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YAFA Mission and Vision Aims & Aspirations of the YAFA Program Yafa Program Age Groups Tokens of Achievement Buddy System Sign Up Your Family Society Policies Affecting Youth Achievement Mentors What a Mentor needs to know Mentor Application Login Resources You are here: Welcome to the Youth and Family Achievement (YAFA) Program! Introduction Welcome to the Society for Creative Anachronism’s Youth and Family Achievement Program, also known as YAFA. This program was developed to be easy for parents to use and local groups to administer, and designed to meet the changing needs and desires of our members with families. Participation is open to families with at least one current paid member and children ages five to seventeen years old. Many Society members believe that one of the best things about the SCA is that its activities aren’t just something you passively watch, they’re something you actively do. This is no less true for our children -- the Society comes most alive for them when its activities become something that they actively do themselves, not simply something that they passively watch their parents do. If our Society is to continue to be valued by its members, if it is to remain vibrant in years to come, we need to offer skills training to our youth in the activities that make the SCA valuable to us as adults. We need to engage our younger participants actively. The Society’s Youth and Family Achievement Program (YAFA) was developed for just this reason. YAFA is optional at all levels. Kingdoms are free to implement and use the YAFA program, or not, as suits the needs of their families. Many kingdoms have expressed interest in using YAFA alongside, or integrating it into, their existing Page Guilds and other youth programs. By providing a common Society-wide system of activities in the arts and sciences with goals, along with administrative and training systems for participating youths, parents, and Mentors, we believe the SCA can more fully integrate youth and their families; maintaining and extending their participation. YAFA will aid in the development of the next generation of artisans and craftsmen of the Society. It is not designed to replace existing programs, but to support and supplement them. After signing up their family , parents/guardians can use the following links to view short video segments that will show them: How to browse Achievement topics and select them How to view and download Individual YAFA workbooks How to locate mentors in their area and request their services as a Mentor This information can also be accessed via the tab labeled "Resources" in the upper right hand corner of this page. More detailed information about the YAFA program can be found in the YAFA Program Handbook (also referred to as the "Manual") under the heading "Library of Documents" on the Resources page. Also listed on that page are a series of short video segments for Mentors and Administrators on how to use the YAFA program for the best results. Your questions, comments and feedback is always welcomed. E-mail the YAFA support team today at yafa(at)sca.org ! Designed by Magill Consulting and Design Maintained by the SCA Webfolk . Please send questions or comments about the website to the SCA Webmaster . © Copyright 1995-2013 Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. The copyright of certain portions of www.sca.org are retained by the original contributors....