Youth Summit scheduled March 16-17

"Community Unity Starts with You" is the theme of the 5th Annual Northwest Regional Summit on Youth scheduled for March 16-17 at the Quality Inn in Clarkston, WA.

There will be activities for youth and adults from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Among the activities are 40 breakout sessions, interactive youth and adult panel sessions/discussions including Substance Abuse, Leadership, Teen Dating and Relationships, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Employment, Positive Choices, Suicide Prevention and more. There will also be lunch, entertainment and door prizes. A free youth event will be held March 16 from 5-7 p.m. at the Asotin County Family Aquatic Center.

Registration is $50 and there are scholarships for students in grades 7-12.

For more information, visit the web site at: www.northwestchildrenshome.org and click on "Links" and "Lewis-Clark Coalition for Families and Youth" or contact Kim Behler at 208-799-4338 or behlerk@idhw.state.id.us.

Sponsors include: Lewis-Clark Coalition for Families and Youth, Idaho Governor Kempthorne's Generation of the Child Initiative, Lewiston Youth Volunteer Program, RCAP-Clarkston School District 2005-2008, Cannon's Building Materials, Refrain and Abstain Coalition-Idaho and Regional Abstinence Coalition.