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YouthLINC students choose their local service sites, where they can become relied upon volunteers during their service year program. We require our student participants to do hands-on service with genuinely needy individuals or communities.
Team participants also attend monthly meetings where they prepare for the international experience, and are mentored to take leadership roles in planning the activities in-country while being mentored by team staff.
After fulfilling local service requirements, YouthLINC students take their commitment to another level by participating in a two-week experience in a developing country.
YouthLINC currently has four sites for international service: Meru, Kenya, including the communities of Nkubu and Tharaka, Ocotlan, Mexico (Escuela de Educacion Especial and surrounding pueblos), Santa Rosa Pueblo along the Amazon River in Peru and Khao Lak, Thailand, hard hit by the 2004 tsunami.
"The local service gets you into the spirit of service before you go. In the planning meetings, not only do you organize what you will be doing internationally, you also get to know everyone you'll be going with before you leave. I know a lot of people who do some service and then forget. But with YouthLINC, I learned so much-I could never forget!"
--Porter Illi, 2004 Peru participant
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- Application deadline: Our application deadline for our 2007-2008 program has passed. Please submit an application for our 2008-2009 program year in August 2008.
- Frequently Asked Questions
- All accepted students (and parents of students under 18) must attend a General Orientation session held in Salt Lake City on a Saturday in November of each program year.
You will need to complete three forms listed to apply to the YouthLINC program: the Student Application, Waiver and Code, and Policy Document.
Please mail all documents to 1140 E. Brickyard Rd, Salt Lake City, Utah 84106 or fax to 801-467-1982. This address and fax number is also on each document. Be sure to obtain the appropriate materials and signatures! ALL DOCUMENTS ARE REQUIRED IN YOUR APPLICATION.