Area Partnerships for Success youth and adults work together to try to help solve some of the problems
and issues that our local youth experience.
For example, the group made it possible for our free local Summer Outdoor
Activities and Recreation (S.O.A.R.) program to continue.
*read on for more on the S.O.A.R. program
Jamestown Area Family Resource Center Bi-Monthly Immunization Clinic
The Greene County Combined Health District offers as a bi-monthly childhood
immunization clinic the third Wednesday of even numbered months
(February, April, June, August, October and December) from 2:30 –
3:30 in the center office. No appointment is necessary and no one will be
refused due to inability to pay. This clinic is open to all Greene County residents.
Jamestown Community Band (J.T. Band)
Jamestown’s own adult community band, continues to practice and entertain on a
regular basis for local nursing homes, churches, organizations and special events.
If you or someone you know would like to join the band or schedule the group for a
performance, please call Gene Pummel at (937) 675-8961.
Donations of Garage Sale/Yard Sale Leftovers
This year the center started a project to help area families in need (at no cost
to them) by taking in garage and yard sales leftovers. The response was overwhelming!
Thank you to everyone who made donations. As the saying goes “be careful what
ask for…you might receive it”, we have so many donated items that we are now in need
of a place to store them. We as now asking, begging and hoping for donated
storage space for these items.
The best-case scenario would be to have space large
enough to relocate the family resource center office, which ran out of space a long time ago, and have
space enough to store donated items (clothes, shoes, blankets, kitchen items, household items, toys (Toys
for Tots) leftovers, youth program equipment and supplies, etc.) and enough space to office a place
for area youth to work on volunteer projects (sorting, cleaning, organizing donated items) and to have a
place to be creative (arts, crafts, music, etc.), play games, and do homework (assisted by homework
help volunteers). The possibilities would be endless with enough space. Please
contact the center office, if you would like to help solve the storage and/or
resource center space issue.
Local School Supply Project
The center is part of a local effort to assist Greeneview
school children in need, through a local school supply project. If you
would like to assist with school supplies and/or book bags for the beginning or school or any
time during the school year, please contact the center office or drop items off school supplies at one of the
local participating churches or drop items off at the center office (please call first to make sure staff will
be in the office).
Summer Outdoor Activities and Recreation (S.O.A.R.)
The center successfully completed the seventh year in
offering area children free activities, games, arts &
crafts, snacks and two great party days, which included a cookout with lots of food and fun.
We would like to thank: the Jamestown McDonalds for donating all of our ice, cups
and drink mix, Schwans for donating the ice cream for our parties, the Jamestown
Presbyterian Church and Jamestown Partnerships for Success (P.F.S.) youth advisory board for
their monetary donations and to the parents of the
participants who donated food for the program. Most of all, we would like to thank the adult and high school leaders, as
well as a few junior high students, who volunteered their time to plan, run and supervise the program and prepare
snacks.
