By: Halle Mackert, YC Intern
This weekend Youth Challenge participants, volunteers, staff members, friends, and family celebrated the end of a great season at YC.
The whole YC parking lot was blocked off and made into an area to celebrate.
There was basketball, cornhole, a dunk tank, facepainting, tattoos, food, dancing, music, an area to chalk, and a watermelon eating contest. There was also a craft table set up where you first traced the outline of your hand onto old YC artwork, then you cut it out, and put it on block letters that said, “I ❤ YC” to make a collage. During the celebration, Chris got on top of the roof to take a picture of all participants and volunteers that were in a “YC” shape to commemorate the 41st summer of Youth Challenge. At the end of the night, a highlight video of the summer season was shown.
Sarah showing off her new tattoo.
Jalen waiting to see if his throw was enough to dunk Sarah.
I asked some participants what they loved most about this summer at YC:
- Megan B said, “I loved hanging with my best friends.”
- Chris: “I loved spending time with YC volunteers, staff, and participants.”
- When Andy was asked what he loved most about this summer he said, “ADA Day because seeing the whole city of Cleveland come together was awesome.”
- Caitlin’s favorite things about this summer were bowling and seeing her friends.
We can’t wait until next season!
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