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Town of Lexington
Lexington Youth Commission
Minutes of the meeting held on Thursday, January 8th at LHS’s Media Center
Members Present:
Debbie Hankins, Doug Lucente, Joey Hankins, Shannon DeGuglielmo,
Karen Duprey, Vanessa Savage, Mark Solomon, Andrea Michelson, Elizabeth Coons, Tommy
Barry, Ilise Martel, Shaun McLaughlin, Nic Fusco, Andrew Thomas, Will Thomas and Courtney
Walsh
Members Absent:
Sean Maloney, Janelle Franklin, Chris Grant, James Laurenzi, Ben
Leibskind, Gillian Goolkasian, Becca Dennings, Annie Douvas, John Mullen, Becca Dennings,
Shaun McLaughlin, Ashley Walsh, Emma Berman, Lee Katz, Ryan Buschini, Avery Gehring,
Rachel Michelson, John Lahiff and Joe Lahiff
1.The Meeting Minutes from the December 11th, 2014 meeting were approved by the
commission.
2.We did a final follow up of the Holiday fundraising. We delivered 67 Toys R Us gift
cards to Lexington Social Services for our Kids in Need program. It was a bit difficult
due to our biggest fundraiser, the tree lighting being on a different day and only raising
half of what we usually do there. It was also difficult finding people to volunteer at
Sunoco, Ace and Cumberlands, but we did raise enough money.
3.The Valentine Day Lunch will be Thursday February 12th 11:15 - 12:30 at Lexington
Senior Center. We will meet at the flag pole in front of LHS at 11:05. We go and serve
seniors food and talk to them. It is a very quick and rewarding community service
activity. People who can attend are Mark, Avery, Ashley, Janelle, Vanessa, Andrea, Nic,
Will, Shaun and Elizabeth. Maybes are Courtney, Ilise and Andrew. Right now for
drivers we have Shaun and Vanessa and Deb is willing to drive if she need to.
4.The Cotting School visit will be a Friday in early March. The exact date will be
announced at the February meeting and sign ups will occur that night. Cotting is a school
for people with mental and physical handicaps. We are usually there for 60-90 minutes to
have a meet and greet, work on making birthday boxes with them, and take a few pictures
with the students and faculty. It is the most rewarding project we do and it is a lot of fun
for both the Cotting kids and LYC members.
5.The Cotting School also has a book business in which the kids learn how to log and sell
the books online. We collect books for them at Sunoco and Arlex, so try to spread the
word for people to bring their old books to one of those locations.
6.Next we discussed the Patriots Day Float. We have had very successful float the past few
years and hope to win once again! As of now, the most popular idea is a dinosaur float,
that connects back to LYC not going anywhere and is still serving the community.
BRING IDEAS TO THE NEXT MEETING! We usually have two to three “build the
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float” dates that will be selected prior to the weekend of the 17 and 18 of April. The
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final touches are done before the parade on Monday the 20. We will need LYC
participation for the actual parade to walk with the float and hand out flags. The usual
number of attendees is between 15 and 20.
7.Looking ahead we have the rest of the meetings that should already be on everyone’s
calendars as well as the Senior Send Off and LYC Island Clean Up on May 7th.
The final four meetings will be held at the LHS Commons II, at 7:00 pm until 8:00pm. The
dates are February 12, March 12, April 9.
Respectfully Submitted,
Mark Solomon- Lexington Youth Commission Secretary