Autographed Flames jersey to help Youth Assembly

Times Reporter

 

A few months ago Mayor Steve Grajczyk donated a Flames jersey, signed by the current roster, to the Strathmore Assembly of Youth (SAY) to raffle off. SAY, formerly known as the Youth Council, has finally gotten everything in place and tickets are now on sale.

Grajczyk had purchased the jersey and had been looking for a group to donate the jersey to.  

“They don’t work with a whole bunch of money, they more work in an advisory role and having some money allows them to get some tangible results not just give advice, which is kind of nice for them,” said Jill McDonald, teacher advisor for SAY. 

“We are going to use it to try to implement some of the solutions the kids have come up with, maybe something related to vandalism, and hopefully some guest speakers for the group to try and kind of improve their research.”

There are nine students involved in SAY, five from Strathmore High School, and four from Holy Cross Collegiate. The purpose of SAY is to provide youth input to town council, so either help them see some of the issues that youth are facing, or provide a different perspective when solving problems in town.    

“They are working on some vandalism issues, so maybe a dedicated space for graffiti, also talking about having an artist come in and dealing with some of the really prone-to-graffiti areas in town, put up some murals or something,” said McDonald.

“They are also doing some work on recreation and trying to provide some things for kids to do in town other than nothing, because that is the common complaint your hear is there is nothing to do.”

Anyone purchasing tickets must be at least 18 years old, and the draw will take place on March 19. Tickets are being sold for $5 each and can be purchased at Strathmore High School, Holy Cross Collegiate or by contacting strathmoreassemblyofyouth@gmail.com.