Our Impact

Though there are plenty of opportunities for students to participate in service, there are very few service organizations that provide students with funding and resources to spearhead and organize their own service projects/programs.

We provide students with tools and resources to lead and serve their communities.

What makes Youth Action unique and more specifically, what makes YA’s organization’s approach to serving our community unique is truly one and the same. Youth Action provides students with mentorship, funding, and other resources to serve their communities. Youth Action’s mission is centered on the belief that students not only see the problems around them, and if given the tools and resource to lead, they have the capacity to act and impact their communities. Members of Youth Action organize innovative youth-captivating service projects to excite their peers about leadership and service to their communities.

What some of our students have said

“Youth Action made me perfectly competent to be a leader anywhere I go. I am comfortable with being an active leader taking control over a project or group, and I am also comfortable being a passive leader without saying a word.”

“Youth Action shaped my way of understanding leadership and service in my community by allowing me to identify myself as a human rights activist. I’m not afraid to fight for what our community needs. From Youth Action, I have become a better orator and a more confident leader.”

“A very important thing I have learned from Youth Action is the importance of perseverance. If you fail at first, keep trying. I apply this in school with subjects I may not understand at first. I persevere by studying and trying to re-apply techniques.”

20 Years of Impact

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Students engaged in service throughout Greater Philadelphia

Hours of community service earned per Youth Action member on average

Community service projects completed since inception

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Scholarship funds given to Youth Action members

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Recent Youth Action graduates have gone on to attend college

Youth Action Notable Awards and Recognition for Service

Wells Fargo Community Connector Award for Service, October 2015

Alpha Kappa Alpha Omega Omega Chapter- Service Recognition, May 2013

Philadelphia Tribune, September 2011, Story on Youth Action’s service in Philadelphia

University of Pennsylvania Du Bois House, October 2009, Recognition for outstanding service

Tau Gamma Delta Sorority, Spring 2009, Outstanding Service Award

Philadelphia Youth Commission, August 2008, Outstanding Service Award

Citation from the PA House of Representatives, August 2008, Youth Advocacy in Philadelphia

Citation from Philadelphia City Council, August 2008, For Youth Advocacy in Philadelphia

World of Children’s Founders Award, October 2006, nominee Recognized by the

Youth Venture, November 2006, Venturer of the Month

Tavis Smiley Foundation, October 2005, Youth In Action Award

Philadelphia Inquirer Story, spring 2005, article on the service of one our members

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