Community Resources

Asset building takes place in all kinds of situations for young people – youth programs and organizations, churches, schools, and neighborhoods, etc. At a community meeting held June 22nd, 2005 at NMU where the 2004 Marquette and Alger County Youth Asset Survey results were shared, participants helped create the beginning of a list of asset-building programs and initiatives in the two-county area. We have grouped these resources under six priority areas identified by GLCYD for our community’s development of healthy youth. If you know of a program/initiative that needs to be added to the list, please e-mail Tomoko at tinoue@glcyd.org. Please provide the program’s name, the organization offering the program, a contact person, phone number and/or e-mail address, and the 40 Developmental Assets that are built in this program. We welcome your suggestions!

Central School
Program Name: Wellness Month
Contact Person:
Assets Being Reinforced:

Program Name: Marquette County Jr. Golf Association
Contact Person: www.jga.org
Assets Being Reinforced: Good Health, Positive ID and Social Competency

Marquette County Health Department
Program Name: Marquette County Tobacco Prevention Coalition
Contact Person: Jim Harrington (906) 315-2614 or jharrington@hline.org
Assets Being Reinforced: Youth as Resources, Constructive Use of Time, Positive Values, Empowerment, Community Values Youth, Self-Esteem

K.I. Sawyer Operations Authority
Program Name: K.I. Sawyer Sledding Hill
Contact Person: Denise Nurkala (906) 346-7423
Assets Being Reinforced: Interpersonal Competence, Responsibility, Caring, Youth Programs, and Positive Peer Pressure

Project WEAVE
Program Name: Teen Tuesdays
Contact Person: Liz Smith or Elliot Johnson (906) 226-2150
Assets Being Reinforced: 17,18,26,29,30,32,35,38,40

Northern Michigan University
Program Name: NMU “2 of 3” Social Norms Campaign
Contact Person: Lenny Shible (906) 227-1455 or lshible@nmu.edu
Assets Being Reinforced: Risk Behaviors

Salvation Army
Program Name: Sawyer Youth Center and Sawyer Learning Center
Contact Person: Doug Swarthuot and Karen Anderson
Assets Being Reinforced:

Alger County Sheriff Department
Program Name: D.A.R.E.
Contact Name: Dave Cromell (906) 387-4444
Assets Being Reinforced: Community Values Children, Healthy Lifestyle, and Responsibility

Big Brothers/Big Sisters
Program Name: School Based Mentoring
Contact: Jayne Letts jletts@chartermi.net or 475-7801
Assets Being Reinforced: Support, Empowerment, Self-Esteem, Self Worth, Social Skills, Peer Interaction and Positive Identity

Marquette Rotary West
Program Name: Lunch Buddies
Contact Person: Karen Wuokko at Hetrick & Associates
Assets Being Reinforced: Mentoring

Child and Family Services
Program Name: Strengthening Families Program, Better Future Mentoring Program
Contact Person: Tanya Savage tanyasavage@miuplink.com
Assets Being Reinforced: 1,2,6,11,13,14,18,21,32,37,38,38,40

Alger County Sheriff’s Department
Program Name: D.A.R.E., KINDERPRINT
Contact Person: Dave Cromell, Toddd Brock, Steve Blank (906) 387-4444
Assets Being Reinforced: Support

Redeemer Lutheran Church
Program Name: Vacation Bible School
Contact Person: Betty Knapp (906) 228-9883
Assets Being Reinforced: Mentor/Youth as Resources

CC ISD, M.R.S
Program Name: S.T.O.M.P. (Students Teaching on Mentoring Peers)
Contact Person: Kathy Flagstadt (906) 482-4250 or Lois Weber (906) 482-4250
Assets Being Reinforced: Self-Esteem, Empowerment, Positive Values, Positive Identity, Boundaries and Expectation, and Self Determination

Salvation Army
Program Name: Salvation Army Youth Center (on Sawyer)
Contact Person: Doug Swartout
Assets Being Reinforced: Safety, Religious Community, Youth Programs

1st Baptist Church in Gwinn
Program Name: GRIP
Contact Person: Ron Libey, Box 1205, Gwinn, MI 49841 or 346-6115
Assets Being Reinforced: 7,8,14,19,33

U.P. Children's Museum
Program Name: 8-18 Media
Contact Person: Linda Remsburg, 8-18media@chartermi.net or 226-7874
Assets Being Reinforced: 3,7,8,9,10,14,15,16,17,18,21,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39, and 40

UGLETI
Program Name: UGLETI
Contact Person: Nicole Dewald ndewald@uproc.lib.mi.us
Assets Being Reinforced: Community Values Youth, Youth as Resources, Empowerment, Youth Programs, And Positive Identity

Gwinn Methodist Church
Program Name: Jammers
Contact Person: Pastor Jackie Roe
Assets Being Reinforced: 3,4,10,13, 14, and 19

MSU
Program Name: 4-H
Contact Person:
Assets Being Reinforced: Constructive Use of Time, Commitment to Learning, Positive Identity and Empowerment

The Mining Journal
Program Name: Newspaper in Education
Contact Person: Bob Hendrickson (906) 228-2500
Assets Being Reinforced: 25, 32 and 34

Munising Schools
Program Name: Science Camp
Contact Person: DeeJay Paquette (906) 387-2448
Assets Being Reinforced:

Teaching Family Homes
Program Name: Regional Treatment Center
Contact Person: Jerry Migda
Assets Being Reinforced: School Experience, Risk Behaviors, and School Competency

Kiwanis Club of Marquette
Program Name: Key Club, Kiwanis Sponsored Service Organization
Contact Person: Dave Hendrickson dhendrickson@marquette.org
Assets Being Reinforced: Leadership, Community Service, Use of Time and Empowerment

Peter White Public Library
Program Name: Summer Reading Program
Contact Person: Cathy Seblonka (906) 226-4323
Assets Being Reinforced: Self-Esteem, Reading for Pleasure, Empowerment, and Constructive Use of Time

Marquette Senior High School
Program Name: MSHS Orchestra
Contact Person: Janis Peterson
Assets Being Reinforced: 3,5,7,8,9,14,17,18,21,22,24,26,30 and 39

Teaching Family Homes
Program Name: Families First
Assets Being Reinforced: Family Support

Marquette Area Public Schools
Program Name: Marquette Parent Network
Contact Person: Candy Weber (906) 225-3295
Assets Being Reinforced: Family Support and Rick Behaviors

Marquette Area Public Schools
Program Name: Title I, Family Nights
Contact Person: Sarah Kemppainen skemppainen@mapsnet.org
Assets Being Reinforced: Family Support, Parent Involvement in Schooling

Falling Rock Café and Bookstore
Program Name: Mother/Daughter Bookclub
Contact Person: Nancy Dwyer (906) 387-3008 or ndwyer@jamadots.com
Assets Being Reinforced: Reading for Pleasure and Family Support

Munising Schools
Program Name: Father’s Breakfast
Contact Name:
Assets Being Reinforced: Good Health, Family Support, School Experiences

Boy Scouts
Program Name: Cub Scouts
Contact Person: Dewey Jones (906) 249-1461
Assets Being Reinforced: Family Communication, Family Support and Family Boundaries

Women's and Children's Center
Program Name: Parent Education Programs
Contact Person: Candy Weber (906) 225-3081
Assets Being Reinforced: Family Support

Teaching Family Homes
Program Name: Families First
Contact Person:
Assets Being Reinforced:

AMCAB
Program Name: Head Start, Child Care Partnerships
Contact Person:
Assets Being Reinforced:

Pathways
Program Name: Infant Mental Health
Contact Person:
Assets Being Reinforced:

Sawyer Operations Authority
Program Name: KI Sawyer Learning Center
Contact Person: Denise Nurkala (906)346-7323
Assets Being Reinforced: Reading for Pleasure, Youth as Resources, Adult Role Models, Service to Others, Safety, Youth Programs, Self-Esteem, and Caring

Marquette Area Public Schools
Program Name: Second Step, Violence Prevention Program
Contact Person: Alexia Kroll, Counselor akroll@mapsnet.org
Assets Being Reinforced: Social Competencies, Resistance Skills

Child and Family Services
Program Name: SODA (Success Oriented Direction and Achievement), SHYP (Support Housing for Youth),
and School Success Programs
Contact Person: David Whitaker (906) 228-4050 ext. 107
Assets Being Reinforced: Numerous

Boy Scouts
Contact Name: Dewey Jones (906) 249-1461
Assets Being Reinforced: Planning, Decision Making, Self-Esteem, Sense of Purpose

Girl Scouts of Peninsula Waters
Program Name: Uniquely Me!
Contact Name: Jill Rady (906) 485-1041 or jrady@gspw.org
Assets Being Reinforced: 14, 31, and 38

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