YouthZone Film Festival Takes Students to New Heights News By Kate Phillips Published Sep. 21, 2022 Read The Sopris Sun article: Prepare to be inspired and entertained as student filmmakers from the Roaring Fork Valley and across the country take center stage...
Continue ReadingYouthZone Understands the Value of a Living Wage
By Jami Hayes YouthZone Understands the Value of a Living Wage YouthZone is a family first nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering positive youth development for teens and their families. We have been supporting 6- to 18-year-olds in the Western Slope...
Continue ReadingCommunity profile: Judge Paul Metzger reflects on his 20 years on Garfield County Court bench
A huge thank you to County Judge Paul Metzger for his dedication to YouthZone for so many years and the youth of our communities. Read the Post Independent‘s Community Profile article from August 28, 2022. From presiding over mock...
Continue ReadingYouthZone Brings Award Winning Filmmakers to 2022 Ascent Film Festival
By Carol Wolff YouthZone Brings Award Winning Filmmakers to 2022 Ascent Film Festival Emmy-nominated Katherine Roberts and award-winning filmmaker Rob Shearer will be mentoring 10 youth filmmakers. The talents of these young filmmakers will be showcased through video, animation, music,...
Continue ReadingYouth Substance Use and Mental Health is a Community Issue
by Michelle Lopez and Carmen Iacino Youth Substance Use and Mental Health is a Community Issue The mental health and wellbeing of Colorado youth often have a direct relation to substance use education, accessibility to helpful resources, and the...
Continue ReadingParenting is Difficult and You are Not Alone
By Tina Olson Parenting is Difficult and You are Not Alone Let’s start with the facts, parenting is difficult! And, far from what some may have you believe, there is no easy parenting situation. Parenting in a two-parent or nuclear...
Continue ReadingYouthZone Offering Teen Life Coaching as New Service
By Keith Berglund YouthZone Offering Teen Life Coaching as New Service The adolescent years are a time of transition on many levels. The changes that occur during this critical developmental period affect our biological, physical, psychological and behavioral areas of...
Continue ReadingCollaboration allows YouthZone to mesh services with local partners
By Airen Goodman Program and Outreach Coordinator A collaborative approach with community partners provides effective opportunities for early intervention with youth in our region. As YouthZone’s new Program and Outreach Coordinator, my goal is to create and implement new ideas...
Continue ReadingRestorative questions help deepen relationship with a child
By Mary Bess Bolling Restorative Justice Coordinator I was at work when I received the call from a school administrator that my daughter had bitten a boy on the playground. My kid bit someone!? I rocketed down the rabbit hole...
Continue ReadingStudents sought for new YouthZone advisory council
By Magdalena Palomares Youth Representative, YouthZone Board of Directors As a youth-facing organization, YouthZone prioritizes the voices of our region’s youth. For the last two years, I have held a spot on YouthZone’s Board of Directors as one of a succession...
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