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Youth council hits the ground running after late start January 15, 2018, 8:27 amYouth Mayor McKell McIntyre and the 25 members of the youth council had a late start to their year after the previous adviser was unable to continue, current adviser and former city council member Stephanie Martinez said. (The youth council's other adviser is Amy Augustus.) The youth, ages 14 to 18, are currently wrapping up their Sub for Santa program which provides Christmas gifts for local families who are unable to do so this year. The youth council holds fundraisers throughout the year including a duck derby at the Family Festival, Halloween activities and bingo at the city's birthday party to help fund the program. During the city's recent Santa Party, youth council members set up a donation table where attendees could donate to the Sub for Santa. Martinez said the youth had to overcome some difficulties after their fall car wash fundraiser was rained out. Their Halloween haunted maze which is usually held in the creek bed at Heritage Park had to be moved after they discovered there was water in the creek bed this year. After they were turned down by the city council in their request for an Instagram account, the youth prepared a presentation which recently convinced council members to change their minds. The new account will be active shortly, Martinez said. Upcoming activities include Youth City Council Day at the Capitol during the state legislative session and a springtime Color Week (date TBD) to highlight teen suicide, depression and bullying. Beginning in February council members will start stuffing Easter eggs for the city's Easter egg hunt and youth Easter egg hunt. The new youth council was sworn in on November 21. Youth council members are Lydia Pope, Hallie Martinez, Tyson Augustus, Giulia Ribeiro, Brinley Hancock, Sam Kimball,Tom Osborne, Nate Balzen, Kaylee Balzen, Chynna Hartle, Lindsey Richardson, Jake Richardson, Kylee Wunder, Erica Tovey, Kylie Fromm, Elizabeth Cole, Nathan Jackman, Ethan Rasmussen, Paige Prosser, Sadie Finch, Oakley Beeson, Alex Qian, Shayla Powell, Katie Lawerence and Samuel Murdock. Applications for youth city council are accepted in the spring and are available on the city website. The community news source for Eagle Mountain Utah, Saratoga Springs Utah, Lehi Utah, American Fork Utah, Highland Utah, Alpine Utah, and The Cedar Valley, including Cedar Fort Utah and Fairfield Utah. Copyright 2024 The Crossroads Journal LLC. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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