{"id":6485,"date":"2018-03-30T14:20:08","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T14:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/?p=6485"},"modified":"2018-03-30T14:20:08","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T14:20:08","slug":"remembering-jean-booker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/remembering-jean-booker\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Jean Booker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6491 alignleft lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Picture1-480x640.jpg\" alt=\"Jean Booker\" width=\"228\" height=\"304\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 228px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 228\/304;\" \/>Jean Booker was a committed educator and fervent advocate for youth. Over her years with the AYF, she was the driving force behind efforts to give equal access to AYF programs for young people of color, and to grow year-round programs at Merrowvista and Miniwanca.<\/p>\n<p>She passed away on March 3, 2018 at the age of 91.<\/p>\n<p>Jean became part of the AYF family in 1943 after attending the National Leadership Conference at the encouragement of her English teacher. She was a conference graduate in 1946 and held a variety of leadership roles at Miniwanca for the remainder of the 1940s. Serving as Merrowvista\u2019s camp director from 1955-59, Jean was a committed mentor, director, and Advisory Committee member for the next 15 years. Starting in 1976, she served on the AYF\u2019s Board of Directors until her retirement in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Jean\u2019s Celebration of Life will be held on <strong>April 7<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong> at:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Shiloh Church<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>5300 Philadelphia Dr.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Dayton, OH 45415<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Visitation will be at 1 pm, followed by the celebration at 2 pm.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"primary-button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kindredfuneralhome.com\/obituaries\/Jean-Booker\/#!\/Obituary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full Obituary<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jean Booker was a committed educator and fervent advocate for youth. Over her years with the AYF, she was the driving force behind efforts to give equal access to AYF programs for young people of color, and to grow year-round programs at Merrowvista and Miniwanca. She passed away on March 3, 2018 at the age of 91. Jean became part &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/remembering-jean-booker\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":913,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,58,64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-merrowvista","category-miniwanca","category-national-leadership-conference"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Remembering Jean Booker - American Youth Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/remembering-jean-booker\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Remembering Jean Booker - American Youth Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jean Booker was a committed educator and fervent advocate for youth. Over her years with the AYF, she was the driving force behind efforts to give equal access to AYF programs for young people of color, and to grow year-round programs at Merrowvista and Miniwanca. She passed away on March 3, 2018 at the age of 91. Jean became part ... Read More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/remembering-jean-booker\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"American Youth Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/americanyouthfoundation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-03-30T14:20:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sun-sets-over-Lake-Michigan-at-Miniwanca-beach-e1483729974881.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1460\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"678\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Previous Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Previous Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/remembering-jean-booker\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/remembering-jean-booker\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Previous Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e0850e0016ebd8922abd837b567bbefc\"},\"headline\":\"Remembering Jean Booker\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-30T14:20:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/remembering-jean-booker\/\"},\"wordCount\":169,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/remembering-jean-booker\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sun-sets-over-Lake-Michigan-at-Miniwanca-beach-e1483729974881.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Merrowvista\",\"Miniwanca\",\"National Leadership Conference\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/remembering-jean-booker\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/remembering-jean-booker\/\",\"name\":\"Remembering Jean Booker - American Youth Foundation\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/remembering-jean-booker\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/remembering-jean-booker\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sun-sets-over-Lake-Michigan-at-Miniwanca-beach-e1483729974881.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-30T14:20:08+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/remembering-jean-booker\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/remembering-jean-booker\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/remembering-jean-booker\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sun-sets-over-Lake-Michigan-at-Miniwanca-beach-e1483729974881.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sun-sets-over-Lake-Michigan-at-Miniwanca-beach-e1483729974881.jpg\",\"width\":1460,\"height\":678,\"caption\":\"Sun sets over Lake Michigan at Miniwanca beach\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/remembering-jean-booker\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Remembering Jean Booker\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/\",\"name\":\"American Youth Foundation\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"American Youth Foundation\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AYF-Transparent-Logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AYF-Transparent-Logo.png\",\"width\":800,\"height\":744,\"caption\":\"American Youth Foundation\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/americanyouthfoundation\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e0850e0016ebd8922abd837b567bbefc\",\"name\":\"Previous Staff\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2827e2f6b65efa61497aaa45ff07fdb82c2acda12f1102d207fa5225fc035eea?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2827e2f6b65efa61497aaa45ff07fdb82c2acda12f1102d207fa5225fc035eea?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Previous Staff\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/ayf.com\/author\/previous-staff\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Remembering Jean Booker - American Youth Foundation","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/remembering-jean-booker\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Remembering Jean Booker - American Youth Foundation","og_description":"Jean Booker was a committed educator and fervent advocate for youth. Over her years with the AYF, she was the driving force behind efforts to give equal access to AYF programs for young people of color, and to grow year-round programs at Merrowvista and Miniwanca. She passed away on March 3, 2018 at the age of 91. Jean became part ... Read More","og_url":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/remembering-jean-booker\/","og_site_name":"American Youth Foundation","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/americanyouthfoundation\/","article_published_time":"2018-03-30T14:20:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1460,"height":678,"url":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sun-sets-over-Lake-Michigan-at-Miniwanca-beach-e1483729974881.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Previous Staff","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Previous Staff","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/remembering-jean-booker\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/remembering-jean-booker\/"},"author":{"name":"Previous Staff","@id":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e0850e0016ebd8922abd837b567bbefc"},"headline":"Remembering Jean Booker","datePublished":"2018-03-30T14:20:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/remembering-jean-booker\/"},"wordCount":169,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/remembering-jean-booker\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sun-sets-over-Lake-Michigan-at-Miniwanca-beach-e1483729974881.jpg","articleSection":["Merrowvista","Miniwanca","National Leadership Conference"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/remembering-jean-booker\/","url":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/remembering-jean-booker\/","name":"Remembering Jean Booker - American Youth Foundation","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/remembering-jean-booker\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/remembering-jean-booker\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sun-sets-over-Lake-Michigan-at-Miniwanca-beach-e1483729974881.jpg","datePublished":"2018-03-30T14:20:08+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/remembering-jean-booker\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ayf.com\/remembering-jean-booker\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/remembering-jean-booker\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sun-sets-over-Lake-Michigan-at-Miniwanca-beach-e1483729974881.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sun-sets-over-Lake-Michigan-at-Miniwanca-beach-e1483729974881.jpg","width":1460,"height":678,"caption":"Sun sets over Lake Michigan at Miniwanca beach"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/remembering-jean-booker\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Remembering Jean Booker"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/","name":"American Youth Foundation","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/#organization","name":"American Youth Foundation","url":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AYF-Transparent-Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AYF-Transparent-Logo.png","width":800,"height":744,"caption":"American Youth Foundation"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/americanyouthfoundation\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e0850e0016ebd8922abd837b567bbefc","name":"Previous Staff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2827e2f6b65efa61497aaa45ff07fdb82c2acda12f1102d207fa5225fc035eea?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2827e2f6b65efa61497aaa45ff07fdb82c2acda12f1102d207fa5225fc035eea?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Previous Staff"},"url":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/author\/previous-staff\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayf.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}