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Town of Lexington
Lexington Youth Commission
Minutes of the meeting held on Thursday, September 10, 2015
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Members Present:
Mark Solomon, Andrea Michelson, Andrew Thomas, Peter
Lawrence, William Thomas, Courtney Walsh, Shaun McLaughlin, Ashley Walsh, Nic
Fusco, Thomas Barry, Joseph Lahiff, Avery Gehring, Rachel Michelson, Mitchell Heyda,
Hadar Boker, Jimmie Lane, Meghan Buschini, Venuri DeSilva, Ganga Nair, Anne Reilly,
Nicholas Newton-Cheh, Jack Mitchell, Noah Jacobson, Ishaan Khurana, Deb Hankins,
Doug Lucente, Shannon DeGuglielmo, Sean Maloney, and Joe Hankins
Members Absent:
Abbie Ortyl and Karen Duprey
1.We discussed what LYC is about and what we do for the community. We also
went over the importance of showing up to meetings and talked about how
members should contact their team leader, Courtney Walsh or Will Thomas if
they are unable to make it to a meeting. We then briefly went over all the
community service events we are planning on doing this year. Lastly, everyone
introduced themselves to the Commission.
2.A car wash fundraiser at LHS was discussed but the high school has no free times
for a car wash until October. Therefore, we decided to not do a car wash this fall
and instead do one in the spring.
3.Food Pantry Service Project - The Commission discussed which candies we
would like to sell for the Food Pantry Fundraiser. The candies that we will be
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selling are Kit Kats, Reese's, Twix, Skittles, and Swedish Fish. R
Andrew, Andrea, Mark, and Avery will set up the candy bags at 6:30 on
October 8th before the meeting. Candy bags and money envelopes will be
handed out at October 8 meeting. We would like everyone to sell their
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candy by November 12 meeting, and be able to make Food Pantry donation
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in time for the holidays.
4.Members were asked to brainstorm ideas for a tee shirt design for the next
meeting, on October 8. We will put present all designs and vote on LYC
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2015/2016 Tee Shirt. We will have cost of tee shirt/sweatshirt at that meeting.
It is Thursday, September 24th at
5.We discussed the LYC Island Clean-Up.
5:15, with a rain date of October 1st. The island is located between the
baseball field/football field and playground. We will be clearing old plants,
planting new, watering, and placing pumpkins. Karen will have all the
supplies and material there for us, and Shannon will bring pizza. The
people who signed up to attend are Mark, Andrea, Andrew, Peter, Courtney,
Shaun, Ashley, Avery, Rachel, Mitchell, Hadar, Meghan, Venuri, Ganga,
Anne, Nicholas, and Jack. People who said they could maybe come are Will,
Nic, Thomas, Joseph, Jimmie, Noah, and Ishaan.
6.We talked about upcoming events in October, November, and December. The
Halloween decorating for the Center is Thursday, October 29 approximately
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11:00 – 12:00, times will be confirmed at next meeting. We also talked about the
Turkey Drive and how it was important to ensure the privacy of the recipients by
not talking about where we delivered turkeys. This event will take place on the
Wednesday before Thanksgiving, after the Powder Puff Game. Lastly, we talked
about what events we would be fundraising at for our Holiday event, how the
money we would like to raise to be given to approximately 80 children in need in
Lexington through Toys R Us gift cards. We hope to raise $2500.
7.Our next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 8 at 7:00 pm in the Parker
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Room at Town Hall. Please remember to bring your photo id’s, Human
Resources will be there to collect the CORI Forms (which we have) and take a
copy of your ID.
Respectfully Submitted,
Andrew Thomas - Lexington Youth Commission Secretary