Youth With Vision

Mudd Mania 2008

Take a look . . . Mud Mania 2008 is on the Kansas City Star’s website!

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Great job to all who participated, volunteered and donated!

Youth With Vision was established in 1994, Youth With Vision is a student-run organization made up of high school leaders from throughout the seven-county Kansas City metropolitan area. Youth With Vision team members are passionate about creating positive changes by directly addressing the devastating effects of alcohol and other drug abuse within their schools and communities. They are committed to making a positive difference in their schools and communities

Youth With Vision programs include:

• Win, Choose & Draw, an alcohol, tobacco and other drug (ATOD) counter marketing campaign
• Operation Storefront, a tobacco market research study, locally based social marketing campaigns, alcohol and tobacco compliance checks, and third party sales transactions in partnership with local law enforcement. 
• Members annually sponsor Mud Mania, a mud volleyball tournament designed to raise community awareness and support Youth With Vision’s efforts to reduce alcohol and drug abuse in the community. 

Students who apply for Youth With Vision membership must be positive, drug-free role models who are committed to fighting the devastating effects of alcohol and other drug abuse. 

If you are interested in participating in Youth With Vision, please contact Ryan McElhaney, Youth Prevention Specialist at Tri-County Mental Health Services, Inc.:  ryanm@tri-countymhs.org or 816-468-7088 ext. 196

Youth With Vision members travel to Jefferson City, MO. to “Speak Hard” with legislators.

Several Youth With Vision (YWV) members attended the “Speak Hard” 2007 Rally in Jefferson City on April 3, 2007.  Young adults from across the State had the opportunity to network and share their ideas for reducing underage drinking and tobacco use in their communities.  The students also attended workshops presented by experts in advocacy, media literacy and legislative communications with a goal of providing the youth tools and information they can use to address their own community’s issues and concerns.

Stopping for a photograph during the visit are:  (First row, left to right):
Representative Jerry Nolte with YWV members Taylor Mayes and Brad Fisher (Both, Smithville), Christina Moore (Liberty) and Matt Cates (Excelsior Springs.)

Second row, left to right:  Sydney Mayes (Smithville).Third row, l to r:
Mallory Hamilton (Liberty) Shelby Yates and Paige Yates (Both, Smithville) and Jeff Thomas (Excelsior Springs)

Back row:  Tessa Graybill (Smithville), Kelsey Wiggins (Oak Park High, KC, North), Courtney Mayes (Smithville) ­Rebecca Broadbant and Meredith Brunkow (Both, Kearney).