Monday, June 13, 2005

Burlington Free Press - Local Stories Program puts teens on boards

Burlington Free Press - Local Stories: "Program puts teens on boards

By Adele Holoch
Correspondent

Soccer, the school play -- and service on a local organization's board of directors? Thanks to an initiative called Youth on Boards, high school students around Chittenden County have the opportunity to leave a mark not only on their schools, but also on their communities.

Students involved in Youth on Boards have been serving on city boards and commissions since 2002. Now the leaders of a new Youth on Boards initiative hope to place students on the boards of local nonprofit organizations "

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