MYA CAFÉ/LRC For Teens Managed By Teens MYA Café and Learning Resource Center for young adults ages 12-21 yrs. This Café will host teens in the St. Paul public school year round and the services will be provided by the teens and managed by teens and adult mentors affiliated with Mentoring Young Adults. 1. Resource Center for teenagers in St. Paul public schools Where teenagers can come and look for employment and get help filling out applications online, get assistance with resume writing, get assistance with interviewing techniques. They also will get assistance filling out college applications and financial paper work. They will have access to laptops during business hours. We will request partnership with St. Paul public schools, as well as temporary agencies. All youth who are assigned to work or intern at the Café, we’ll be asking the school system to give 2.0 hours of credit to work or intern at this Café. Hands on experience always been a source for young adults entering into the workforce. 2. The Learning Center will consist of Think Tank Tables (TTT). Think Tank Tables are informal open discussion session that will give youth the opportunity to discuss issue directly affecting them. The learning center will also provide the opportunity for students to finish homework-, and study their history in an informal setting. They will also have the opportunity on Friday evenings to come to the MYA Café for open mic night or fun night at the Café for poetry readings etc…. 3. The Café side will provide food sales that will sustain this business going forward. The youth will sale healthy foods that will reflect and represent healthy lifestyles. Foods that contain no fat products, or low fat products, no pork products and no or low salt. Low sodium products. • Salads • Sandwiches • Hot Dogs • Hamburgers/Cheeseburgers - Turkey • Fruits/fruit salads • Root Beer Floats • Yogurt/Yogurt Ice Cream • Soups • Cookies - MYA signature