RJ Hampton files for District 5

[RJHampton]

Aloha snorkel,

I am glad you asked your question again. Youth programs are imperative. I support creative programs that help shape the important formative years of our

youth. If a youth program came across my desk I would take a serious look at it and use the office to nose out funding sources for these endeavors.

These programs are mostly done on a State level through the Department of Education or through nonprofits. There are two sources on the County level for

potential funding. One is the council person's contingency money that can be used to create a new program or support an existing program. The other is to apply

for the yearly nonprofit grant money from the County.

For me, when I was an adolescent, I took modern dance lessons and theater arts classes. Then in high school, it was field hockey in the fall, basketball in the

winter, softball in the spring and camp for the summer. In addition, I was a Brownie and a Girl Scout. My mother and I sold a lot of cookies. To this day I

still love shortbread! It may not be like that for the kids today yet my experiences gives me the impetus to find ways that the office can increase these

opportunities for our youth.