Youth of the Year
January 31, 2025 @ 6:00PM — 8:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Add to Calendar
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Youth of the Year tickets
Youth of the Year is our signature effort to foster a new generation of leaders, fully prepared to live and lead in a diverse, global, and integrated world economy.
In the 21st-century world and workplace, leadership skills such as communication, goal-setting, and teamwork are essential for everyone – especially young people preparing to meet the challenges of adolescence and adulthood. Youth of the Year has evolved into a comprehensive leadership development program, which includes:
Youth of the Month – Leadership Recognition Program
Junior Youth of the Year – Leadership Readiness Program, and
Youth of the Year – Leadership Development Program
Each year, one exceptional Club member is selected to be the Youth of the Year, serving as an ambassador for Boys & Girls Club youth as well as a voice for all of our young people. These teens have exemplified the Boys & Girls Club mission and are proof of the impact Clubs make in transforming and saving kids’ lives.
Becoming Youth of the Year is an exciting and inspiring journey. Thousands of Club teens participate in local, state, and regional Youth of the Year events. Six teens, including five regional winners and a national military youth winner, advance to the National Youth of the Year Celebration, where one outstanding young person is named Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s national teen spokesperson. The National Youth of the Year is a role model, leader, and advocate for over 3.6 million youth served by Boys & Girls Clubs each year, and all of America’s young people.