do the job alone. No program can succeed without the
help of all interested people.

 

The Youth Recreation Committee

The War Recreation Committee will probably want to
appoint a subcommittee for youth to represent the interests
of young people in the whole community program. Some-
times youth committees have sprung up independently, and
later joined with the central committee.

Providence, Rhode Island, has a Mayor’s Committee on
Recreation, representative of 50 civic organizations. This
became the city’s Youth Recreation Committee and a board
of 25 was appointed to submit plans. The Mayor of Peru,
Indiana, asked the school board to serve as the official
Youth Recreation Committee, with an advisory group
chosen from youth organizations, the Parent-Teacher
Association and the school faculty.

Membership of the Youth Recreation Committee should
be representative of all interested community groups—not
forgetting the young people themselves. This is essential if
the program is to be not only for youth, but of and by youth.
The city recreation, education, health, and police depart-
ments, public and private welfare groups, the Parent

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