NexGen

So tell me more about KVF-nexgen...

WHAT

Is “student run” (like college clubs are) but... has adult advisors to help as necessary
Face it... service projects aren’t easy to find - this provides 3 ways to be involved with community service projects:
1) participating in a few ‘outreach projects’ per year
2) participating in 1 or more fun fundraisers to raise additional $$ for the projects fund
3) if received - reviewing and selecting projects from other students/groups (great leadership activity – though... we haven’t done this yet)
Cross-cuts multiple schools and is not limited to working just with students from 1 school

WHY

Concept is to to have a young leaders leadership board as a spin-off of the Kuyahoora Valley Foundation
Made up of students from schools in/near the Kuyahoora Valley (WCV, Poland, Remsen, HP)
KVF provides some $ annually and they raise the rest to fund student led community service projects
Involvement in a community service group looks GREAT on college applications. Colleges STRESS community service in their pitches during tours – stands to reason they want kids that show an affinity to community service work... and might even entice them with more scholarship $$.

WHO

~3 students from 4 schools in the Kuyahoora Valley – targeting 10th and 11th graders (9th okay too)
Here’s a list of the schools as candidate students (if known) for our 2019-2020 KVF-NexGen team
- HP – Luke Kochan, Jon Schmitt, 2-3 more TBD
- Remsen – TBD
- WCV – Maggie Burdick, Adia Clarke, Maya Farber, 1-2 more TBD
- Poland – Isaiah Zuchowski, Sarah Zuchowski, 2-3 more TBD
1-3 year term – students select who has what role
Time commitment is ~3-4 hrs per month
Meet for a board mtg at least quarterly (monthly better) – target to have 1 or so events per quarter
Adult advisors: Matt Kochan (Barneveld), Lynn Farber (Newport), Lisa Farber (Newport), Leonora Foster (Newport), Teri Zuchowski (Poland)

Projects

Events

2022 KVF Junior Golf Tournament

Glass Hill Golf Club, Barneveld, NY

July 12, 2022