Knox County Area Project Helping Knox County Youth

KCAP
Knox County Area Project
Life Skills Education Offered in partnership with area schools.
CPR training with Certified American Red Cross instructors. Offered to High School students.
Basic Aid Training (BAT) offered to students in 4th grade.
Home Alone training targeted to 3rd graders.
Homework Help for students in 1st-5th grade organized at schools and churches by local community committees.
Outdoor Education in partnership with the Knox County Regional Office of Education for 5th graders.
Monarch Watch- Butterfly education, conservation and research presentation for elementary and Jr High students.

Summer Program
Water Safety Instruction (with six levels of skill instruction)
These lessons are taught at the Galesburg Hawthorne Pool for children who have completed kindergarten and have not yet entered 9th grade or youth ages 6-14.
The American Red Cross skill levels ( 1 through 6) are taught in a lesson format of nine 50 minute lessons over the course of three weeks.
Registration is through the neighborhood committee, with informational flyers provided to children at the elementary schools. The registration process, transportation arrangements from the neighborhood to Hawthorne Pool and a portion of the cost of instruction are provided by the neighborhood committees, in conjunction with KCAP and the community support of the Galesburg Community Foundation, the United Way of Knox County, area service clubs, and some township boards.
Classes are held on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

The three week sessions for 2011 are
Session Dates: / Registration deadlines:
Session I: June 13-July 1, 2011 / June 9, 2011
Session II: July 11-29, 2011 / July 6, 2011

This program is funded by a grant from the Galesburg Community Foundation and support by the United Way of Knox County.

SWIM SKILL ASSESSMENT DAY, Thursday, June 9, 2011, 1pm-4pm
Registration Opportunity. $1.00 admission.
American Red Cross Water Safety Instructors will test swim skills for youth aged 6- 14.
Registration can be completed for 2011 Water Safety Instruction sessions.

Family Recreation
Disc Golf Equipment Check Out- available at the KCAP Office (109 S. Cherry St., Galesburg)
Swimming Parties- sponsored and organized by the local community committees.