This week in Livingston, the teen group will be delivering their homemade valentines cards to the residents at Evergreen Care Center. We will meet at the library at 4pm and return at 5:30pm.
In Bozeman, the youth program participants will be creating and delivering homemade valentine’s cards to residents at Mountain View Care Center. We will meet first at the teen suite at the Hopa office at 10am and return at 1:30pm.
Any questions call Jamie at 586-2455.
This week in Livingston, our group will be getting creative again and making Valentines for the residents at Evergreen Health Center. We will meet at the public library from 4-5:30pm, come join us!
In Bozeman, we will be picking up the food at local’s homes in the bag that we dropped off last week. We will meet at 10am at the Hopa Office’s Teen Suite and finish up there at 1:30pm.
Any questions call Jamie at 586-2455.
This Wednesday in Livingston, we will be making creative cat toys to donate to the Stafford Animal Shelter. We will meet at the public library’s Teen Room from 4-5:30pm. In Bozeman, we will meet on Saturday at the Hopa Mountain Office Teen Suite at 10am. We will paint the town with food drive bags, that will hopefully be full next week when we pick them up. We will end at 1:30pm and lunch will be provided.
Questions or concerns? Contact Jamie at 586-2455 or jamiekdiehl@gmail.com.
In order to recruit more teens for the youth leadership program, we are having fun parties this week in both communities. Wednesday, we will meet in Livingston at the Teen Room in the library from 4-5:30pm. Saturday, we will meet in Bozeman from 12-3pm. Our teens invite your friends! We would love to see a bunch of new faces! Contact Jamie at 586-2455 with any questions.
This week we will take time out of our meeting time in Bozeman and Livingston to learn more about Martin Luther King, Jr. and celebrate his life. We will then brainstorm and plan for upcoming Spring service projects and activities, so make sure your there. Meeting in Livingston at the public library’s teen room from 4pm-5:30pm on Wednesday January 13th. We will meet in Bozeman on Saturday January 16th from 10am-1:30pm at the Hopa Mountain office meeting room (lunch will be provided). Come with your great ideas!
For our first program of the year on Saturday, January 9, we are going to Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park to learn more about this special place where we live – the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem – and what we can do to take care of it. We will meet Michael Leach, director of Yellowstone Country Guardians, there who will be our guide for the day.
On Saturday, January 9, a big yellow school bus will pick up Bozeman teens at 8 a.m. at the Hopa Mountain office, located at 234 E. Babcock, and will meet Livingston teens in the Albertsons parking lot at 9 a.m.
From Gardiner, we will enter Yellowstone National Park for a tour of Mammoth Hot Springs. Dress warmly, as we will be outdoors. Following the tour, we will head inside the Mammoth Hotel for a leadership presentation and a sack lunch. If weather permits, we will soak in the Boiling River afterwards, so bring a bathing suit and towel.
Please contact Jamie Diehl at 586-2455 or jamiekdiehl@gmail.com if you plan to participate in this YLP field trip.
This week will be the last week in 2009 that the Youth Leadership Programs will meet in Bozeman and Livingston. On Wednesday in Livingston, we will walk over to Evergreen Health Center and deliver the holiday “goodie” bags that we made a couple of weeks ago. Then on Saturday, everyone is invited to the holiday party in Bozeman! We will meet at the Gallatin Valley Cinemas (movie theater in the mall) for a matinée showing of Invictus at 1pm followed by dessert at Perkins. Teens can be picked up at Perkins at 5pm.
Check soon for the January schedule!
Hopa Mountain will be celebrating with local writers, authors, and artists at Barnes & Noble in Bozeman this weekend, Dec. 11-13. Part of the proceeds will go towards Hopa Mountain and the Youth Leadership Program.
Teens (and parents) we need your help! Hopa will have a gift wrapping table run by you! Please sign up for a two-hour shift at some point this weekend, and help raise money for this program.
Call or email Jamie (586-2455 or 208-610-6154, jamiekdiehl@gmail.com) with any questions, or if you would like to sign up.
The new December schedules are posted for Gallatin and Park County Youth Leadership Programs.
Click here for a downloadable copy of Gallatin County’s schedule.
Click here for a downloadable copy of Park County’s schedule.
This week in Livingston, the teens will be harnessing their creativity and making cards and small gifts for the residents at Evergreen Health Center. We will be meeting at 4 pm on Wednesday in the Livingston Public Library, and finishing up at 5:30pm.
In Bozeman, the teen group is partnering again with MSU’s community involvement team for their monthly Service Saturday. We will be meeting at 10 am at the Hopa Mountain office at 234 E. Babcock (Click here for a map). We will walk down to the Baxter Hotel and help out setting up for the Christmas Stroll. Then we will walk back to the office for lunch and a planning session for the upcoming spring. We will finish up at 1:30pm.
**Please note that the Bozeman activity requires a consent form to be signed by a parent. Click here for that form.
If you have any questions or concerns please contact Jamie at the Hopa Mountain office at 586-2455 or jamiekdiehl@gmail.com.
We will not be meeting in Bozeman or Livingston for the rest of November, keep checking here for any updates. Have a great Thanksgiving!
