12th Annual Lights On Afterschool

Posted by on August 14, 2011

Join the Pennsylvania Statewide Afterschool/Youth Development Network (PSAYDN), the Afterschool Alliance and over hundreds of programs across Pennsylvania in celebrating the 12th Annual Lights On Afterschool being held on Thursday, October 20, 2011.

To help prepare those who have already registered their event and those who are considering hosting an event, PSAYDN is pleased to offer a unique, online training session entitled “Planning a Lights On! Event: How to Engage your Policymakers and the Media”. This online training will provide participants with tips and tools to develop events that attract media attention, policymaker support, as well as parent, school and business stakeholder engagement and ultimately highlight the importance of afterschool programs in the community.

“Planning a Lights On! Event: How to Engage your Policymakers and the Media” is scheduled for Wednesday, September 7, 2011 from 1:00 p.m. until 2:30 p.m.

Lights On Afterschool is celebrated annually to call attention to the importance of afterschool programs for America’s children, families and communities across the country. This session will be presented by Ursula Helminski, Vice President of External Affairs for the Afterschool Alliance. Local programs throughout Pennsylvania will also share their techniques for producing a quality Lights On Event and how they effectively engage both policymakers and the media.

This session is intended for individuals and organizations interested in advocating for afterschool and youth development programs.

To register for this live, online session, click on the link below or copy and paste the link into your web browser:

http://www.psaydn.org/events.php