Teen Leadership Program

Teen Leadership Programs

Generation SERVE Summer Leadership Academy builds teens' community leadership skills through volunteerism. Youth ages 13 and up will learn from seasoned volunteers, nonprofit professionals, and community leaders about what it takes to make real change and commit to values like compassion, empathy, and justice. After training, each teen will be matched with a younger participant to guide them through an independent service project. The summer 2021 program includes live virtual trainings and one in-person, hands-on service event.

Teens will learn about community leadership and will have a chance to develop and practice skills like public speaking, goal setting, teamwork, and project planning.

Teens help inspire the next generation of volunteers and community leaders on our service pathway.

2021 Summer Leadership Academy Recap

Thank you for a great Summer Leadership Academy!

Thank you all for another wonderful summer with our Teen Leadership Program! This year, we revamped our program to center on leadership and mentorship skills. Every teen who entered the program went through an extensive two day orientation, complete with training from our Teen Advisory Board members, and speakers throughout the nonprofit sector. After Orientation, each teen was then paired with a fellow mentor in their Leadership Program and paired up with a mentee, from our Project Mentee Summer Program. Through this Mentorship model, our teens were able to lead the Project Mentee participants through a summer community project.
We are so excited that this was a successful and meaningful summer program- let’s hear from some of our Teen Leadership participants!

During my experience at Generation Serve, I practiced elevator pitches, strengthened my leadership skills, and learned how to lead young kids. While training with Generation Serve, I learned how to present important facts about non-profit organizations in a short period of time” - Jack, Teen

“This mentorship has helped me in a lot of ways, and I will use these skills to my advantage for a long time. Thank you generation SERVE for teaching me how to be a better leader ” - Abel, Teen

“I observed that both her organizational and analytic skills improved in how to make a project happen from conceiving it to delivering it. She gained confidence in leading, as well.” - Tara Sims, Parent