YLDI Participatory Citizenship Project
The Youth Leadership Development Institute’s Participatory Citizenship Project offers 25
eleventh graders from public, private, and home schools located throughout Ulster County
an empowerment opportunity to develop life connections to assist them in their career
development and increase their civic leadership knowledge and commitments. UlsterCorps
is currently mentoring two students from Rondout Valley High School.
HARVESTING A LIFETIME Summer Youth Workshop
During July and August of 2009, UlsterCorps provided employment placement for five youth
through the Summer Youth Employment Program at the Seven21 Media Center to work with
existing Harvesting a Lifetime footage. Volunteer videographers and teachers trained the
youth in media, editing, interviewing and job-readiness skills. UlsterCorps collaborated with
Ulster County Office of Employment & Training Summer Youth Employment Program, Family
of Woodstock’s JustConnect Teen Outreach Program, Second Chance4Me, and Seven21
Media Center which supplied the facilities for this project. Staffing was all volunteer, the use
of equipment donated, and individual donations received covered the costs of materials.
ULSTERCORPS CELEBRATION OF SERVICE QUILT
The UlsterCorps Celebration of Service Quilt honors the enormous contribution volunteers
have made throughout Ulster County to better our community. The project engages both
long-term quilters and young people, fostering inter-generational communication through a
collaborative art project to recognize and remember those who have volunteered, to educate
about the importance of service, and to inspire others to become more involved. We will be
reaching out across the county to schools, agencies, quilting groups, businesses, civic and
religious organizations. A Virtual Quilt will also be available on our website.
