In the News

NEW! View a video compilation on the Team in Faith website of the 2008 Yolo Youth Triathlon, co-sponsored by the Woodland Youth Council!
 

Please click here for various reports that provide information on the state of Woodland youth.
 

Second edition of Yolo Family Resource Center youth newspaper hot off the presses

Yolo FRC Youth News
Monday, August 16, 2010

A group of a dozen young people have authored and collected original articles, stories and poems and published the second edition of the Yolo FRC Youth News, with the tagline "Our Voice en Dos Idiomas." Click here to download the paper, or e-mail Lupita Gomez to request hard copies on newsprint.

Teens tackle blight at Woodland's Willow Spring Elementary school

Woodland Daily Democrat
Saturday, July 17, 2010

Every day, motorists entering Woodland from the Gibson Road exit of Highway 113 are greeted by a terrific example of urban blight developing at the former site of Willow Springs Elementary School.

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Cesar Chavez's grandson talks with Midtown students

Davis Enterprise / Woodland Daily Democrat
Tuesday, June 15, 2010

The grandson of farm worker, labor leader and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez paid a visit to Midtown Community School in Woodland on May 27, imploring students to foster relationships with one another based on commonalities instead of rivalries.

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Youth Media Forum For Social Change, Live in Sacramento - At The KCRA Studios

Sacramento Press
Thursday, June 3, 2010

Set-up began early – at 7:30 a.m., with student volunteers folding t-shirts, organizing registration sign-in sheets and setting up signs that would soon direct the Youth Media Forum for Social Change audience members to the registration area.

Youth telling stories through social media

HealthyCal.org
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

On Saturday, May 22, more than 100 youth and adults attended the Youth Media Forum for Social Change at the KCRA Channel 3 Studios in Sacramento.

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Habitat for Humanity picks families for Heidrick Ranch duplex

Woodland Daily Democrat
Sunday, May 16, 2010

Habitat for Humanity Yolo County is pleased to announce the Board of Directors has selected 2 families -- Teresa Allen, and Agustin Villalobos and his wife Caritina Mendez [parents of Woodland Youth Council alumnus Norman Villalobos] -- for homeownership in the Heidrick Ranch duplex in Woodland.

Extra, Extra! Yolo Family Resource Center youth newspaper arrives

Yolo FRC Youth News
Wednesday, April 14, 2010

A group of a dozen young people have authored and collected original articles, stories and poems and published their inaugural edition of the Yolo FRC Youth News, with the tagline "Our Voice en Dos Idiomas." Click below to download the paper, or e-mail Lamar Heystek to request hard copies on newsprint.

Woodland high school students talk budget solutions

Woodland Daily Democrat
Friday, March 19, 2010

Pioneer and Woodland High school students participated in a budget discussion at the Woodland Joint Unified School District offices Wednesday evening.

Youth meet to discuss school budget cuts

Woodland Daily Democrat
Thursday, March 11, 2010

On Wednesday, March 17, Woodland Joint Unified School District officials are hosting an event with the Woodland Coalition for Youth, Yolo Family Resource Center and Youth Development Network to discuss the impact of the statewide budget crisis on programs affecting youth in Woodland.

Teen pregnancy rates fall across the state

The California Aggie
Thursday, March 4, 2010

Fewer teens are becoming young mothers, as births by teenage mothers have dropped to a record low in California.

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