Healthy Community Initiative

This proposal was submitted by members of the TORCH Youth Advisory Board. Last fall YouthBank gave funds to that group to provide scholarships for Driver’s Education classes, both Behind-the-Wheel and Classroom. These funds were quickly used and requests for scholarships from youth in the community continued to come in. Transportation remains a huge barrier to connecting with programs or activities in the community. In addition, there are many youth that drive without a license as they can’t afford to take the classes required to get a license legally. Having scholarships available gave many that needed it the ability to overcome these issues.

This project fits nicely within the YouthBank themes and is run by the TORCH Youth Advisory Board. The YouthBank team continues to be excited by the scholarship program’s potential and the impact it has on their peers, and were therefore eager to offer funding to it once again.

Fiscal Agent:

Northfield Public School District