Since the initial Pilot Program in November of 2005, more than 10,000 high school seniors have helped Central Ohio voters as part of the Youth at the Booth program. In partnership with the Franklin County Board of Elections, Kids Voting of Central Ohio operates the Youth at the Booth program which recruits, trains, and places [...]
The Kids Voting Central Youth Council toured the Franklin County Board of Elections (BOE) on February 21, where they were welcomed by Director William Anthony. They were given an overview of the board’s work serving the 800,000 registered voters in the county. Deputy Director Dana Walch then led them on a tour where they observed [...]
KVUSA is pleased to announce that Felix Catheline is the June Educator of the Month. Mr. Catheline is the AP Government Teacher for Columbus South High School, which is part of Kids Voting Central Ohio. Felix is the point person at South High School for all Kids Voting programs, including the DoubleClick mock election, the [...]
Kids Voting of Central Ohio created the Kids Voting Citizenship Scholarship in honor of Suzanne Helmick, the founding director of KVCO. This $1,000 scholarship is awarded annually to a high school senior who demonstrates leadership and a commitment to citizenship through community and school activities. For 2012 the scholarship winner is Zak Davidson of [...]
This year’s winners for the 6th – 8th grade category are Madison Dowdy, Hunter Harvey, Elizabeth Hoepner, and Alisa Reneau from Lithia, Florida. Kristy Verdi is the project sponsor and social studies teacher at Randall Middle School. This project not only showed collaboration by involving the entire middle school, but also impacted the community. These students created [...]
3 keys to more abundant living: caring about others, daring for others, sharing with others. William Arthur Ward© Copyright Kids Voting USA 2005-2012
