Online Resources for Youth

As youth gear up for heading back to school and youth programs prepare for switching gears to fall programming, we thought we’d share a small compilation of some great youth-focused, interactive sites where youth can learn and do good while in front of the computer screen. Youth service professionals may consider incorporating these resources into fall programming or just sharing with the youth they serve.

• www.bankit.com/. - This is an awesome site for helping teens manage money and think about finances. It also has resources for parents.
• www.at15.com/ - This is Best Buy’s youth site. Youth members get points and use them to vote on what projects Best Buy’s foundation will fund.
• www.dosomething.org/ - This site is one of the best out there for youth engagement! Every young person should know about the resources at this site.
• www.freerice.com - Take fun quizzes and gain points that become grains of rice that are donated to help feed people all over the world.
• www.refresheverything.com/ - At the Pepsi Refresh site young people can vote on great ideas for Pepsi to fund.
• www.pongoteenwriting.org/home.html - This incredibly inspiring site features the writing of young people who are living in prisons, detention centers, mental heath facilities and on the street. It also includes great writing prompts and ideas about starting a writing group.
• http://kidshealth.org/teen/ - This site is full of great information from strength training tips to healthy recipes to advice about friendship and peer pressure.
• www.newglobalcitizens.org/ - This is the site for an international youth movement that shows how young people can address the great challenges facing the world today.
• www.genv.net/ - This site supports young social entrepreneurs and helps young people start achieving big dreams.
• www.bam.gov/ - The Body and Mind site for young people from the CDC??. It has lots of great information and ideas about healthy living.
• www.youthnoise.com/ - This is a social networking site for youth causes with lots of blogs, videos and information about youth-led movements.
• www.rootsandshoots.org/ - This is the youth site connected to the Jane Goodall Center that has lots of resources about environmental activism.

YIPA and your youth service professional colleagues would appreciate learning from you what websites you have found valuable to share with your youth. Please share by commenting below.