting effective meetings, networking, fundraising, planning, and membership recruitment. The economic development program works with the youth to create youth-owned businesses— building economic power while creating jobs. Accomplishments to date include: • Opening the first local youth-operated retail store. Located in Chapel Hill, this business provides youth with leadership and entrepreneurial skills, as well as employment. • Receipt of a $1,500 grant from the Funds for Southern Communities to provide an entrepreneurship-training program with the NC Minority Economic Development Institute. ■ Development of a business plan for a future arcade and entertainment center for youth. ■ Fundraising efforts totaling $12,000 toward the start-up costs associated with the arcade and entertainment center. ■ Receipt of a community service grant from the Wal-Mart Foundation to prepare holiday baskets for the elderly (45 baskets were distributed in six different neighborhoods).