25
Years
of Experience
Who is Thrive Youth Development?
Thrive Youth Development, Inc. is a non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization focusing on reaching, inspiring and empowering youth (ages 11-18) through programs and special events designed to help them develop positive mindsets and gain valuable assets. Programs encourage high performance and awareness while teaching students to identify and correct poor habits to improve their chances of success. By providing an atmosphere that stimulates thought and creativity, Thrive ultimately achieves its goal of changing lives through changing minds.
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Our Volunteers
400+
Collectively dedicated time and talent to help our students
7
Weeks of actual weekend classroom education and training
100
Volunteer hours from students that have graduated from our program
We have a diverse group of volunteers who have collectively dedicated more than 400 hours of their time and talents over the course of the 7 weeks to help our students in their quest to Thrive – this only includes actual weekend classroom hours (i.e. not administrative time). Our volunteers are professionals in Corporate America, college students, social workers, PhD candidates working with youth, entrepreneurs, coaches and leaders in the community. More importantly, nearly 100 of these volunteer hours are from students that have graduated from our program and have returned to assist in the classrooms or with various projects related to student engagement, further reinforcing the benefits of the program by their desire to pay it forward.
We ARE developing leaders that transform communities
Generally speaking, our goal at Thrive is to move the needle such that more students are Thriving (verb - grow or develop well or vigorously). Each semester we get a “before and after “picture of how our students perceive things are going in their lives by having them complete the Developmental Assets Profile (DAP) survey.
