Meet Our 2023 Real Life Scholarship Winners

Real Life Scholarship Winners Sambuka “Sam” Havugimana was born in the small village of Kyanwali, Uganda, to parents who had fled from Congo due to war. Despite many challenges, Sam was determined from an early age to pursue his education.

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Meet Our 2023 Young Humanitarian Award Finalists

College Finalists Amy Perez-Chavez is a first-generation Mexican-American college student. She fell in love with service in her senior year of high school when she served as president of HOSA and has continued working with underserved communities since. To Amy,

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Youthlinc Clothing Drive

Community involvement and collaboration are major components of Youthlinc programming. Our partners, both local and international, help propel our mission to create lifetime humanitarians through a number of hands-on service opportunities for our volunteers. One Utah non-profit supports Youthlinc programming

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LOVE Service Week 2023

Youthlinc is conducting our fourth “Love Service Challenge,” from February 11-17. We want to encourage all Youthlincers, past and present, to spread love through service this February. Participate in our daily challenge and spread your love of service to others

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A Wrap of Real Life

This Impact Report gives a general overview of the 2021-22 Real Life Program year. It includes locationsand demographic served, activities, and quantitative data. A final report with all our financial andassessment data will be completed in June of this year.

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Real Life’s Financial Literacy Curriculum

Real Life started in 2010 with the objective of teaching “real-life” applicable skills to refugee and immigrant teens throughout the Salt Lake Valley. The main goal of the program was to assist students as they transitioned through the various stages

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Real Life’s New Music Therapy Program

By: Melissa Pearson Over the past few years, researchers have found that there has been a major increase in the needs for mental health services within our country and communities. Collectively, we have all faced the fallout and effects of

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Love Service 2022

Youthlinc is conducting our third “Love Service Challenge,” from February 12-18. We want to encourage all Youthlincers, past, and present to spread love through service this February. Participate in our daily challenge and spread your love of service to others

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Service During the Holidays

As the holiday season approaches, many of us cherish the time we get to spend with our loved ones. One of the many beautiful insights we have gained throughout the COVID pandemic is how vital connection is in all of

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Pushing for Purpose

By: Patti Monsoor Community centers are crucial for creating a healthy, vibrant community. The social bonds that are created help build strong, safe, and inclusive communities, social interaction, volunteerism, and civic pride. Moreover, they can become a beacon of social

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Youthlinc Local Projects 2021

This year, for the first time ever, Youthlinc implemented service experience trips for volunteers to take part in locally. These served as an opportunity not only for humanitarians who were unable to travel internationally this year due to COVID-19, but also for participants to see the many ways they

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Youthlinc 2021 Annual Benefit

Here Comes the Sun! Youthlinc has scheduled the Annual Benefit for Saturday, August 28th. We will be holding it in the parking lot where our new Community Center is being built in Murray (346 E 4500 S). We have changed

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Summer 2021 Local Experiences

Cost: $50 June 14-19 Refugee Summer Festival This Real Life Refugee Summer Experience allows Youthlinc participants to take part in a week-long local service opportunity in their own backyard and engage with students from all around the world. This experience

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The History of Real Life

By: Justin Powell and Melissa Pearson Benjamin Franklin said, “Out of adversity comes opportunity.” This was the case in 2010 when the United States was in the midst of the Great Recession.  At that time, Youthlinc was quite a bit

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2021 Love Service Challenge

Youthlinc is conducting our second “Love Service Challenge,” from February 8-14. We want to encourage all Youthlincers, past, and present to spread love through service this February. Participate in our daily challenge and spread your love of service to others

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2020 Young Humanitarian Award Finalist

Are you Utah’s next Young Humanitarian?

By: Shannon Moss For the past 16 years, Youthlinc has organized a statewide search for Utah’s Young Humanitarian. The goal of this award is to recognize outstanding community engagement and to inspire other people to serve their communities however and

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How to be a Humanitarian During the Holidays

For many of us, the holiday season is a time to give back to our communities and volunteer our time, talents, or financial means. With COVID 19 case counts surging throughout the United States, our holiday season has already begun

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Youthlinc Community Center Groundbreaking

Thank you to everyone who attended or has supported our Capital Campaign for the Youthlinc Community Center. On Saturday October 24, we were able to hold a Groundbreaking Ceremony to start preparing the land on our new property.  The program

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Combat Loneliness Through Service

A report in 2018 from Kaiser Family Foundation found that 22 percent of Americans say they often or always feel lonely (that’s 55 million people and twice the number of Americans with diabetes!).  Vivek Murthy, former US Surgeon General, feels

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Referral Program

Youthlinc Service Year Referral Program

Youthlinc’s most powerful recruitment tool is, and probably has always been, word of mouth. When individuals who have participated in the Service Year share their experience with people who know and trust them, those individuals are much more likely to

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Youthlinc@Home Updates

Youthlinc@home was created during COVID to provide safe opportunities for individuals to volunteer and learn. To date, our student and volunteer participants have dabbled in coding, yoga, art, and many other fun and exciting learning experiences. It has been a

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Five Important Changes to the Youthlinc Service Year

By: Jackie Moynihan The 2020-2021 Service Year might look a little different to our Youthlinc veterans. Here’s a quick rundown of some important changes to be aware of and the reasoning behind them. “Application” to “registration.” For the first time

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Serving through Technology, Youthlinc@Home

It would be an understatement to say that in the past few months we’ve experienced some challenges to our established way of life. Our current situation has redefined many things we took for granted, and all of us are learning

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2020 Young Humanitarian Award Finalist

Young Humanitarian Award Winners 2020

High School Winners $5000 Winner Taylor Fang Senior at Logan High School Taylor is passionate about sharing technology with girls of diverse backgrounds. She is the founder of Girls Explore Tech (GET), a 7-week series of free, hands-on workshops for

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2020 Real Life Scholarship Finalist

2020 Real Life Finalists

Youthlinc is pleased to announce the awarding of five academic scholarships honoring Real Life high school seniors and college students of refugee or immigrant background.  We would like to recognize the Low Family Foundation, the Barker Charitable Foundation and an

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Be a humanitarian while social distancing

By Jackie Moynihan, Real Life Director   Stay home. Social distance. Wash your hands. Flatten the curve.    As global citizens, it is our responsibility to protect each other. Not everyone has the luxury of staying home, especially those on

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Bringing local service a little closer to home

By Shannon Moss, Youthlinc Project Manager   The COVID-19 pandemic has changed almost everything about our everyday life. Meeting up with a group of friends on a Friday night has changed to a group FaceTime call. Shopping trips have been

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COVID-19 Community Resources

If you or someone you know is in need of help during the COVID-19 pandemic, please check out this list of community resources. Thanks to Salt Lake Community College’s Thayne Center for Service & Learning for sharing! CLICK HERE FOR

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Why Everyone Needs to Volunteer

By Justin Powell, Youthlinc Executive Director Every year hundreds of Youthlinc volunteers engage locally in supporting the homeless population, people with disabilities, the elderly, refugees, immigrants, youth, etc. and in doing so they realize the power of looking outside of

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5 Reasons You Should Start Volunteering Immediately

5 Reasons You Should Start Volunteering Immediately According To Youthlinc Participants 1. It makes you super happy!! Create friendships with people you serve. Knowing your time is greatly valued. Knowing you’re impacting a person’s life in a positive way. 2. You

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