We’re thrilled you’d like to get involved with us! Here are FIVE WAYS you can help us realize our mission:

1. Tell Us Your Skills Do you have a unique talent you would like to share with us? Great! We thrive on volunteer expertise. A pro bono marketing expert created the communications on this website, a volunteer team from Northwestern helped us develop our leadership transition plan, and a retired principal reviews grant requests before we send the to the U.S. Department of Education.

2. Become A Mentor Do you have an extra hour a week to help youth succeed? Consider joining our Mentor Y.O.U.th initiative — a mentoring program for 3rd to 12th graders from Oakton and Washington Elementary Schools, Nichols and Chute Middle Schools, and Evanston Township High School.

3. Donate To Us Do you want to enable more youth to benefit from Y.O.U.’s services? While we already provide comprehensive services to 1,000 youth annually, many more youth need our services. Indeed, all of our afterschool programs currently have a waiting list. Your donation would help us to sustain and expand our services to meet the full needs of youth in the Evanston community.

4. Join Our Junior Board Are you a young professional interested in supporting and advocating for Evanston and Skokie’s youth? Join our Junior Board, a group of leaders under 40 years old who volunteer, raising money, and promote awareness of Y.O.U.’s work in the community. The Junior Board is a fun, friendly, and caring community!

5. Share Your Skills We are seeking business professionals who are willing to share their expertise and stories with our youth. In 2013, we will engage over 100 youth in entrepreneurship education programs. The key to making these programs successful is having business leaders visit with our youth and share their real-world expertise and stories.