| Location | Milpitas / Alviso |
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The early teenage years in a bustling, sprawling and fast-paced area like ours can seem like a wasteland of inspiration once the school year is over. Long gone are the days of spending time with your neighborhood friends playing kickball on the street or heading to the creek to catch frogs. Kids are glued to video games and text messaging, socializing only through these means while their busy parents keep the same pace making a living in this expensive area. And seemingly at the age of 12, there are no neighborhood camps that are interesting for kids or even meant for their age. At 13 or so, unless you have wealthy parents who can afford to send you to a camp in the mountains, you can only look forward to 1-2 weeks at the most of a summer vacation with your family. The rest of the summer is largely unplanned and leaves parents feeling sometimes helpless and even guilty for not being able to offer kids alternatives that truly help them refuel in fun and productive ways.
So here's what I would like to do about this. I want to gather a group of talented leaders who can assist me in creating at least 2-3 summer events this year that are unlike anything available in the South Bay. They will range from a couple of hours in length to full day events especially created for kids 13-17 years old. Some of the topics covered would be cooking/nutrition, yoga/meditation, nonviolent communications, cultural awareness & appreciation, creating flow for a more joyful life, making more meaningful friendships & being a good friend, understanding today's media & social communities, understanding your unique gifts & how to turn them into lifelong happiness, what you and your friends can do to save our planet.
Please write if you feel you have talents to contribute in this area. Explain your availability and whether you would be able to meet on a regular basis to organize the events. I'm excited to see what this intention brings and the special souls that can come together to create something that is badly needed in the world today. The youth are our future. Before we know it they will be old enough to be on their own. There is much we can do to nurture them at this critical stage where they begin to reach out to others, sometimes losing their way and limiting their potential. Our fragile world needs their help and there is much we can do to help them.
So here's what I would like to do about this. I want to gather a group of talented leaders who can assist me in creating at least 2-3 summer events this year that are unlike anything available in the South Bay. They will range from a couple of hours in length to full day events especially created for kids 13-17 years old. Some of the topics covered would be cooking/nutrition, yoga/meditation, nonviolent communications, cultural awareness & appreciation, creating flow for a more joyful life, making more meaningful friendships & being a good friend, understanding today's media & social communities, understanding your unique gifts & how to turn them into lifelong happiness, what you and your friends can do to save our planet.
Please write if you feel you have talents to contribute in this area. Explain your availability and whether you would be able to meet on a regular basis to organize the events. I'm excited to see what this intention brings and the special souls that can come together to create something that is badly needed in the world today. The youth are our future. Before we know it they will be old enough to be on their own. There is much we can do to nurture them at this critical stage where they begin to reach out to others, sometimes losing their way and limiting their potential. Our fragile world needs their help and there is much we can do to help them.
