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Youth2: Empowering Youth with Community Service Opportunities

Youth2, founded by Beverly Lazar, promotes youth engagement in community service through grants and educational initiatives. Learn about Youth2's mission, grants, application process, and impact. Get involved and make a difference today!

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Youth2: Empowering Youth with Community Service Opportunities

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  1. Youth2 -Youth Helping Youth

  2. Beverly Lazar founded Youth2 on her 50th birthday. Origin of Youth2 She wanted to promote creative community service opportunities among youth in Saratoga county. People gave monetary gifts totaling $7,000 to the organization for her birthday. From these funds, Youth2 wasborn! www.youthsquared.org

  3. What is Youth2 • Review grant proposals directed towards helping youth • Distribute funds • Educate the community about volunteer actions and opportunities Youth2 is an advisory council comprised of adult and youth members who: www.youthsquared.org

  4. Our Mission is.. • To engage young people: • To think about issues that they care about • To create and design their own volunteer, social awareness, or fundraising projects • To help youth locally or globally www.youthsquared.org

  5. Youth2 is committed to giving financial and thoughtful supportto help interested young people turn their ideas into realities www.youthsquared.org

  6. What is a grant? • A grant is a gift of money awarded to an individual who wishes to turn a community service idea into a reality. • Youth2 has given out 27 $500.00 grants to date to youth applicants ages 22 and younger who reside in Saratoga county. • The grants can be written to help youth ANYWHERE in the world www.youthsquared.org

  7. Previous Grants • Books for a school in Sierra Leone • Malaria Prevention • Help for orphans in Tanzania • Tsunami Relief • Help for children with rare medical disorders • Providing necessities such as hygiene products and bicycles • Scholarships for music and education • Building playgrounds, camp facilities, schools, and pediatric wings • Projects to increase self esteem through theatre and instrument making • Raising social awareness about bullying, runaways, and gender issues www.youthsquared.org

  8. The Application Process • Youth can download the easy to complete grant application that is located on our website - www.youthsquared.org • The application has been completed by children as young as 8 years old. www.youthsquared.org

  9. How do the kids get involved? • A young leader can design a project and apply for funding • Youth2 provides grants up to $500.00 and can also match fundraising efforts up to $500.00 www.youthsquared.org

  10. What is so unique about Youth2 • Youth2 provides both its applicants as well as its youth advisory council members with opportunities to gain skills in: • Youth philanthropic volunteer/community giving • Fundraising • Collecting community resource information • Proposal development • Grant application and review • Program assessment and evaluation • Website construction/powerpoint • Brochure making www.youthsquared.org

  11. Distributing Resources • Public speaking skills • Interviewing • Publicity • Interagency networking • Reading financial statements • Writing press releases • Documenting social action • Leadership • Celebrating youth who give back to the community www.youthsquared.org

  12. To help get youth connected with community service, Youth2 has: • Hosted three “Community Giving Fairs” – these fairs have taught children about the value of giving back to both the local and global community www.youthsquared.org

  13. The Book of Good Deeds • Created the “Book of Good Deeds”-This booklet lists existing human service agencies and organizations, arts, and cultural centers and schools- facilitated community service clubs in which youth can get involved. www.youthsqaured.org

  14. Our Latest Accomplishment: The Community Service Incentive Award was just recently given to two deserving high school students who showed outstanding excellence in their achievements of community service in and around the Saratoga Springs county.

  15. What we’re planning for Humanitarian Games AND The movie “Happy”

  16. Famous Quotes of Youth2 The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. -Ghandi Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it’s the only thing that ever has. -Margaret Mead Being a part of Youth2 helps you be in one organization which teaches you about other local and global efforts. You become a part of them and are inspired by them because you are involved with giving them advice and financial support. -Halley Choy

  17. Visit our website, or download grant applications:  www.youthsquared.org Email us:  via the website or send to youthsquared@yahoo.com Write to us:   Beverly Lazar, Founder                      YOUTH2- YOUTH HELPING YOUTH  28 George St.                      Saratoga Springs, New York Contact Us:

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