Resources
- Best practice resources and upcoming event information via email.
- Electronic Updates sent monthly with your agency's input included.
- Improved website provides a community calendar of events and links to member agencies.
Assistance
- Organizational development guidance and assistance.
- Collaborative funding proposal coordination and grant writing technical assistance.
- Cooperative planning for youth service programs and service evaluation.
Training
FMYSC sponsors a range of hour-long to multi-day training events to help your youth-serving organization build capacity to provide quality programs and services.
Convene ♦ Lead ♦ Support Community-wide initiatives
Benefits of joining FMYSC
- Get information on upcoming events, trainings, conferences, projects, and new initiatives.
- Learn more about other youth development activities in the city.
- Access to free materials and presentations on the assets framework, community development, and youth development.
- Connect with other youth serving agencies. Share what your organization is doing.
- Don't reinvent the wheel; find out how others are addressing the same concerns!
- Join a subcommittee of interest.
- Share your ideas on how to help our youth succeed!
- Meet and speak with youth that are making a difference!
- Be inspired, hear local success stories!
- Explore possibilities of partnerships.
- Be part of strategic planning for Fort Myers children and youth.
- Share the concerns, interests and needs of the children and families you work with. Discuss what areas are neglected, need more focus.
- Become known as a positive youth development based organization; get listed on the FMYSC website.
Reasons to join FMYSC as shared by our current members
- Networking opportunities
- Resource / information sharing
- Breadth of representation
- "One Voice"
- Involvement of youth
- Organized
- Great for people to give input to other organizations
- Many participating agencies
- Opportunity to share info and get to know each other
- Guiding the community to develop a plan for positive youth development
- A leader in youth development
- Strategic plan
- Pulled together youth serving organizations
- Working together, networking
- Strength based / Developmental Assets
- Grassroots, members
- Common direction - Community collaboration
- Youth-focused, common goal
- Easy access to info
- Supportive and effective staff
- Fun!!!!!!
Monthly meetings of the Fort Myers Youth Services Coalition are held at 9am the first Wednesday of each month. Monthly FMYSC meetings are held at Riverside Community Center.
Meetings and Events
Training Opportunities
Youth Opportunities
News and Information
For more information or to join
Contact FMYSC at 239-321-7544 or Shannon Lane at slane@cityftmyers.com
Resources
- Best practice resources and upcoming event information via email.
- Electronic Updates sent monthly with your agency's input included.
- Improved website provides a community calendar of events and links to member agencies.
Assistance
- Organizational development guidance and assistance.
- Collaborative funding proposal coordination and grant writing technical assistance.
- Cooperative planning for youth service programs and service evaluation.
Training
FMYSC sponsors a range of hour-long to multi-day training events to help your youth-serving organization build capacity to provide quality programs and services.
Convene ♦ Lead ♦ Support Community-wide initiatives
Benefits of joining FMYSC
- Get information on upcoming events, trainings, conferences, projects, and new initiatives.
- Learn more about other youth development activities in the city.
- Access to free materials and presentations on the assets framework, community development, and youth development.
- Connect with other youth serving agencies. Share what your organization is doing.
- Don't reinvent the wheel; find out how others are addressing the same concerns!
- Join a subcommittee of interest.
- Share your ideas on how to help our youth succeed!
- Meet and speak with youth that are making a difference!
- Be inspired, hear local success stories!
- Explore possibilities of partnerships.
- Be part of strategic planning for Fort Myers children and youth.
- Share the concerns, interests and needs of the children and families you work with. Discuss what areas are neglected, need more focus.
- Become known as a positive youth development based organization; get listed on the FMYSC website.
Reasons to join FMYSC as shared by our current members
- Networking opportunities
- Resource / information sharing
- Breadth of representation
- "One Voice"
- Involvement of youth
- Organized
- Great for people to give input to other organizations
- Many participating agencies
- Opportunity to share info and get to know each other
- Guiding the community to develop a plan for positive youth development
- A leader in youth development
- Strategic plan
- Pulled together youth serving organizations
- Working together, networking
- Strength based / Developmental Assets
- Grassroots, members
- Common direction - Community collaboration
- Youth-focused, common goal
- Easy access to info
- Supportive and effective staff
- Fun!!!!!!
Monthly meetings of the Fort Myers Youth Services Coalition are held at 9am the first Wednesday of each month. Monthly FMYSC meetings are held at Riverside Community Center.
Meetings and Events
Training Opportunities
Youth Opportunities
News and Information
For more information or to join
Contact FMYSC at 239-321-7544 or Shannon Lane at slane@cityftmyers.com