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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The holiday season is a time for giving. In the spirit of spreading warmth and joy, Citizens for Safe Schools is proud to present ‘Citizens Santa,’ a heartwarming annual community initiative.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Klamath County’s Multi-Agency Suicide Prevention Coalition, You Matter to Klamath, invites you to a community Town Hall on September 24, 2022, from 1:00 PM -4:00 PM at the Community Health Education Center located at 2200 N Eldorado Avenue in Klamath Falls, Oregon.
Read MoreKlamath Pride 2022, a free community gathering, is being hosted on July 16th, 2022 at Veterans Park to celebrate community inclusion. This event is family friendly and will have all-ages socializing, activities, booths, community resources and support, music, and performances! Many local volunteers, youth, businesses, and organizations are coming together to help celebrate our LGBTQ+ community and build allyship.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The American Rescue Plan funding, known as Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery funds consists of $350 billion to be distributed to state, local territorial, and tribal governments nationwide. State, local and tribal governments across America have been under an unprecedented strain in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The local grassroots youth-serving nonprofit, Citizens for Safe Schools (CFSS) has received a generous grant through the Washington Federal Foundation, in the amount of $10,000. This grant award will support the agency’s newly launched Youth Reengagement Program.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Over the past year, the pandemic presented schools and school districts with a variety of challenges that resulted in high numbers of academically disengaged youth. In an effort to promote reengagment, Citizens for Safe Schools has developed the Youth Reengagement Program.
Read MoreThis holiday season Citizens for Safe Schools (CFSS) is partnering with generous neighboring business Everybody’s Vintage, for a holiday gift drive, to benefit the students in their program.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - For 21 years, Citizens For Safe Schools, a 501 (c)3 nonprofit, has provided youth development, character education and mentoring for Klamath County’s “At-Promise” youth, leveraged over 850 volunteers with over 185,000 hours in that tenure, and secured nearly 15 million in grant and fundraising efforts to serve our community.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Friends of the Children of the Klamath Basin, Citizens for Safe Schools and Youth Rising have each been awarded a two-year Community Investment grant from the Oregon Youth Development Council’s Youth Development Division (YDD).
Read MoreOn June 26, the Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation (CCUIF) awarded Citizens for Safe Schools’ mentoring program Kids in the Middle $10,000 for the second consecutive year.
Read MoreHighlighting and honoring young people whose lives and achievements demonstrate an enduring commitment to qualities associated with good character, Citizens for Safe Schools hosted the 2019 American Youth Character Awards at the Washington Federal Conference Center on Monday night. These awards are a great way to acknowledge skills and achievements that sometimes go unnoticed.
Read MoreCitizens for Safe Schools will be hosting a Miniature Golf Tournament fundraiser to support their Kids in the Middle youth mentoring program. This fundraiser will be held at the Running Y Resort Mini-Golf Course on Sunday April 14th starting at 1:30pm.
Read MoreCitizens for Safe Schools is excited to announce that the applications for the 2019 American Youth Character and Character Builder Awards are now live, and applications will be accepted until April 1st, 2019. This is an annual event that Citizens for Safe Schools (CFSS) executes every year.
Read MoreKlamath Falls, Oregon - Robyn Pfeifer has been dynamically invested in our community since her move to Klamath in 2016. Pfeifer actively serves as a Youth Rising Board Member and Theater Troupe Director, Linkville Playhouse Board Vice President and actress and director, Healthy Klamath Coalition Member, You Matter To Klamath Suicide Awareness Coalition Member, and has been a devoted Volunteer Mentor to her youth through the Citizens For Safe Schools Kids In The Middle program.
Read MoreJanuary is National Mentoring Month, and this year Citizens For Safe Schools is celebrating the annual campaign aimed at expanding quality mentoring opportunities to connect more of our community’s young people with caring adults.
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