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The Youth Strategy

What is the Lasting Forests' Youth Strategy?

Youth in rural and wildland areas require special attention. The LastingForests concept includes active plans to retain youth in the region for their personal gains as well as the future benefits of the rural environment.

Urban society cannot allow rural people to be lost. They are a vital, irreplaceable resource. The experience, knowledge, abilities, and interest in food and fiber production and all of the services of a recreational enterprise cannot be called up or demanded. The Lasting Forests and their neighbors must favor retention of a superior human population. To these ends, the Youth Strategy is one of:

1. Encouraging 2-5 family child care experiences, allowing mothers to work nearby their children and allowing shared-child-care opportunities (while minimizing energy costs and travel time), e.g., "mother's day out."
2. Developing a teen-run business, within Lasting Forests. Preliminary units suggested are: a Youth TV program (advertising, etc.), a sports-event service (statistics, referee, TV cameras), service for the elderly (set actions and set fees), clothing tests (see Outfits), reading to "Tapes for the Blind"
3. Encouraging innovation in quality teen day and evening activities (as much care as for small children).
4. Providing safe opportunities for the types of fun for teens like a community centers throughout the region with organized activities:
   • business meetings for the above youth businesses
   • monthly dances
   • transportation to dances between communities
   • dancing lessons
   • painting, carving, pottery, and sculpting lessons and shows
   • Novosport activities and contests
   • picnics
   • music groups
   • Gamma Game competition
   • supervised race tracks
   • modified rodeos and riding
   • mechanic shops
5. Providing camping experiences.
6. Holding (or sponsoring) agricultural contests within existing groups (FFA or 4-H or Scouting) or with new Lasting Forests groups (e.g., Nature Folks).
7. Sponsoring visits by race drivers and advisors, exhibitions, and instruction and holding safe driving contests.
8. Arranging regular expeditions to shopping malls with school busses, etc.
9. Developing meaningful work with wage in the Lasting Forests enterprises as well as in conventional jobs

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