INDIANAPOLIS — On Monday, Mayor Joe Hogsett joined Keep Indianapolis Beautiful’s (KIB) Youth Tree Team for a work day in the Martindale Brightwood neighborhood. Work will include watering and maintaining trees, and counting pollinators to kick-off KIB’s week-long Pollinator Count effort.
Mayor Joe Hogsett helped water trees and beautify part of a Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood.
Throughout the summer, the Youth Tree Team works to preserve and maintain the trees that are planted as part of KIB’s Community Forestry Program. Team members learn the value of discipline and hard work, are exposed to educational enrichment, career development, networking opportunities, and life skills training, and benefit additionally from spending the summer surrounded by nature. The Youth Tree Team Program aims to help teens develop into responsible young adults while building better connections to the community, the environment, and each other.
Project Indy is Indianapolis’ first comprehensive youth jobs program, harnessing resources from both private industry and non-profit organizations to provide job training and employment opportunities to teens. Project Indy is partially funded by a $2 million YouthWorks Indy, Career Pathways for Youth, Summer Jobs and Beyond grant from the U.S. Department of Labor.
The mayor spoke with the team for a few minutes before beginning work, noting that the summer jobs program was a win-win for the city and for young people seeking employment. Youth motivated to work in the program, which includes Teen Works, Groundwork Indy, for the Department of Parks and Recreation, as well as for Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, gain valuable experience and get involved in their communities at a much deeper level.
For more information about the program, visit projectindy.net/
For more information about the program, visit projectindy.net/
