Youth Day 2011 in Jēkabpils

On 3 September 2011 the Youth Day 2011 took place in Jēkabpils. For the second time this event gained a huge interest among the youth - 400 participants took part in various sport activities and even more youngsters attended this event to enjoy musical performances and skills of sportsmen.

The main theme of this year's Youth Day was sports activities. There were competitions of seven activities organized at the stadium "Vārpa" - Ghetto basket, BMX, Inline, skateboard, floor-ball, table hockey, volleyball. These activities gathered not only the local youngsters. Due to efforts of the Jēkabpils Youth Council it was possible to attract organizers of well-known competitions in Latvia to hold stages of their competitions in Jēkabpils. Along with the sports activities also some other creative events took place.

The Head of Jēkabpils Youth Council Lelde Nitiša says: We are so satisfied with our accomplishments. Most pleasing is a fact that we - the youth of Jēkabpils - were the ones who created this day for other youngsters only by ourselves. Following the traditions of 2010 this day was spent in active and positive atmosphere. Together we all can be proud about this even t-the youth has a power and a future!

In the framework of the Youth Day an online youth portal www.jekabpils-jauniesi.lv was launched. In the future it will serve as an information platform where youngsters could get the latest information about ongoing activities, youth organizations in Jēkabpils, initiative groups, self-governments of schools and their current actions, on the projects, events, etc.