Multi-tasking to keep teens from behind bars
Youth Justice Awareness Month event draws appreciative crowd
Rev. Jack Crans, a 1968 graduate of CASH and well-known Coatesville advocate, opened the program with a prayer.
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
A program on youth justice Thursday night began with horror stories about teen abuse in the adult system but concluded with a dramatic tale of success: a Coatesville man who served...
Community invited to event on youth justice reform
Awareness program on Oct. 11 will include national and local experts
An estimated 250,000 youth are tried, sentenced or incarcerated as adults annually across the country, according to statistics from the Campaign for Youth Justice.
Hoping to reduce this trend locally, youth advocates are presenting the second annual parent-initiated Youth Justice Awareness Month event on Oct. 11 at 6:30 p.m. in the...
Contest to draw out youthful, recycling creativity
Prizes will be awarded for posters that inspire citizens to reduce waste
A couple of weeks after members of the Coatesville Youth Initiative hosted a recycling event, the city’s youth have another opportunity to make a positive contribution to the environment.
The Coatesville Community Policing Committee and the city’s Parks and Recreation Commission is sponsoring its first Recycling Poster Contest...
Teen summer program wins heartfelt, rave reviews
Participants effusive in praise for Coatesville Youth Initiative’s ServiceCorps
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
ServiceCorps graduates Ron Jay Jones (left) and Noah Willett linger after the ceremony for protracted farewells.
The teen’s former bosses could barely believe what they were reading: The boy who had just excelled during an eight-week job at the Brandywine YMCA...
Coatesville Rotary awards grants to four organizations
Coatesville Youth Initiative, Meals on Wheels, HandiCrafters and Community Dental Center given $2,000
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
Grant awardees share a moment with leaders of the Coatesville and district Rotary after the chapter presented $2,000 grants to four local organizations, Thursday. From left: Brian Tagliaferro from Handicrafters, Regina Horton Lewis from Chester County Community Dental...
Trash-tossin’ teens to give recycling a big boost
ServiceCorps participants will welcome unwanted goods at green-minded festival
R.J. Hammond really used his head to promote recycling at last year’s festival.
Start collecting: Teen participants in the Coatesville Youth Initiative’s summer ServiceCorps are seeking your unwanted clothes, shoes, electronics, plastic and more.
The second Annual Coatesville Recycling & Living Green Festival...
QVC sponsors new mobile giving effort for Coatesville youth
COATESVILLE — Now, giving support to the Coatesville Youth Initiative is as simple as sending a text message.
The Brandywine Health Foundation announced a new opportunity this week for members of the community to make a significant impact in the greater Coatesville area, just by using their cell phones.
TV/Internet retailer QVC, based in West Chester, has joined the Brandywine Health Foundation...
Auto dealership racing to assist nonprofit
‘Car-B-Que’ will donate funds to Coatesville Youth Initiative
A Thorndale car dealer has discovered an ideal vehicle geared to attract auto fans and help a community organization at the same time.
Rocky Pirrone’s Boss Hydro is one of the vehicles that will be featured at the “Car-B-Que.”
Del Auto Group in Thorndale is sponsoring the Second Annual “Car-B-Que” to benefit...
City extends invitation to ‘Celebrate Coatesville’
Full day of activities planned around the Chesco Grand Prix
The city is inviting residents and visitors to “Celebrate Coatesville” on Sunday.
“Celebrate Coatesville” is offering activities that complement the Chesco Grand Prix, which will hit the city on Sunday.
A variety of activities is planned in conjunction with the Chesco Grand Prix, an annual festival that celebrates cycling,...
Refreshing way to warm up to the environment
Brandywine Trek takes Coatesville youth on ecological journey
Connie Shapiro of the Brandywine Valley Association briefs the group before entering the water.
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The CoatesvilleTimes.com
The nine Coatesville-area teens participating in the Coatesville Youth Initiative’s second annual Brandywine Trek this week used the creek for refreshment as well as education...
