About:
Young Life is a non-denominational Christian ministry that reaches out to adolescents.
Mission
Introducing adolescents to Jesus Christ and helping them grow in their faith.
Serving
Children & Youth
Communities in Need
People With Disabilities
Women
Affiliate Since
2004
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Our Partnership

Mobilizing Volunteers
Our volunteers develop sincere friendships with teenagers and help provide them weekly events to learn the skills, assets, and attitudes that will help them reach their God-given potential in life.
Making Grants To Fund Programs
Our funding provides direct program support to various Young Life chapters in NYC to cover rent, materials and supplies, field trips, and other enrichment activities for the youth involved.
Training And Consulting
Through our capacity building support, we're working with Young Life staff to re-evaluate their outcomes metrics to effectively measure program impact.

Volunteer Opportunities

Young Life

Build Relationships with Middle School Students in Brooklyn

Next Available Opportunity
Thu 10/6/2022 | 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Location
Brooklyn
Serving
Children & Youth
Opportunity For
Individuals

It’s interesting watching how being there week in and week out, they almost start to depend on you being there. It kind of builds trust and our kids are still relatively young, though we have a couple of seniors and a fair amount of juniors. It’s vital to make yourself open to having hang out time and conversations and even realizing that with them, sometimes the subject matter won’t be what you want to talk about.

Alex, Volunteer

Mentions

May 05.26.2022
Hoop Dreams with Prison Fellowship and Young Life
In April, both Prison Fellowship and Young Life came together for a one-day youth basketball event! In total, 106 young people attended, and it was a powerful day.
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Jun 06.23.2021
How Direct Grants Impact Our Affiliate Communities in Positive Ways
Grantmaking is one of the four cornerstones of our model (which also includes volunteer mobilization, capacity building, and collaborative networks). Every June, we give Direct grants to many of our affiliates so they can plan their programs for the coming year.
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Dec 12.04.2019
His Toy Store 2019: 4812 Toys for Over 2000 Families

This year, 470 generous donors and more than 600 incredible volunteers made His Toy Store a life-changing experience for families in need! 

Without everyone's generosity in time, resources, and effort, His Toy Store would not happen.

Our fundraising (which exceeded the $95,000 goal!) helped provide 4812 toys to 2,055 families at 13

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