We are a field of interest fund formed under the guidance of the Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region. Youth² has been created to engage young people to think about issues that they care about and to create volunteer or social action projects for youth and by youth. Youth² is committed to giving financial and thoughtful organizational support to help interested young people turn their ideas into realities.

• Do you want to design your own volunteer project?
• Do you want to be able to make a difference in the lives of youth in your own community or in the world?
• Do you want to reach more people, but need matching funds to begin?
• Did you ever wonder about how to get your project started?

YouthSquared Participates in “Treetoga” the Urban Forestry Project of Sustainable Saratoga on Saturday, April 30th

A great example of  a program Youth² Supported

Hokies for Hanbury – The was a grant where the Alternative Service Breaks Program volunteers of the YMCA at Virginia Tech worked at the Hanbury Home Orphanage in Mandeville, Jamaica.

                                      FIVE REASONS TO JOIN YOUTH²!

Youth² can help you! How can you get involved?

• Learn how to write a grant
• Tell a friend about us
• Attend and support another person’s social action project
• Become an Advisory Council Member
• Invite a Youth² Advisory Council member to come and speak to your group or Organization
• Give part of your babysitting money, or part of your birthday gifts as a Donation to Youth²
• Tell your club leader about us
• Get involved in a volunteer job by looking through the Book of Good Deeds, our collection of volunteer opportunities for youth
• Add your organization to the Book of Good Deeds
• Help out with events.

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