Dear Parents,

The staff at Youth Services welcomes your child as a new member of The Firehouse. You will need to complete a Participant Liability Waiver and Hold Harmless Agreement. Please return the completed form as soon as possible because it is a requirement that all participants in any of our program areas have a form on file.

I would like to take this opportunity to reassure you that your child is well supervised at The Firehouse by a team of professional staff. However, please keep in mind that The Firehouse is an "open campus" and members may leave the premises any time. "Closed campus" is an option you may select for your child, which means they must remain in the building until a parent or guardian picks them up. You may wish to start out this way initially until you become more comfortable with an open situation. Please remember that we are open on days off of school. Check our newsletter for any field trips or special programs that may be going on those days as well.

In addition to the Activity Center, we always offer a full range of other programs including transportation from school to The Firehouse, tutoring, field trips, dances, H.I.R.E. job referral program and more! For parents, we also offer parent support groups and parenting classes. Please watch for the promotion of our programs in the City of Highland Park's monthly newsletter, "The Highlander" and the Youth Services newsletter, "The Firehouse News".

If you ever have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please feel free to call me. In the meantime, we look forward to working with your child, and hope that this will be the beginning of a long-lasting relationship.

Sincerely,
Charlotte Landsman
Manager of Youth and Senior Services