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Services to Youth
Purpose: Services to Youth focuses on providing a range of innovative, substantive and
sustainable Pre-K-16 programming which contribute proven results to key educational or
social/community issues. The Links, Incorporated maintains a strong leadership role in
addressing the critical issues of public education. We are committed to partnering with
community education projects that include health education, mentoring, reading, tutoring, after-
school programming, providing computer hardware and software, computer assisted
instruction, SAT preparation, test-taking skill development and career awareness workshops
to ensure the futures of students within our communities.
San Jose Chapter-Project Chapter Highlights
• Links to Literacy: Tutoring at Del Robles School
• African American Student Recognition Awards
• Authors Luncheon
• Dallas Black Dance Theater
• Health and Hygiene Education for Kenyan Children and Youth
• Project Magic
• Young Artist Showcase
• Project Walking Fete
Current Focus Project
Links to Literacy - Tutoring sessions at Del Robles Elementary School. The sessions are on
Thursday afternoons from 2:15-4:00 pm. The students are identified to be performing below
grade level in language arts and are referred to the project via teachers and the principal. The
lives of children are enriched in positive ways including
• more engagement
• enhanced social skills
• more focused
• improved listening skills
• motivation to complete home work
• motivation to attend and participate
• increased lifelong learning
Recent and Ongoing Projects
African American Student Recognition Awards- Our Services to Youth facet
collaborated with the Santa Clara County Alliance of Black Educators to present the annual
Student recognition Awards Ceremony which honored approximately 180 African American
students for their academic and community activities. The specialized areas includes
academics, fine arts, black history leadership and spiritual consciousness. The facet assisted
with the paper screening of the student nominees as well as assisting at the award ceremony.
The Dallas Black Dance Theatre provides an opportunity to work with other
organizations and a sister Link chapter to provide a larger showcase of the Arts to children,
adolescents, and families. This community-wide event is sponsored by Foothill-DeAnza
College, our San Jose Chapter and other organizations in the area.
Spring Youth Recital A spring Youth Concert seeks to provide a concert of those students
who have demonstrated ability, interest and talent in instrumental performing arts. This project
is done in cooperation with several community partners including the Joyce Randolph School
of Music, the Santa Clara County Black Educators Association and San Jose State University
Project Walking Fete celebrates walking. It is designed to demonstrate that walking is an
import form of physicals activity and to promote walking as a means to increase the interest of
youth and families in participating in physical activity. The project’s name was chosen to signal
a celebration of walking as exercise while recognizing its role in acquiring health promotion
habits that last a lifetime (The Links, Incorporated).
Project Magic was a Community Service Project activity at the 36th Western Area
Conference. Our chapter donated 10 backpacks, filled with school materials for students at
the Kermit R. Booker Elementary School. The backpacks were donated from Applied
Materials. The backpacks were overstuffed with pencils, paper and other knickknacks for
school.
Young Artist Showcase A recital designed to showcase the bay area’s young gifted and
talented.
Purpose: Services to Youth focuses on providing a range of innovative, substantive and
sustainable Pre-K-16 programming which contribute proven results to key educational or
social/community issues. The Links, Incorporated maintains a strong leadership role in
addressing the critical issues of public education. We are committed to partnering with
community education projects that include health education, mentoring, reading, tutoring, after-
school programming, providing computer hardware and software, computer assisted
instruction, SAT preparation, test-taking skill development and career awareness workshops
to ensure the futures of students within our communities.
San Jose Chapter-Project Chapter Highlights
• Links to Literacy: Tutoring at Del Robles School
• African American Student Recognition Awards
• Authors Luncheon
• Dallas Black Dance Theater
• Health and Hygiene Education for Kenyan Children and Youth
• Project Magic
• Young Artist Showcase
• Project Walking Fete
Current Focus Project
Links to Literacy - Tutoring sessions at Del Robles Elementary School. The sessions are on
Thursday afternoons from 2:15-4:00 pm. The students are identified to be performing below
grade level in language arts and are referred to the project via teachers and the principal. The
lives of children are enriched in positive ways including
• more engagement
• enhanced social skills
• more focused
• improved listening skills
• motivation to complete home work
• motivation to attend and participate
• increased lifelong learning
Recent and Ongoing Projects
African American Student Recognition Awards- Our Services to Youth facet
collaborated with the Santa Clara County Alliance of Black Educators to present the annual
Student recognition Awards Ceremony which honored approximately 180 African American
students for their academic and community activities. The specialized areas includes
academics, fine arts, black history leadership and spiritual consciousness. The facet assisted
with the paper screening of the student nominees as well as assisting at the award ceremony.
The Dallas Black Dance Theatre provides an opportunity to work with other
organizations and a sister Link chapter to provide a larger showcase of the Arts to children,
adolescents, and families. This community-wide event is sponsored by Foothill-DeAnza
College, our San Jose Chapter and other organizations in the area.
Spring Youth Recital A spring Youth Concert seeks to provide a concert of those students
who have demonstrated ability, interest and talent in instrumental performing arts. This project
is done in cooperation with several community partners including the Joyce Randolph School
of Music, the Santa Clara County Black Educators Association and San Jose State University
Project Walking Fete celebrates walking. It is designed to demonstrate that walking is an
import form of physicals activity and to promote walking as a means to increase the interest of
youth and families in participating in physical activity. The project’s name was chosen to signal
a celebration of walking as exercise while recognizing its role in acquiring health promotion
habits that last a lifetime (The Links, Incorporated).
Project Magic was a Community Service Project activity at the 36th Western Area
Conference. Our chapter donated 10 backpacks, filled with school materials for students at
the Kermit R. Booker Elementary School. The backpacks were donated from Applied
Materials. The backpacks were overstuffed with pencils, paper and other knickknacks for
school.
Young Artist Showcase A recital designed to showcase the bay area’s young gifted and
talented.
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