The Story County Community Foundation is pleased to announce that we have established a Youth Philanthropy Council. We are looking forward to partnering with Ames High students for the benefit of the Story County Community.
This exciting project is designed to involve youth in meaningful ways in the philanthropic tradition, to encourage them to give and serve in their community, and to make philanthropy a “habit of the heart” for future generations. It is a joint effort between the Story County Community Foundation and the Volunteer Center of Story County.
SCYP will give young people an opportunity to help solve the problems and challenges they all share. By involving teens in grantmaking, SCYP will help today's high school students become tomorrow's civic leaders.
Program goals are:
1. to help young people understand and experience philanthropy
2. to acquire skills in organizing, facilitating and developing criteria for a program that meets their needs
3. to encourage and support meaningful youth-initiative service to the community
4. to involve youth and adults in partnership in community philanthropy
5. to educate youth and adult leaders in the process and value of giving and serving
6. to help young people develop the leadership skills necessary to evaluate projects worthy of investment
To establish the youth council, students from Ames (and in the other high schools in the county in the future) will fill out the application, be interviewed and selected to serve on the council. Adult leaders have been recruited to serve as council members and mentors for the youth. The council will consist of 15-20 students.
Our plan, which is open to change by the council as it develops, is to hold orientation session in August and monthly meetings during the school year.
The Story County Community Foundation will set aside $5000 in grant money for the youth council to award following a process of writing grant guidelines and applications, accepting applications and scoring them, site visits and follow up of the awards granted.
We feel this is an excellent way to develop philanthropists for the future.
The Story County Community Foundation is pleased to announce that we have established a Youth Philanthropy Council. We are looking forward to partnering with Ames High students for the benefit of the Story County Community.