The “Power to the Youth” event will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 11, in Clearlake's Austin Park, 14077 Lakeshore Drive.
Bruno Sabatier, one of the event's organizers, said the daylong event will offer live music, vendors, information booths, games and competitions.
The entire Lake County community is invited to the free event, he said.
The community response to the event so far has been “fantastic,” according to Sabatier.
Sabatier was part of the Clear Lake Associated Students leadership at Yuba College's Clearlake campus.
The group organized events and was looking to do something larger, to illustrate what the community has to offer and to engage children and families, he said.
Sabatier said the idea formed last fall, and the organizing has mostly taken place over the last two months.
The event partnered with the nonprofit Lake Community Pride Foundation, the umbrella organization for the county's teen safe house and Clearlake's youth center. Sabatier said the group also supports performing arts programs at Lower Lake High School.
The main target group for the Saturday event is young people ages 5 to 25, but Sabatier said the organizers decided to broaden it to the entire community. “We want to make this a family event.”
Throughout the day there will be live music from groups such as Without a Net, Escapulario Norteno and Praises of Zion Church choir, with Konocti Dance Academy also performing, he said.
Sports competitions, including two-on-two basketball, inline skating, skateboarding and BMX riding will begin to organize at around 10 a.m., with the games set to be under way by 10:30 a.m. and finished by mid-afternoon, Sabatier said. There will be cash prizes for first place winners.
A tug-of-war competition is planned between local firefighters and police officers, Sabatier said.
The planned booths will include voting information, education – from preschool to college – plus local sports clubs, several scouting groups and community service organizations.
Sabatier said one of the main goals is to inspire people and show them what services are available to make their lives better.
“It's been really amazing as far as what we’ve found and who has offered to come out,” he said.
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