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Ithaca Youth Bureau Wins Quality Youth Sports Program Award

 

Each year the New York State Recreation and Park Society presents a series of awards to honor and recognize people and organizations in the parks and recreation field.The Ithaca Youth Bureau Recreation Department has been awarded the Quality Youth Sports Award. The Department is recognized for their child-centered recreational sports philosophy and mission, training programs for coaches, referees and coordinators and resources for parents, all aimed at providing positive and safe experiences for all youth.

The IYB Recreation Department offers youth sport leagues and lessons year round that emphasize personal enjoyment and skill building.The focus is on teaching skills (sport skills, cooperation, sportsmanship, teamwork, and responsibility), practicing previously developed skills and making friends all while having fun. Children in Ithaca and the surrounding area participate in Rotary Soccer, Kiwanis Baseball, Dessie Jacobs Softball, Small Fry Football, Girls and boys Lacrosse, basketball leagues and more.  Many programs are offered through the Recreation Partnership, a unique alliance of 10 municipalities and Tompkins County that is entering its 17th year. An awards banquet will be held on March 26, 2012 at the New York State Recreation and Park Society Annual conference in Saratoga, NY.

 

The IYB is currently accepting registrations for spring sport leagues, lessons and other programs.  For more information on the Recreation Department and how to get involved go to the IYB's Rec Dept homepage.



December 2011 - Awards

The Ithaca Youth Bureau's College Discovery Program (CDP) was recognized at the Cornell University Town-Gown Awards and Recognition Ceremony on Saturday, December 3, 2011 for their over one year collaboration with Laurel Southard and her colleagues within the office of Undergraduate Research and the Cornell Institute for Biology teachers at Cornell University to increase middle-schoolers experiences with science concepts and people who study science.

The collaboration has been between local middle school students who are part of the CDP and college students and educators at Cornell and involves meeting regularly on campus to participate in hands-on science activities not typically experienced in a middle-school classroom. Last semester a group of CDP students had the opportunity to examine and dissect cow hearts (they loved it!) and recently the students studied their own DNA.

The College Discovery Program is a long-term mentoring and academic support program. The mission of CDP is to encourage and support access to higher education through academic and social opportunities for underrepresented students enrolled in the Ithaca City School District.

To volunteer as a mentor or tutor with the College Discover Program contact:  Linda Cimakasky Barr at LCBARR@cityofithaca.org.

 Also, the Ithaca Youth Council was awarded by Sustainable Tompkins, the premiere non-profit organization dedicated to advancing regional sustainability, for a "two-part workshop called "EntrepreWhat?!", organized by the Ithaca Youth Council, was designed to help youth understand the basics of entrepreneurship and discover local successful models."

Aug. 24, 2011 article in the Ithaca Journal -

The fourth annual Roll for Kids' Sake event, featuring roller skating and tips from local roller derby team members, will raise funds for One-to-One Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ithaca...

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November 29, 2010 edition of Tompkins Weekly -

Everybody can use a friend, right? The Friends of the Ithaca Youth Bureau is a new non-profit organization with the mission of promoting positive, engaging opportunities for youth by raising community awareness of and building financial support for the services and programs of the Ithaca Youth Bureau (IYB).

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