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Denim & Lace

Sheridan Youth Assistance Program’s (SYAP) yearly fundraiser, Denim and Lace, was held connected Sept. 16 astatine the Lindley Farmstead, and it was a large success. The fundraiser was a amusive evening of dinner, auction items, euphony and much – each with the intent of raising wealth for SYAP.

A full of 260 supporters attended the sold-out event, including peculiar impermanent Congresswoman Victoria Spartz. The lawsuit brought successful $27,000 for SYAP.

If you missed it this year, you are invited to watch this video that tells the communicative of 1 lawsuit household and the interaction of SYAP successful their lives.

Career Exploration Days

In the past, SYAP has held a ample yearly vocation just for country students. This year, SYAP is taking a new, much focused attack to pass mediate schoolhouse and precocious schoolhouse students astir section careers that are disposable aft precocious school.

SYAP is holding 4 Career Exploration Days for Sheridan students successful grades 7 done 12. Each Exploration Day focuses connected a antithetic occupation sector.

The archetypal Career Exploration Day was astir careers successful construction, and 9 section businesses and grooming programs came to acceptable up displays and speech to students astir each types of jobs successful the operation industry. Students enjoyed engaging with representatives astatine each display, and learning astir trades and apprenticeships, programs astatine Ivy Tech Community College, Army careers, and immoderate paused to effort connected information cogwheel oregon usage a powerfulness drill with ABC Prep Academy.

The adjacent Career Exploration Day volition absorption connected manufacturing careers followed by a wellness careers time successful February and work careers successful March.

If your concern oregon enactment would similar to instrumentality portion successful a aboriginal vocation day, delight telephone Beth Sabelhaus astatine (317) 758-4431 ext. 4460 oregon email [email protected].

Holiday Assistance donations needed

Each twelvemonth SYAP partners with section organizations to assist families successful need during the vacation season.

SYAP partners with Good Samaritan Network for Thanksgiving nutrient boxes and with MAMA’s Cupboard and Sheridan First United Methodist Church for December vacation assistance, including Christmas gifts for families and Meijer nutrient acquisition cards.

So far, 118 households successful the assemblage person reached retired for assistance. If you oregon your enactment would similar to donate towards vacation assistance oregon sponsor a family, click here oregon telephone Lisa Samuels astatine (317) 758-4431 ext. 4400 oregon email [email protected].

Thank you for your generosity to guarantee each household successful the Sheridan assemblage has a Merry Christmas and a blessed vacation season.

Learn much astir each the Hamilton County Youth Assistance Programs astatine YouthAssistance.org.