The Ithaca Youth Bureau is celebrating 75 years of serving the youth and families of Ithaca and Tompkins County!
Thank you to our 75th anniversary sponsors!
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The Youth Bureau is celebrating this milestone throughout the year with several activities for the community to participate in.
Watch a video timeline of our history.
Thanks for joining us for our 75th Birthday Party on August 5th*!
IPLAY Bingo - Thanks to everyone that played this fun YB twist on the beloved game of Bingo. We hope you had a blast celebrating the 75th anniversary of the YB and the 50th anniversary of Cass with us in this way! Congrats to all of our winners and thank you to Play-It-Again-Sports, Cass Park Pook, and Ithaca Bike Rental for the prize donations!
Bike Ride - We kicked off our 75th Anniversary Celebration with the opening of Ithaca Bike Rental for the 2023 season. Elected officials took the inaugural ride along the Cayuga Waterfront Trail to Cass Park, Rink & Pool, a division of the Ithaca Youth Bureau. The trail is currently decorated with informative signs that share details of the YB’s history. It was a beautiful spring day for a bicycle ride and we thank all that attended to help us kick off the celebration!
Watch a video timeline of our history.
Thanks for joining us for our 75th Birthday Party on August 5th*!
IPLAY Bingo - Thanks to everyone that played this fun YB twist on the beloved game of Bingo. We hope you had a blast celebrating the 75th anniversary of the YB and the 50th anniversary of Cass with us in this way! Congrats to all of our winners and thank you to Play-It-Again-Sports, Cass Park Pook, and Ithaca Bike Rental for the prize donations!
Bike Ride - We kicked off our 75th Anniversary Celebration with the opening of Ithaca Bike Rental for the 2023 season. Elected officials took the inaugural ride along the Cayuga Waterfront Trail to Cass Park, Rink & Pool, a division of the Ithaca Youth Bureau. The trail is currently decorated with informative signs that share details of the YB’s history. It was a beautiful spring day for a bicycle ride and we thank all that attended to help us kick off the celebration!
Living History: Alumni Features - The Ithaca Youth Bureau focuses on Building a Foundation for a Lifetime. We’ve seen youth participate in programs and grow up to send their children to YB programs and activities. Each month, we’ll share feature stories of YB alumni. Reminisce and enjoy memories from former staff, program participants, and volunteers from the past seven decades. Check out Alumni Features here!
Special thanks to the following YB alumni for sharing their stories and contributing to the YB's rich history with our community:
Mary Grainger, Sam Cohen, Daquan Rockett, Amber Denman, John Oakley, Suse Thomas, Robin Webb, Jessica Ryan, John and Linda McKeown, Lele, Tina Parlin, Rollin Dimick, Jeff Love, Allen Green, Karen Friedeborn, Zea, JB Graves, Bill Shaw, Allison Lewis, Laura Fowler, Danita Butler Fish, Ann Harper.
75 Mentors - Mentors play a huge part in shaping a youth’s foundation for a lifetime and many of the YB programs need mentors. For example, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ithaca and Tompkins County are on a mission to get 75 mentors this year. Other youth development programs, such as College Discovery Program and Paul Schreurs Memorial Program, are in need of mentors to support the tweens and teens in their programs.
IY-Birthday Ice Cream - We appreciate Purity Ice Cream creating a special IY-Birthday ice cream flavor for our 75th. The vanilla ice cream with raspberry swirl, blueberries, and sprinkles was delicious and a fun way to celebrate our birthday. Purity donated a portion of all the sales from the IY-Birthday flavor to us. Thank you for your support, Purity!
*This program was made possible in part by a grant from the Tompkins County Tourism Program.
Special thanks to the following YB alumni for sharing their stories and contributing to the YB's rich history with our community:
Mary Grainger, Sam Cohen, Daquan Rockett, Amber Denman, John Oakley, Suse Thomas, Robin Webb, Jessica Ryan, John and Linda McKeown, Lele, Tina Parlin, Rollin Dimick, Jeff Love, Allen Green, Karen Friedeborn, Zea, JB Graves, Bill Shaw, Allison Lewis, Laura Fowler, Danita Butler Fish, Ann Harper.
75 Mentors - Mentors play a huge part in shaping a youth’s foundation for a lifetime and many of the YB programs need mentors. For example, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ithaca and Tompkins County are on a mission to get 75 mentors this year. Other youth development programs, such as College Discovery Program and Paul Schreurs Memorial Program, are in need of mentors to support the tweens and teens in their programs.
IY-Birthday Ice Cream - We appreciate Purity Ice Cream creating a special IY-Birthday ice cream flavor for our 75th. The vanilla ice cream with raspberry swirl, blueberries, and sprinkles was delicious and a fun way to celebrate our birthday. Purity donated a portion of all the sales from the IY-Birthday flavor to us. Thank you for your support, Purity!
*This program was made possible in part by a grant from the Tompkins County Tourism Program.
