🎉SAVE THE DATE for November 2nd, 2026 and join us in Williamsburg for "The Village We Build: Strengthening Youth and Communities". ![]()
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The VPOST team convened today to plan for our 17th annual conference! We are honored to be in our 17th year of bringing high-quality resources and professional development to the OST field in Virginia and grateful for your continued support and engagement! ![]()
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Registration will open soon! Keep an eye out on our socials and make sure you’ve joined our mailing list (v-post.subscribemenow.com/) to make sure you’re up-to-date! ![]()
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See you all in Williamsburg!
#YouthVoiceWeek 2026 is almost here! From April 13-17, we’re joining Collective for Youth for Youth Empowerment in STEM and Afterschool Alliance to celebrate how young people are speaking out, leading change, and shaping their communities through their afterschool and summer programs!![]()
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Here’s how you can join:![]()
✔️ Pass the microphone to young people and share their thoughts for adults to hear from what issues matter to them to how their program has supported their leadership!![]()
✔️ Highlight a youth-led project or initiative in your program ![]()
✔️ Explore tools at CYESS.org to engage young people in the conversation
Today, the Virginia General Assembly hosted the Girl Scouts of the Commonwealth of VA at the Capitol in Richmond to explain its history, and the process of how bills become law.![]()
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VPOST’s Christine Jones Monaccio leads her local troop and brought her daughter Maeve (pictured) along for this opportunity. Maeve and her fellow Girl Scouts enjoyed a day of learning and even got to meet the Governor! ![]()
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It is a priority of VPOST’s to continue engaging young people across Virginia and getting them involved in understanding state policy. ![]()
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Thank you to the Virginia General Assembly, Governor of Virginia, and Girl Scouts of the Commonwealth of VA for this experience!
We had such a great time in Roanoke hosting two workshops, at the 21st CCLC Spring Coordinator’s academy, focused on using the Quality Check Tool. ![]()
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It was a pleasure to help programs explore how this tool can support reflection, continuous improvement, and program quality in meaningful and practical ways.![]()
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One of the best parts was hearing participants share that the tool feels easy to use and simple to apply within their own programs, which is exactly what we hope for as we support quality efforts across the field.![]()
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Thank you to everyone who joined us and contributed thoughtful feedback and conversation. We’re excited to continue supporting programs in this work!
