Open Mic Night

at Hampton Coffee Company in Southampton

Friday, October 13th from 7:00pm – 9:00pm.

Open to grades 5 – 12. Share your talent! Acoustic performances, karaoke, spoken word, poetry, and comedic acts are all welcome.

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Rise Above - Bullying Prevention & Awareness Program

2017 Bullying Prevention & Awareness Program!

Saturday, October 14th from 10:00am – 12:00pm
at Good Ground Park in Hampton Bays
(Rain Location: Hampton Bays Senior Center,
25 Ponquogue Ave, Hampton Bays)

Please join Councilwoman Christine Scalera and the Town of Southampton Youth Bureau for the 2017 Bullying Prevention & Awareness Program!

Special Guest Appearances from Nancy Silberkleit, Co-CEO, Archie Comics Publications, Inc and Publisher, Founder/CEO of Rise Above Social Issues Foundations Inc, Lindsay Dunn – Vocalist from Hampton Bays High School, and Southampton Youth Bureau’s Act TWO. Information will be available for parents and youth regarding bullying & cyber bullying.

Free pumpkin decorating for younger children.

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Fright Night at SYS –

Saturday, October 28th
Southampton Youth Services, 1370a Majors Path

Family friendly hours will be held from 6:00pm – 7:30pm with children 11 years & under. From 8:00pm – 11:00pm youth ages 12 & up will be allowed to enter without parental supervision. Admission is $5.

Throughout the night, participants will experience the scare of Halloween by navigating their way through a path of horrors at SYS. If you’re up for the challenge, then stop by and register for the Southampton Youth Bureau’s escape room! Can you get out before the time runs out? Solve clues, puzzles, and riddles in order to find a way to escape. Community organizations are more than welcome to participate in this event! If your organization would like to create a “scare station”, please complete the registration form or call (631) 702-2425 for additional information. The deadline to register a “scare station” is October 13, 2017.

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New! The Southampton Youth Bureau is searching for mentors for
“Teen Leaders Care (TLC)”

Community Service Credit Opportunity.
Interested participants who apply will get trained and become mentors to a younger youth with autism or other developmental disability. Activities will be held once or twice a month from October through June. Please submit applications to:
Southampton Youth Bureau
116 Hampton Rd, Southampton NY 11968

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Youth Board Applications
Now Available!

The Southampton Youth Bureau is looking for high school students to join Youth Board. Youth Board meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the month in October and November and January through May at 6:30pm at Southampton Town Hall.

Applications can be sent to Nancy Lynott, Youth Bureau Director, at nlynott@southamptontownny.gov, or by mail
Southampton Youth Bureau
116 Hampton Rd, Southampton NY 11968

Questions?
Call Nancy at 631-702-2417

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The East End
Partnership for Youth Presents: “Bringing In The Bystander: Teaching Bystanders How To Safely Intervene”.

Thursday, October 26th 1:00pm – 3:00pm

at the Riverhead Free Library, 330 Court Street. Training recommended for parents, community service organizations, and professionals working with youth.

To register, please contact Nicole Keller at:
(631) 761-8518 or email: nkeller@theretreatinc.org

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Youth Advisory Committee

For Grades 7 – 12

Community Service Credit Opportunity.
If you’re interested in planning youth bureau trips and events, doing community service projects, and making friends with students from other schools, then sign up for YAC!

Meetings are held every other Tuesday at the Hampton Bays Community Center,
25 Ponquogue Avenue, from 6:30pm to 8:00pm.

Transportation is available upon request

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Act TWO

For Grades 7 – 12

Community Service Credit Opportunity.
The Southampton Youth Bureau is now accepting registrations for Act TWO. Through games and activities, participants learn improvisation, projection, public speaking, and issues pertinent to everyday life. Topics covered include making appropriate choices, acceptance, tolerance, bullying, drug and alcohol addiction, pregnancy prevention, etc. Skits are created and performed by students for other youth audiences.

Classes are held on Thursdays at the
Hampton Bays Public Library,
52 Ponquogue Ave from 6:00pm – 7:30pm.

Registration is ongoing but required in advance.

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Youth Court

For Grades 9 – 12

Community Service Credit Opportunity.
High school students from local schools work together to hold real trials for juvenile offenders, where all the facts of the case are heard and the jury decides on a disposition, or “sentence”, for the offender to repair the harm that they have caused to the victims. Cases range from trespassing, driving without a license, underage drinking to harassment, possession, and theft - among others. Students who are interested in becoming an attorney, improving public speaking skills, learning about the justice system, building their college/job resume or just enjoy community service are invited to join.

Southampton Town’s Youth Court program meets every Monday night, beginning October 16, 2017
from 6:00pm -7:30pm at the
Southampton Town Justice Court, 32 Jackson Ave.

Transportation is available to youth living east of the Shinnecock canal.

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