A Program of the Woodbury Community Foundation, in partnership with the Woodbury Area Chamber of Commerce, Woodbury Heritage Society, and the City of Woodbury.

What Is Youth Leadership Development?

This program is a 5-week service learning, leadership development and entrepreneurial program. It’s designed to give students who are incoming seniors (grade 12) opportunities to develop critical skills necessary for increased community engagement. In the program they will also acquire real world skills to succeed in the business environment and explore entrepreneurship in the 21st century.

Students successfully completing the program and submitting the required essay are eligible to earn a scholarship!

Areas of Focus

Throughout the program, teens will be exposed to three main themes:

1

Youth Social Entrepreneurship

Youth Social Entrepreneurship (YSE) integrates practices of positive youth development with community engagement and social entrepreneurship to enable mutual transformation of economies, neighborhoods, and individuals.
2

Community Engagement

Community Engagement is the process of building relationships with community organizations and working with those organizations side-by-side in any and every way imaginable, building connections and developing an interest in their mission, with the end goal of helping make the community a better place to live.
3

Life Skill Development

Life skills are a comprehensive set of universal skills and abilities, connecting behavior, attitudes, and knowledge, which teens can develop and retain throughout their lives. Life skills increase young people’s well-being and help them to develop into active and productive members of their communities.

PAUL REBHOLZ CITIZEN SCHOLARSHIPS

There will be one $5,000  SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED TO a YOUTH ENGAGEMENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY Graduate.  The recipient will need to attend and participate in all 5 sessions and write an Essay (up to 500 words) .  The essay assignment will be presented at the First Session of YELA and the deadline will be at the beginning of Session Four.  The Scholarships will be announced at Session Five / Graduation Night and presented at The Rebholz Golf Tournament/Fundraiser.
 

SCHEDULE

Classes are 3-5pm

Week 1 July 13th                    "Ash Room" City Hall                    Making Woodbury History Relevant to 2022

Week 2 July 20st                    "Ash Room" City Hall                     Careers in the Community and the Path to get there! 

Week 3 July 27th                    "Ash Room" City Hall                     Service, Volunteer, & Community Engagement 

Week 4 August 3th                 Woodbury HERO                             Public Safety Team

Week 5 August 10th               "Ash Room" City Hall                     Elected Officials, Goal Setting, Your Future, Celebrate!

 

To Apply for the 2023 YELA, please fill out the following form. 

 

Please contact Matt Johnson for more information wcf@woodburyfoundation.org.

2023 YELA Application

Youth Leadership Engagement Academy

YOUTH LEADERSHIP ENGAGEMENT ACADEMY APPLICATION

A Program of the Woodbury Community Foundation, in partnership with the Woodbury Area Chamber of Commerce, Woodbury Heritage Society, and the City of Woodbury. This program is a 5-week service learning, leadership development and entrepreneurial program. It’s designed to give students who are incoming seniors (grade 12) opportunities to develop critical skills necessary for increased community engagement. In the program they will also acquire real world skills to succeed in the business environment and explore entrepreneurship in the 21st century. Students successfully completing the program and submitting the required essay are eligible to earn a scholarship!
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