{"id":5873,"date":"2017-05-21T19:18:30","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T02:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/?p=5873"},"modified":"2025-12-03T19:21:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T03:21:40","slug":"pasta-dinner-brings-together-county-supervisors-and-youth-commissioners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/2017\/05\/21\/pasta-dinner-brings-together-county-supervisors-and-youth-commissioners\/","title":{"rendered":"Pasta Dinner Brings Together County Supervisors and Youth Commissioners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>[Dina Gentry]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The El Dorado County Youth Commission met with El Dorado County Office of Education Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Ed Manansala, members of EDCOE leadership, and members of the County Board of Supervisors on Monday, May 15. The students held their annual pasta dinner with the dignitaries to share the focus of their work this school year and to get feedback from Supervisors and EDCOE representatives, which jointly sponsor and support the Youth Commission.<\/p>\n<p>The Youth Commission gives students the opportunity to be involved with their community and make a positive difference, while developing leadership and governance skills. \u201cOur youth hold the keys to a bright future, so the Youth Commission plays a vital role in developing the leaders of tomorrow,\u201d noted Dr. Ed Manansala, County Superintendent of Schools.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the year the members of the Youth Commission work on projects that are important to the youth of the community. This year\u2019s focus was on improving access to mental health resources in the county. \u201cWhen youth commissioners first got together in the fall of last year, we were brainstorming about what issue we wanted to address. As we all shared, we realized that all of our concerns fell under the umbrella of mental health,\u201d said Misbah Shafi, Youth Commission Chairperson. \u201cAll of us knew there was a need to help lower the stress of students in the county.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Students decided that the resources are available, but students can have trouble finding that information. \u201cOur goal has been to find the best resources out there and put live links to those resources in one place. When we have the information gathered, we will promote the website through high school counselors, teachers, and other community groups,\u201d said Vice-Chair, Joseph Goulart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe students are wonderful ambassadors for all of our county\u2019s youth,\u201d stated Brian Veerkamp, District III Supervisor, \u201cand they certainly reflect a bright future for El Dorado County.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Dina Gentry] The El Dorado County Youth Commission met with El Dorado County Office of Education Superintendent of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","darknews-slider-full":"","darknews-featured":"","darknews-medium":"","darknews-medium-square":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"News MoLo","author_link":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/author\/admin\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/News\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5873"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5873"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5874,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5873\/revisions\/5874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}