The Tarrant County Spring Youth Institute Campaign lasted from the evening of March 11 to the afternoon of March 15 in Arlington. Many youth were hosted for the 4 days by Debbie and Badi Villagomez and all met at the Tarrant County Bahá’í
Center each morning at 9. We had 18 participants – 6 of those being tutors and 4 participants being friends of the Faith.

8 youth completed Ruhi Book 1. These participants are from the North Tarrant, Southwest Dallas, Arlington Mid-cities, and Ft. Worth area clusters. 2 youth completed two thirds of Ruhi Book 5. Both plan on starting Junior Youth groups in the North Tarrant area. 2 youth completed one unit of Ruhi Book 7. These participants conducted home visits in the Big Sam neighborhood.

The campaign finished with the group of youth helping with a children’s class in the Pennsylvania Gardens neighborhood. The youth had to plan and conduct the class themselves. It was an amazing experience with over 17 children attending the class that day!

We had a few other youth who could not be involved the whole time come to visit in various parts of the week. In addition to the institute books, we also had arts, songs, team activities, field work and a lot of bonding. Many youth are asking for new ways to be involved which is very exciting.

For many, this was their first experience with a youth campaign and several youth and parents have reached out to share that they had a positive experience. The next youth campaign will be held the first weekend of August.

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