Happening tonight: Southwest Healthy Youth Partnership

Because we publish in “blog format,” always the newest item on top, breaking news sometimes pushes other important stories down the page (a lot like our former work in TV news, where a certain story may be an upcoming newscast’s planned “lead” till something big happens just before news time, and suddenly that former “lead” doesn’t see air till five minutes in). This happened on Saturday – we had just published this item about the Southwest Healthy Youth Partnership and the survey it’s hoping all West Seattle parents will take, when we found out – via a Twitter message from a West Seattleite – about the Southcenter shooting, which dominated the news here and elsewhere the rest of the night. So we want to remind you about that survey again (take it here, right now) — part of a unique effort to fight childhood/teen drinking — and reiterate the invitation to a meeting tonight: The Southwest Healthy Youth Partnership needs more people power to help West Seattle kids stay booze-free; bring your ideas and interest to the Southwest Library branch tonight (Tuesday), 6-8 pm (or if you can’t go but would like to find out more, e-mail Renae Gaines, rtgaines@seattleschools.org).

1 Reply to "Happening tonight: Southwest Healthy Youth Partnership"

  • MLJ November 25, 2008 (9:45 am)

    In case you missed it yesterday, the funding for the Delridge skatepark construction was cut from the 09-10 budget.

    As long as the Mayor and the City keep prioritizing things like skateparks in the South end below projects like extending the Burke-Gilman trail, the kids and parents in the South end will continue to face these challenges.

    Especially during tough times, we need to invest in our young people. This was a bad call by the Mayor and the Budget Committee.

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