The Arlington Alliance for Youth
The Arlington Alliance for Youth, formed by Arlington's 5 Kiwanis Clubs and the City, helps mobilize both citizens and key agencies around the five promises embraced by America’s Promise (www.americaspromise.org). These five promises encourage us to support our youth by providing caring adults, safe places with structured activities, healthy start and lifestyles, effective education, and opportunities for community service. By fulfilling these promises, we help build the character and competence of our youth. Additionally, these youth are five to ten times more likely when they become adults to be good citizens that care about their community and its youth.
The Arlington Alliance for Youth, Inc. is an IRS approved 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. It strives to promote the five promises through the following signature programs: Arlington’s Annual Youth Collaboration Breakfast, the Small Grants Program, Global Youth Service Day, the Extra Mile Awards, the Sheris Growe Youth Service Leader of the Year Awards, and the Little Red Wagon Express newsletter. Financial information about the Alliance can be obtained from our Secretary-Treasurer. Our board, listed below, plans and organizes our signature programs.
Officers:
- Jim Walther, Board Chairperson, North Star Kiwanis (j.walther@sbcglobal.net)
- Allan Crawford, Vice Chair, Arlington Chamber of Commerce (acrawford@arlingtontx.com)
- Amir Ajami, Vice Chair, Southwest Kiwanis (ajamigroup@aol.com)
- Dave Turney, Secretary-Treasurer, Arlington Kiwanis Club (dturney683@aol.com)
Directors:
- Ray Furtner, Six Flags Kiwanis (kimurfurtn@aol.com)
- Linda Rodgers, Arlington ISD, (lirodger@aisd.net)
- Marc Marchand, City of Arlington, marc.marchand@arlingtontx.gov)
- Lori Higgens-Parker, Boys & Girls Club, (lparker@bgcarltx.org)
- Dr. Frank Lamas, UT Arlington VP Student Affairs, (lamas@uta.edu)
- Mary Spradlin, St. Stephen Untied Methodist Church(mary.spradlin@yahoo.com)
- Raul Gonzalez, Optimist Club of Arlington (gonzalezr@passmanjones.com)
- Lisann Peters, Assistant Governor, Rotary International (lrpeters@tx.rr.com)
- Vacant: Southwest Kiwanis
- Vacant: Civic Club
Advisor & Liaisons:
- Kelsey Clark, Liaison for Boy Scouts, District Executive (bsacrosstimbers@aol.com)
- Twyla Masterson, Liaison for Girl Scouts, Program Extension Specialist (tmasterson@gs-top.org)
- Loan Nguyen, Liaison to Vietnamese Community, Community Leader (loanngo44@yahoo.com)
- Jerry Cooper, Editor of Newsletter (jcooper5064@earthlink.net)
- Kim Wood, Web Content Coordinator, (kimwood@handsomeweb.com)
- Chris Wood, Web Development, (chriswood@handsomeweb.com)
Key Documents:
