Youth Fund Distribution Committee

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General Information
Each year, United Way brings together high school students and organizations from across Greater Cleveland who want to make a difference in their community. The John K. Mott Youth Fund Distribution Committee (YFDC) gives high school juniors and seniors a unique opportunity to make their community a better place for youth through making grants to select projects. 

Learn what the 2010 YFDC funded

The goals of the YFDC are to:

• Educate the youth members about community problem-solving through the United Way grant  allocation process;
• Provide a challenging opportunity and instill a spirit of volunteerism in our future adult leaders;
• Empower youth through a meaningful decision-making process;
• Demonstrate to the community youths’ ability to responsibly distribute funds;
  

We are now recruiting students to become YFDC members
United Way is now accepting applications from junior and senior high school students throughout Cuyahoga County to participate in YFDC. The program begins Wednesday, October 20 and will run throughout the school year. 

• Must be a junior or senior at a high school in Cuyahoga County (public, private, parochial, or charter school)
• Must show both parental/guardian permission, AND
• Must show permission from school/guidance counselor to miss 7 afternoons during the school day through the school year (see session schedule)
• Must commit to attending all sessions (may miss up to 2 sessions with an excused absence) 
• Must commit to participating actively in discussions and in the process.

Application deadline:  Friday, September 24, 2010
Download the application
Download the session schedule