Youth Advisory Board
What is the Youth Advisory Board?
The Volunteer Center Youth Advisory Board provides opportunities for young
people to become proficient in the ethics and mechanics of board service.
YAB will help to train young people in the areas of trusteeship, governance,
community service, and organizational leadership in order to develop lifelong
habits of giving and service.
What does the Youth Advisory Board do?
- Advises the Volunteer Center of Lubbock on youth programming
- Acts as a catalyst to make change in our community
- Participates in meetings, service projects, and special events
- Learns how to serve on a nonprofit organization board
- Actively seeks membership on nonprofit organization boards
How can
I participate?
You must meet the following requirements to participate: enrolled in grades
9 through 12, meet with staff from the Volunteer Center, and attend at least
75% of meetings.
Meetings begin in September and are held one Thursday night a month at 6:00 p.m.
Meeting Dates:
August 4, 2009
September 3, 2009
October 1, 2009
November 5, 2009
December 3, 2009
January 7, 2010
February 4, 2010
March 4, 2010
April 1, 2010
May 6, 2010
June 3, 2010
July 1, 2010
All meetings are at the Volunteer Center of Lubbock Conference Room, 1706 23rd Street
Contact the
Volunteer Center for applications or interest at (806) 747-0551
or ewooley@volunteerlubbock.org.
Click here for a Youth Advisory
Board application in PDF format. PDF 