How Youth United Helps Develop Tomorrow's Leaders
Involvement with Youth United helps today's young people become our leaders of tomorrow. Here are just some of the skills our volunteers can expect to gain:
- Team bulding
- Communication
- Managing a team
- Community service
- Understanding publicity
- How to track progress through milestones
- Project Management
- Organization
- Receiving awards for efforts
- Self-motivation and how to motivate others
- How to run focus groups to gather feedback and facilitate communication
How is Youth United structured?
Youth United is run by a representative of the Habitat for Humanity Millstone Basin Area board, Jenne McCarthy. She helps coordinate all Youth United activities within our area with the help of many dedicated people, some of whom serve on one of the following committees:
- Steering Committee
- Manages the overall program progress
- Interacts with subcommittees and groups
- Reports back to board of directors
- Publicity Committee
- Newsletter articles
- Web site updates
- Flyers
- Advertising
- Fundraising Committee
- Monitors fund collection
- Approves event schedule
- Building Committee
- Schedules work groups
