PCYC Riverina Zone regional manager Rob Scott visited Young's PCYC last Wednesday, February 13 to welcome brand new club manager and former Australian Olympic rower, Andrea Coss to the Young PCYC team.
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Ms Coss is a Jack-of-all-trades, having also been a former police officer in Western Australia for a number of years, and more recently having worked for the Federal Government in policy.
She also worked for the Olympics for the torch relay as well as the Paralympics torch relay.
She represented Australia in rowing at the 1992 Olympics and as an Olympic team attache.
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"I love working with children and with the community, and I was looking for a new challenge, that's why I applied for this position," Ms Coss told the Young Witness.
Regional Manager Rob Scott is adamant that the arrival of Ms Coss will signal the start of something phenomenal in terms of Young PCYC's future.
"We really want Young to compete in the Nations of Origin this year, which is our Indigenous league competition held in July annually," Mr Scott said.
"We want to strengthen our community ties, we would love to see more people become members and we really want to build on our current standing members because the stronger our club is, the more we can offer to our community.
"Our PCYC clubs offer extremely important programs to our communities, including our Fit for Life Program which is a joint program with the police. It's an early intervention program designed to engage youth who are at risk of poor choices and anti-social behaviour, through physical fitness, nutrition and social engagement.
"These are programs that can change someones life," Mr Scott said.
With extensive youth experience, Ms Coss's main focus lies in helping disengaged kids by helping them get back on track and by getting them involved back into the community.
"We want them to fulfill what they can, to give them a hobby and something to do and to get them to not give up on themselves," Ms Coss said.
"There's things like our drop in basketball where kids can drop in after school, meet friends and play some ball.
"Other programs such as Blue Star allows kids to go away on camps whilst teaching them leadership skills.
"There are so many incredible programs that we run here that I really hope to promote more to our community this year and really get them up and running," Ms Coss said.
Ms Cross set off for two days worth of training after her initial first day at the Young PCYC and is now ready for a bright and busy year ahead.
