Empowering Tomorrow: Youth Camp Launches in Pomona

Something exciting is happening in the heart of Pomona. For the first time ever, the village is hosting the Valley Youth Connect Summer Camp 2025, a vibrant new initiative aimed at empowering young people in the community. Chairman of Steadfast Village, Orlando Chuck, shared details about the event, which is expected to reach around two hundred and fifty youths between the ages of fourteen and twenty-nine. From skill-building workshops to fun, interactive activities, this camp is all about connection, growth, and opportunity for the next generation.

 

Orlando Chuck, Chairman

“So far it’s been going very well and we are transporting our children here to Pomona Community Center and an IT vet where they are doing baking and they also do barbering, wood carving and today we are having the first aid training in the community center behind us.”

 

 

 

Jessica Calis, Chairlady, Alta Vista

“In the community center we have the first aid and CPR training and so as a teacher I took it upon myself to come here today because I don’t think that even as a part of CPD training we get much opportunity to do CPR and first response training I think it’s very very important for persons like teachers who touch a number of lives daily and we do find ourselves in these compromised positions I am in this course right now and I have discovered so many things  that I thought I knew and I knew them so poorly or so wrongly and so I was discussing with Ms. Yesenia Trapp the course is being offered by certain emergency services. I am formally inviting you young persons teachers public workers health care workers if you are studying to be a secondary school teacher this is very much needed and I know we are almost worried about CPD hours I’m also discussing as well how we can get collaboration Ministry of education.”

 

As the Valley Youth Connect Summer Camp continues, the energy and enthusiasm of the young participants are clear signs of its impact. With a focus on empowerment, skill-building, and positive engagement, this first-of-its-kind initiative in Pomona is laying the groundwork for a stronger, more connected generation. Organizers hope the success of this year’s camp will inspire even greater involvement and support in the years to come.