Historical December 1988 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Recently, I unveiled a new not-for-profit corporation that will serve as a catalyst for programs among youth in the City of St. Louis.
The corporation is titled Operation Teamwork and it is designed to foster positive experiences for youth through recreational, leisure and educational activities. Operation Teamwork will work with organizations which are established as providers of recreational and educational outlets to identify and gather resources that are needed within the community. Teamwork will assist organizations in creating and organizing additional recreational and educational programs for the City’s youth.
In addition, Operation Teamwork will recruit and help train adult volunteers. Operation Teamwork will seek funds from local corporations and individuals to expand recreational and educational programs. Teamwork will not directly coordinate or sponsor leagues or tournaments.
The mission of Teamwork is to direct City youth toward constructive activities. Operation Teamwork will fill the extracurricular activity void that many children who live in the City of St. Louis are now experiencing. Young people in our City do not have the kinds of team or organizational resources that were available to their parents. Operation Teamwork will make those activities available. Organizations cooperating with Operation Teamwork will provide baseball, softball, basketball, volleyball, scouting and social activities.
The activities will be restricted to residents of the City of St. Louis who are between the ages of 5 and 19.
The participating organizations will train adult volunteers who will supervise and direct the youth activities.
The need to provide children and teens with positive social and recreational outlets and the success of previous public, private cooperative programs encouraged me to work to make Operation Teamwork a success. Operation Teamwork is pulling community volunteers, organizations and public and private energies together to give young people who reside in the City something to do with their free time.
I have been very pleased with the results we achieved with the other public/private partnerships and I am sure that Operation Teamwork will be equally as successful.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, December 1988.
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