As a mentor and volunteer for over 15 years and a student for 4 years, Rhonda and August are familiar faces around Community for Youth. They met during a Launch weekend at Camp Colman as residents of the same cabin. Four years later, they are celebrating all they have learned from and about each other …
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Like many of our matches, Khalen and Jalen’e bonded over Launch weekend at Camp Colman. Khalen shared, “We both just had a lot of fun together at camp. He seemed bright and reminded me in many ways of myself around his age.” The pair has made a distinct impact on our program. Khalen has now …
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Donnalyn and Carrie Carrie has taught me how to maintain a positive and persistent attitude even through the ups and downs. Doing that is a motivator that can better help me through the days. She pushes me to do the best that I can when I'm telling myself otherwise. I tend to overthink, stress out, …
Dwight and Amanda were both students in CfY and are now CfY Staff! Read more about their time in the program below. Dwight Walton: I was involved with CFY for all 4 years of my High School Experience. Without a doubt I remember going out for 1:1s with my mentor the most. The first time …
Community for Youth Announces New Board Members Seattle, WA – Community for Youth announces the appointment of four new board members: Mohammed Adeeyo, Rovina Broomfield, Richard Manhattan, and Ben Masters. MOHAMMED ADEEYO is an alumnus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he served on the board of student run social advocacy groups promoting youth development such …
From left: Divaa, Jonah, Mireya, Jalene, Donnalyn, Amy, Tianna, and August. Not pictured: Winden, Katherine, Aida, and Angel Community for Youth is excited to announce our CfY LeaderCorps! This group is made up of 12 students who will receive leadership training, facilitate portions of CfY workshop activities, assist with recruitment and serve as ambassadors for …
Jenna Etzel, Right at our 2017 Auction I was introduced to CfY when my brother was involved as a mentor and he would share his experiences and how impactful the programs were. I wanted to support that! I have continued to give beyond my brother’s time in the program because I have teenage children and …
Seattle, WA – Community for Youth announces the appointment of two new members of its Board of Directors. Joining the Board of Directors are Roger Lorenze and Michael Koger. Roger Lorenze has been a real estate broker in Seattle for the last 6 years. Roger assists his clients with leasing and sales of both office …
Hyun's Family Group I feel that the Family Group component of CfY offers a deeper layer of relationships that can form within the community. It gives us as mentors an opportunity to get to know other students and mentors better. I think what makes CFY unique are the different layers of relationships that you build. …
Alexus at LAUNCH I got involved with CfY through my friend Kaga, who has been doing CfY for 2 years now. He told me about how much fun it is and all the connections you end up making. Before CFY, I would have never interacted with a majority of the people from my school. Now …
