Project Connect
“Connecting Youth and Their Community”
Program Goals
 Connect youth to structured volunteer opportunities- Connect community organizations and businesses to a program that provides a vehicle for them to provide structured youth service opportunities
- Connect interested youth to a centralized program
- Connect youth with educational opportunities in the area of leadership and life skills that complement their formal education
- Connect youth and their community
- Connect participants with local opportunities for future employment, encouraging youth to choose Tipton as their adult home
- Connect youth with an opportunity to earn a Certificate of Leadership and Service, providing substance to scholarship and college applications
Program Overview: A one semester program for Tipton County juniors and seniors, incorporating both service learning hours and leadership and life skills educational opportunities. Students successfully completing the course will receive a Certificate of Leadership and Service.
 Program Specifics:
- Participants will volunteer a minimum of4 hours per week (17 week course)
- Participants will attend at least 5 of the6 leadership and life skills sessions
- The Colors Personality Profile
- Conflict Management
- Money Management and Time Management
- Interviewing Skills and Phone Skills
- Manners and Etiquette
- “World of Work” (include local professionals to talk about opportunities in our community)
- A social event will be held at least one time during each certification session
- A Graduation ceremony will be held to present certificates
For more information, please contact Penny Lee, Manager of the Tipton Hospital Foundation at 765-675-8214 or plee@tds.net.
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