in the neighborhood concerned with recreation. Often
the neighborhood committee has the benefit of youth advis-
ory groups or youth leaders as full-fledged members of the
committee.

The neighborhood committee is the base of an organiza-
tional pyramid. It is responsible to the Youth Recreation
Committee, which is in turn a subcommittee of the War
Recreation Committee. Often a county committee coordi-
nates several War Recreation Committees, while the State
Recreation Committee plans on a State-wide basis and may
also serve as a liaison between Federal services and com-
munities.

Planning the Program

When Committees are organized, their first task is to make
a survey which will answer these threz questions: What are
the needs of young people and how many are neglected by
existing programs? What resources are available and where
can they be expanded to meet the need? How can projects
‘be financed? .

Surveys are made in a variety of ways.* Neighborhood
recreation committees sometimes undertake the job. Civil-
ian Defense Block Leaders make
house to house canvasses; groups
like the PTA divide the town into
districts; schools poll their students
for information.

Needs

Teen-age members to advise the
committee on youth needs and pref-
erences are not only helpful but
essential.

 

 

 

 

*See “Guide For A Community Survey” in the
Appendix of this booklet.

 

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