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Rolling Hills Teen Day
We will be hosting several local youth serving organizations at this year's Rolling Hills Teen Day so teens can learn about local organizations and the resources they have. Also we will have games, sports, free parking, free food, and most importantly: free admission to the Rolling Hills Water Park!! Click HERE to Register.
Date: June 22nd (rain date: June 24th)
When: 11am - 3pm
Where: Rolling Hills (Prairie Pavilion)
7660 Stoney Creek, Ypsilanti MI 48197
Are you bored?
Washtenaw County offers many fun and exciting choices when it comes to everyday recreation! Check out your local recreation center and learn about fitness classes that you can participate in! More details... |
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About Us
The Teen Center Without Walls organization was created by students from a number of different high schools in Washtenaw County to offer safe youth drivern activities for teens throughout eastern Washtenaw County.
The effort is a part of the Washtenaw Area Teens for Tomorrow Safe Places sub-committee. The two youth co-chairs of that committee felt that a new organization was necessary to address the lack of safe places for youth to go in Washtenaw County. When the organization was created, its yoouth volunteers spearheaded an effort to survey youth in Washtenaw County to see what activities they would like to see in a teen center. Click HERE to view the results
The hope is to one day establish a teen center with walls. We are putting on events to show the leaders in the community that there is a demand for youth programming and the youth in the community would benefit from such a facility. The county currently benefits from this programming because TCW2 can guarantee that all youth who attend the events are not doing drugs or participating in other negative activities. This fits with Washtenaw County's positive youth development vision and shows the youth they can have fun and be safe at the same time!
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Jeremy Keeney
Jeremy is a recent graduate of the University of Michigan Honors Program with a major in Political Science, Economics, and pre-law. He joined WATT during his junior year at Lincoln High School to increase youth involvement in the community. A year later he created the Teen Center Without Walls organization in hopes of one day establishing a teen center for the south-eastern part of Washtenaw County. He has worked on almost every WATT and TCW2 event and plans to stay involved in youth development as long as possible. He is now the ProgramDirector of WATT and TCW2. |
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Dean Clancy
Dean is part of the WATT team and is a Sophomore at the University of Michigan. He plans on majoring in Architecture with a minor in Art and Design. He started volunteering for WATT and TCW2 at the 2007 Teen Arts Festival and has been with the organization ever since. At the 2008 Teen Arts Festival he won the Best in Show award (choosen by EMU and U of M art professors). He plans to continue working with youth through college.
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Tawnya Robinson
Tawnya Robinson is currently attending Eastern Michigan University, where she is in her last year of studying Music Therapy. She has a degree in Vocal Performance from Youngstown State University. Tawnya has been working with children with disabilities for 7 years now, and hopes to continue improving their lives through the help of Music Therapy. She was also the cofounder of the Lake Shore After School Program. She is originally from New Castle, Pennsylvania. She looks forward to doing all that she can to help the youth in the county! |
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Kristen Hermanson
Kristen is a senior at the University of Michigan with a double major in Psychology and Communications; with aspirations to obtain her masters in elementary education. Kristen originally started her work in non-profit PR with the Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living, and has sense moved to WATT to help develop, publicize, and plan events with TCW2. She plans to be an active member in TCW2 and WATT for as long as she can, and always be an advocate for youth wherever life leads her.
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