Swanton Recreation
• Register Now •

Youth Leadership Program

Swanton Recreation Youth Leadership Program
To provide leadership opportunities to the youth in our community, while empowering them to activate and amplify their voice. 

Youth leadership opportunities at Swanton Recreation ensure that youth feel valued as a community member while supporting a sense of purpose and responsibility through a civic lens. We build and facilitate opportunities with youth, by accommodating each youth's unique and diverse needs while integrating their input into initiatives aimed at supporting youth mental and physical health.

Swanton Recreation’s approach to youth leadership opens doors and opportunities for youth to be partners in decision making and governance and become more civically engaged. Swanton Recreation collaborates with the MVSD School district, community partners, local municipalities and local businesses to cultivate a youth-adult partnership to help youth develop skills in leadership, facilitation, team work, workforce skill development, personal accountability, critical thinking, community engagement all while building a sense of compassion, confidence and pride. 
  • Builds strong relationships between youth and adults — creating confidence that youth are not alone, that people care about them
  • Introduces young people to new activities, ideas, and concepts — expanding their horizons, helping to create a new vision for their future
  • Engages young people in challenging activities — building self-confidence which they carry with them into challenging real-life situations
  • Empowers young people to take leadership roles in their schools and communities
  • Engages young people in community service — building self-efficacy so they see that they can make a difference
  • Introduces the concept of college early — allowing them to see this as a realistic goal and showing them how to achieve this goal
Examples of opportunities for Teens Leaders Swanton Recreation:
  • Counselor in Training (ages 13-15) , Day Camp Counselor (ages 15-18)
  • Community Service opportunities
  • Passion/ Legacy Project Development
  • Peer Mentoring
  • Advisory Groups
  • Youth Event Planning
  • Participatory Budgeting
  • Youth Council


 Return to Programs    View All Activities


Share This Page: