Lowell Spindle City Corps to Host Youth Summit
On Friday, Aug. 21, 2009 the Lowell Spindle City Corps will host a youth summit with the Mass Area Parks Student Career Intake Program as a celebration and gathering of approximately 150 members and team leaders of youth environmental programs from throughout New England. The Lowell Spindle City Corps is a partnership among Lowell National Historical Park and Community Teamwork, Inc. The Corps program benefits from National Park Service Youth Conservation Corps. The array of team members at the Summit are participants in summer programs with a hands-on focus toward completing environmental projects in urban settings as well as incorporating environmental education and leadership development into the curriculum.
Programs represented at the Summit include: The Lowell Spindle City Corps including the maintenance, youth theater and Artship teams, the Boston African American National Historic Site Trailblazers, Thompson Island Green Corps, Boston Harbor Islands NRA Ambassadors, Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation "Branching Out", and the Groundwork Trust Green Teams of, Lawrence and Somerville, MA and the Mass Area Parks Student Career Intake Program.
The event will begin at 10:00 am at Boarding House Park, French Street, Lowell and then move to the Tsongas Industrial History Center, 4th Floor of Boott Cotton Mills, 115 John Street, after lunch at 1:30 p.m.
Also planning to attend from the National Park Service Northeast Region: Mike Reynolds, Deputy Regional Director; Linda Canzanelli Associate Regional Director for Park Operations; and Robin Snyder, Volunteer and Youth Programs Coordinator.
For more information about this event, please contact Donna Richardson at Lowell National Historical Park, 978-970-5020 or e-mail us.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
