New Revisions to the Calendar!

Please note that the date of the End-of-the-Year Wrap-Up event for full members has been rescheduled for May 6, 2008. 

 

MYAC Hosting 2nd Annual "Big Day Out"

Come out to Oyster Creek Park (4033 State Highway 6 South, 77479) on April 6th, as the City's annual "Concert in the Park" series will kick off at 2:30 p.m. with the 2nd Annual "Big Day Out," hosted by the Mayor's Youth Advisory Council.

The “Big Day Out” will feature a donations-only community walk / run benefiting Shape Up Sugar Land and a no-charge healthy lifestyle fair, which will include vendors such as Whole Foods, The Methodist Hospital, and many local Sugar Land gyms and wellness organizations. Participants may register on-site for the walk beginning at 2:30 p.m., and the first 100 participants in the walk / run will receive a free shirt. Following this event, The Nite Beat Band will launch the concert series with a variety of Motown music.

MYAC members developed the idea for this event at their annual “Think Tank” planning session in October, choosing a community walk/run and “healthy lifestyle fair” as their major service project for the year. MYAC envisions this project as a way to further promote healthy living in our community and to provide residents with an opportunity to help ensure Sugar Land retains its title as “Fittest City in Texas” for the fifth straight year as part of the “Texas Round-Up” program.

Be sure to mark your calendars for this event!

 

Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council Class of 2007-2008 in Full Swing

Exciting things are underway, as the third class of the Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council is in full swing.  The forty nine Sugar Land student residents who were inducted as full members in the Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council (MYAC) Class of 2007-2008 on September 24th having been working for two months now to, along with 44 e-members and 36 alumni, provide youthful insight to Sugar Land’s government leaders to assist in the development of programs and services that impact the lives of the City’s young people. 

Only two and a half weeks after their induction, the full members met for the annual “Think Tank” on October 13.  At this meeting, the Class of 2007-2008 came together to discuss the Alliance for Youth’s “America’s Promise” campaign, which urges governments, corporations, and non-profits to work together and promise to improve youth access to caring adults, safe places, healthy starts, effective education, and opportunities to serve, all of which are vital to youths becoming successful adults.

Their suggestions from this event and the input of all members through the monthly e-newsletter were used to set the goals and service project agendas for the entire year.  This year’s projects will include the 2nd Annual "Big Day Out" on Sunday, April 6th at Oyster Creek Park; this event will feature a community walk/run and a "healthy lifestyle fair" beginning at 2:30 p.m., followed by the first concert of the "Concert in the Park" series.  Also, MYAC members will continue the Internet Safety, Code of Conduct, and teen website initiatives begun by previous classes.

Throughout the school year, MYAC full members will participate in a variety of educational opportunities, including a MYAC Town Hall Meeting, a day to “Meet the Chiefs” and a City tour.  In addition to learning about city government, these Sugar Land student residents will also answer calls to serve their community and peers through service opportunities, such as helping with the Share Your Holiday Food Drive in December, and the continuation of the previous MYAC class’s Code of Conduct and Internet Safety initiatives.

Be sure to stay tuned for more information on the MYAC sponsored service projects this spring! 

For more information on the Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council, please call 281-275-2710 or e-mail myac@sugarlandtx.gov.

 

 

MYAC Code of Conduct

 

A Community-Wide Initiative to Reinforce Positive Behaviors and Attitudes Among All Sugar Land Teen Residents and Visitors

I pledge to join the City of Sugar Land in being a role model community where we all respectfully and harmoniously live, work, shop and play, and to encourage personal responsibility and a commitment to ensuring Sugar Land remains a Community of Respect, embracing and celebrating our diversity.

Therefore, I promise to:

 

• Be a caring citizen, always looking out for and supporting others.
• Respect and listen to those in authority.
• Be considerate of the environment and the property of others.
• Be respectful in my behavior and attitude by not being disorderly, disruptive or using inappropriate language. 
• Choose not to engage in behaviors or acts harmful or offensive to others or myself.
• Always be brave, steadfast and stand up for and speak up for what is right.