INDEPENDENCE CITY 2026 VOLUNTEER FORM
  • INDEPENDENCE CITY 2026 VOLUNTEER FORM

    Help young people navigate the city simulation and learn important skills they can use on their path to living independently! Here are the different volunteer roles we are seeking:
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  • Event Details

  • Date: Thursday, July 9, 2026
    Event Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm (Volunteers arrive at 9:00am for Orientation)
    Location: The Graduate Hotel by Hilton
    151 Goodman St, Cincinnati, OH 45219

    Independence City is a fun, yet challenging simulation that gives youth and young adults, ages 14 to 21, a glimpse into life as an adult. Youth participants visit stations that represent real life situations they may experience when living independently.
     

    Schedule for the Day
    9:00am: Volunteer Orientation
    10:00am: Independence City Simulation
    1:00pm: Lunch
    1:30pm - 2:00pm: Workshop Discussions

    Volunteers are primarily needed for the simulation from
    9:00am - 12:30pm, but welcome to stay for the whole day.

    Questions: Contact tynisha@youthatthecenter.org

    Thank you for helping with Independence City!

  • Contact Information

  • What role are you interested in?
  • Volunteer Orientation: Please select which orientation session you plan to attend:
  • For Station Characters, is there an area or areas that relate to your profession/background where you would like to be placed?
  • MEDIA WAIVER

    In consideration for the opportunity to participate and appear in photographs, digital images and videotape (“Images”), I hereby grant the Hamilton County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board/JOURNEY to Successful Living System of Care/Youth At The Center the absolute and irrevocable right and permission with respect to the images taken of me or my minor child in which he/she may be included with others: To copyright the images in the name of Hamilton County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board/JOURNEY to Successful Living/Youth At The Center; to use, re-use, publish and re-publish the image in whole or in part, separately or in conjunction with other photographs, in any medium now or in the future and for any purpose whatsoever, including (but not by way of limitation) illustration, promotion, advertising; and to use my or my child’s name in connection with JOURNEY if the Hamilton County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board so decides. I hereby waive any right that I may have to inspect or approve the Images, their use, or any printed or audio matter that may be used with them, and release and discharge Hamilton County, its elected officials, agents and employees from all and any claims and demands ensuing from or in connection with the use of the photographs, including publication and display on the Hamilton County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board website, JOURNEY website or the Youth At The Center website, to include any and all claims for libel and invasion of privacy.

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