Members of the Foster City Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) develop leadership skills, plan activities for the youth of the community and advise the City Council on the issues that impact them and their peers.

The YAC focuses on engaging youth from the community and planning activities that create community among the youth. This year, these activities included a Spaghetti Feed, Talent Show, Halloween Haunted House, Bowl-a-Rama and Glow Ball Golf Tournament. Some 2010 events were specifically targeted to raise funds for charitable organizations. Funds were raised for the Okizu Foundation, Shelter Network, the American Cancer Society and the Youth and Teen Foundation.

In their advisory capacity, YAC members served as school representatives to the school district and collaborated and shared ideas with representatives from other youth advisory committees from San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.

Not willing to rest on its laurels, the Youth Advisory Committee’s has set the following goals for 2011:

• To continue to be leaders for the teens in the community
• To enhance individual members’ personal skills in leadership and in service
• To continue to serve charitable organizations
• To promote more youth involvement in Foster City
• To continue being aware of the issues concerning youth in the community 
• To actively participate in the VIBE development through promotion and fundraising efforts to benefit the Youth and Teen Foundation.

All Foster City youth are encouraged to be involved! Although the committee membership is set for the current year, all Foster City youth are invited to attend the committee’s meetings, which are every first and third Wednesday of the month at 7 PM at the Vibe, and to participate as volunteers in planning and running events.

For more information about the Youth Advisory Committee, please contact staff liaison Tiffany Hall at 286-3395 or thall@fostercity.org.