Hello everyone! Thank you so much for taking time to check in with VA programs again. We’ve been busy all year, and so have our youth – This time around we want to give you a glimpse at some of the workshops the youth have led for their peers in AALEAD Afterschool Program!
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April was National Volunteer Month and offered AALEAD an opportunity to reflect upon and share out how volunteers are an integral part of executing AALEAD’s mission to support low-income & underserved Asian Pacific American youth throughout the year. Read on this week’s blog to find out how volunteers impact AALEAD!
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This week, we have a special blog takeover by our VA Middle School Youth Council on one of their favorite summer topic: Ice Cream!
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Whether we are talking about it or not, mental health problems and illness are very real parts of every day for young people. AALEAD’s charge as a youth-serving organization becomes how we engage the topic of mental health to best support and prepare AALEAD youth with mental wellness tools and resources. Check out this week’s blog about a recent mental health workshop that AALEAD MD youth engaged with through our partnership with Asian American Health Initiative (AAHI).
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