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Kids on community service give back |
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June 30, 2017 |
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For several months, the Juvenile Probation
Department has been brainstorming new and
different ways for our juveniles to give back to
Boundary County, through the completion of their
community service hours.
This produced the idea of making blankets for
children who find themselves impacted by tragic
events, such as car accidents, fire, a parent’s
arrest, witnessing crimes of violence in the
home, or being a victim of crime themselves.
Historically, community service hours have been
completed at the Boundary County Courthouse,
Boundary County Landfill, Boundary County
Fairgrounds, Boundary County Restorium, the GROW
Community Garden, and local thrift stores.
While these are all valuable places for our
juveniles to complete community service hours,
and our department will continue to send
individuals to these different entities, this
new community service project provides not only
a way for youth to give back to the community
they committed criminal offenses in, but also
has allowed time for great conversations and
teaching moments for these youth to learn about
the impact of tragic events on young children.
Over the past few weeks, several of our
juveniles have been involved in making fleece
blankets that will be given to local law
enforcement agencies, first responders and
victim’s services, to in turn be given to
children in these moments of crisis.
The youth who have worked on this project have
already completed approximately 50 hours of
community service and have completed 12 blankets
that are ready to be delivered. |
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