Youth Engaged In Service (YES) Lead for Students in Alexandria

VolALX’s Youth Engaged in Service (YES) promotes civic responsibility and recognizes community service. We offer ongoing activities for children, youth, and their families. Our service-learning program engages students - grades 6 through 12 and offers a chance to learn about the issues facing their community and to do something about it. Participants will engage with non-profits, city agencies, and people from all walks of life as they earn service hours and explore career paths.
We engage students from all public and private schools in Alexandria, or home-schooled residents to become a YES Lead. Youth voices and input would help us determine what’s important and relevant for youth; expand the network of youth engaged in service; share ideas and help plan and create new programming; engage and mobilize peers to act; assess the city's volunteer needs for youth; and can improve how and what VolALX do to engage youth.
Youth Advisory Council Responsibilities and Expectations: • Must be a resident of and/or attend a school in the City of Alexandria. • A middle or high school student (grades 6 - 12). • Participate on the Youth & Family Advisory Council for a minimum of one academic school year. • Be an active member. • Provide constructive views on issues. • Represent VolALX in your school, your extracurricular activities, and amongst your friends and greater community.