Real Life Program Expands Mission and Impact: Serving Refugees from Kindergarten to High School
Introduction Real Life was born in 2010 when the United States was facing the Great Recession. At the time, Youthlinc’s main programs focused on the Service Year and the Young Humanitarian Award. Youthlinc leadership was worried about how the Recession
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.
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,
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
Meet the 2020 Young Humanitarian Finalists
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Real Life Scholarship for Refugee and Immigrant Students
By Shelly Burningham Accepting applications through March 15, 2020. Click here to learn more about the Real Life Scholarship. Over the past few years in Real Life, many students have indicated that they want to go to college and have
How Promise South Salt Lake Shaped the History of Real Life
By Shelly Burningham, Real Life Director Real Life is an after-school tutoring and life skills peer mentoring program that partners Youthlinc with a variety of organizations in Salt Lake County. Real Life provides active, practical, after-school programming to teens, tween
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