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This year, for the first time ever, Youthlinc implemented service experience trips for volunteers to take part in locally. These served...

Each year at Youthlinc’s Annual Benefit we are able to raise a substantial amount of money to support our youth programming which allows...

Youthlinc would like to recognize the George S and Delores Doré Eccles Foundation for their generosity in supporting the Utah Youthinc...

5000 Award Winner Nida Taha Nida Taha is from Sudan. Her family traveled from Sudan to Egypt before eventually coming to America. She is...

Here Comes the Sun! Youthlinc has scheduled the Annual Benefit for Saturday, August 28th. We will be holding it in the parking lot where...

I first became involved with Youthlinc when my daughter joined the Thailand July team in 2014. Although initially hesitant to have my...

Grandeur Peak Global Advisors has supported Youthlinc for the past two years in a variety of ways.  They have supported TWENTY students...

This month Youthlinc would like to honor and thank the Sorenson Legacy Foundation.  Sorenson Legacy Foundation is a Salt Lake City based...

What is Mondo Art? The Mondo Art Project was created to connect children all over the world through the universal language of art. The...

Youthlinc would like to honor American Express as a long-time donor to the Real Life program.  Real Life has received consistent grant...

By: Shelly Burningham Photo Credit and initial content provided by: Nick Sokoloff - The New Americans of Salt Lake Abdul -Country of Origin: Afghanistan am from a place where being alive depends on luck; I am from Afghanistan. The climate is very unstable; I lived on the line between life and death, and there was no way to predict it. I am grateful to be alive and am proud and happy to be in the USA. I want to correctly use my opportunity of being here, and I want to reach th

Youthlinc would like to recognize and celebrate our second Young Leaders of the Americas Initivate (YLAI) fellow, Witchelle Charles. ...

By: Justin Powell and Melissa Pearson Benjamin Franklin said, “Out of adversity comes opportunity.” This was the case in 2010 when the...

I started my 2760th Karen New Year with goals and resolutions, with my loved ones, and with excitement for the new semester in school....

By: Justin Powell Youthlinc is hosting three fellows from YLAI (Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative) this year. YLAI is a program...

Ibrahim Ramazani – Country of Origin: Malawi I am a refugee from a Malawi refugee camp. I was born in Burundi, Bujumbura and have been in the United States for seven years now. When my family and I arrived in Utah, we had to learn a new language, culture, and way of living. When I started school, I did not speak any English. The only thing I knew how to say to people was “hi.” In school, I would get very frustrated to the point where I would sit in the back of class and cry,

Youthlinc’s mission is to create lifetime humanitarians. Humanitarians, once created, can then individually and collectively seek to...

Thanks to our generous partnership with the A. Ray Olpin University Union Building, any Young Humanitarian finalist committed to attending the University of Utah will receive an additional scholarship from the  University Union Student Leader Scholarship Fund.   Over the past two years, the University Union Student Leadership Fund has awarded an additional $22,000 to some of the most incredible young humans in the state of Utah.

By: Shelly Burningham Human beings are diverse in many ways. We come from different lifestyles, religions, gender, race, and...

By: Shelly Burningham Youthlinc – Real Life is pleased to announce a new partnership with Umoja Generation.  Umoja Generation is a Utah non-profit supporting refugee youth in the Salt Lake area.  Fiston, Mwesige, founder and president, organized this program in 2017.  Umoja Generation delivers a wide range of programs to help refugee youth succeed in their new life: Education - Helps facilitate weekly tutoring and one-on-one homework help. Assists refugee youth with college