2019 Young Humanitarian Award Results

2019 College Utah Young Humanitarian $5,000 Winner    Matthew Spurrier, Junior at the University of Utah  Matthew founded Maji to create change within the youth of our local community and to help some of Utah’s most vulnerable populations. His goal is to be a part of change wherever his career and life take him.  Matthew […]

2019 Youthlinc Young Humanitarian Award Finalists

Young Humanitarian Award Finalists The Youthlinc Utah Young Humanitarian Award has been recognizing service-minded Utah high school juniors and seniors and undergraduate students since 2005. Promoting humanitarianism among youth is the reason behind this annual tribute, made possible by the generous donations of  the George S. & Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation, the Robert D. Kent Jr […]

Meet our 2018 Top 10 Young Humanitarian Award Finalists

The Youthlinc Utah Young Humanitarian Award recognizes service-minded Utah high school juniors and seniors and undergraduate students with a $5,000 college scholarship and $8,500 in runner-up awards. Though our society recognizes young people for their accomplishments in sports and academics, this Award celebrates outstanding service among youth. Promoting humanitarianism among youth is the reason behind this […]

2017 Young Humanitarian Award Winners

The Youthlinc Utah Young Humanitarian Award recognizes service-minded Utah high school juniors and seniors and undergraduate students with a $5,000 college scholarship and $8,500 in runner-up awards. Though our society recognizes young people for their accomplishments in sports and academics, this Award celebrates outstanding service among youth. Promoting humanitarianism among youth is the reason behind this annual tribute, sponsored by the George […]

2017 Young Humanitarian Award Finalists

The Youthlinc Utah Young Humanitarian Award recognizes service-minded Utah high school juniors and seniors and undergraduate students with a $5,000 college scholarship and $8,500 in runner-up awards. Though our society recognizes young people for their accomplishments in sports and academics, this Award celebrates outstanding service among youth. Promoting humanitarianism among youth is the reason behind this […]

2016 Young Humanitarian Award Top 10

The Youthlinc Utah Young Humanitarian Award is a $5,000 college scholarship awarded to an altruistic young person who strives to serve his or her community. One runner-up will receive a $3,000 college scholarship. Three runner-ups will receive a $1,000 college scholarship. Five runner-ups will receive a $500 college scholarship. Though our society recognizes young people […]

Introducing Our 2015 Top 5 Young Humanitarian Award Finalists

The Youthlinc Utah Young Humanitarian Award is a $5,000 college scholarship rewarded to an altruistic young person who strives to serve the local community each year. One runner-up will receive a $3,000 college scholarship. Three runner-ups will receive a $1,000 college scholarship.   Though our society recognizes young people for their accomplishments in sports and academics, […]

Introducing our 2015 Young Humanitarian Award Finalists!

The Youthlinc Utah Young Humanitarian Award is a $5,000 college scholarship rewarded to an altruistic young person who strives to serve the local and global community each year. One runner-up will receive a $3,000 college scholarship. Three runner-ups will receive a $1,000 college scholarship.   Though our society recognizes young people for their accomplishments in sports […]

10 Ways You Know You Might Be Utah’s Young Humanitarian

You might be Utah’s Young Humanitarian if.. You get butterflies in your stomach when someone starts talking about a cool service project and how to join. You have to reschedule a date because a service project just came up (but at least you invited your date to join). You get uncommonly upset about human rights […]

Introducing our 2014 Young Humanitarian Award Finalists!

Emily Donaldson Emily is a senior at the University of Utah.  One of Emily’s most cherished service experiences was volunteering for the University of Utah Women’s Resource Center (WRC).  The WRC asked Emily to solicit donations from local companies for the center’s auction.  This was a challenging task for Emily, which was not within her […]