Youth Benefits
- Stimulated interest in continual education
- Scholarship opportunities
- Career information; insight into future vocation
- Positive alternative to negative youth activities, such as drug abuse and involvement with gangs
- Sense of acceptance and belonging to the “right” group
- Safe environment for adult-like activities
- Opportunities to participate in practical, real and meaningful hands-on experiences
- New career and personal skills
- Opportunities to try leadership roles
- Cooperative relationship between adults and youth
