The Founder medal design was changed to better represent the AYF’s commitment to inclusion through multifaith programming. The profile of Jesus was changed to the Founder Fire to signify the four fires of courage, beauty, love, and truth, and the importance of four-fold, balanced living.
The AYF welcomes the first school programs to Miniwanca and Merrowvista and purchases a building in the historic Soulard neighborhood of St. Louis to help with burgeoning partnerships. Project STREAM (St. Louis Regional Experiential Adventure Movement) merges with the AYF in July of 1987, marking the expansion of AYF programs to include year-round activities in St. Louis.
Miniwanca joins the more than 800 locations worldwide that offer its first ELDERHOSTEL session, welcoming 34 retired “Road Scholars” to site for adult educational programming.
