MINTO YOUTH ACTION COUNCIL

The Minto Youth Action Council (MYAC) gives the Town of Minto Council recommendations and input about issues that youth face in the community, along with suggestions to make improvements for local youth to have a great experience living in Minto!

Their main projects include:

Advising the Town of Minto about recreation issues affecting teens
Planning and participating in events and activities, such as teen dances, the Santa Claus Parade, Youth Week and more
Providing new ideas for recreation programs
Promoting teen programs and events

The Minto Youth Action Council (MYAC) consists of 15 members (and growing)! Regular meetings take place every 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month from 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. at the Youth Space located in LaunchIt Minto downtown Harriston.

Meetings are informal so come as you are, bring your friends and ideas, and help us build our community to reflect what our youth need! All youth between the ages of 13 - 19 are welcome!

MINTO YOUTH ACTION COUNCIL

Vision Statement:

The Minto Youth Action Council is working towards creating a positive environment for youth in our community to be empowered, use their voices and create meaningful change.

Mandate:

1. Create spaces for youth to hang out.
2. Raise awareness about opportunities to get involved in the community.
3. Raise awareness about the issues that youth in Minto are facing.
4. Encourage youth to “stay” local when it comes to events, programs, etc.
5. Advocate for youth issues by forging partnerships with common organizations.
6. Working with different organizations.
7. Recognize and support diversity in Minto.
8. Working on community betterment projects.

Adult Allies: Taylor Keunen & Megan Raftis

Contact: youth@town.minto.on.ca

Meetings:

Every 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month from 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. at the Youth Space located in LaunchIt Minto, downtown Harriston.

YOUth Should Know

The Minto Youth Action Council has installed three new “YOUth Should Know” youth community boards, located in the main entrances of all three Minto arenas (Clifford, Harriston and Palmerston).

The blue and green cork boards are hung on the wall to be a destination for all youth-related materials to be posted. The Minto Youth Action Council (MYAC) encourages the community to make use of the boards so that youth have a destination to learn about what is available for them in the community.

MYAC will also use the boards to share information pertaining to all of their future events, workshops, volunteer opportunities and more. They also encourage Minto youth to take a look at the new “YOUth Should Know” boards and take advantage of the new resource.