Welcome
to the Western Youth Network blog!
Friends of the network affectionately call us WYN for short, so feel
free to do the same. To introduce
ourselves, we would love to share with you a little about each of the programs
we have to help the kids here in the High Country of Boone, North Carolina and
what we are all about.
First,
you should know that WYN no longer serves just Watauga County as was our former
purpose but we serve Watauga, Avery, Ashe, Wilkes, Alleghany, and Mitchell
counties. We
are passionate about serving these communities and making a difference in the
lives of kids and their families.
One
program WYN offers is an After School Program where the kids go to get help
with homework, play games, make friends, and spend time with their mentors. The next program is our Mentoring Program where
youth are matched with a mentor who spends at least two hours a week with the
youth for at least one year. Our
Prevention Program uses evidence based practices to lessen and setback the
start of early substance use and abuse here in western North Carolina. Additionally, youth can participate in our 5-week
day camp Summer Program where they travel on daily adventures to learn self
awareness, leadership and social skills.
Again,
we welcome you to the WYN blog! We hope
that you will give us feedback as you are welcome to comment below; we would
love to hear your stories and questions.
Please post any questions you have to our Facebook page and we will
answer them on air on our radio segment, Wednesdays with WYN on AM
1450 WATA and NewsTalk 1200 WXIT.
Join us as we raise a
community!
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