Youth Welfare Archive
WASHINGTON — Kevin Washington, president and CEO of the YMCA of the USA, loves to see family and friends pack a preschool graduation to support their loved ones. But he always reminds them to show up a decade down the …
Teenagers say government and charitable programs designed to help families cope with hunger could do a better job of reaching young people and helping them get the food they need.
Young people aged 12 to 20 account for 11 percent of all alcohol consumed in the United States, and more than 90 percent of this consumption is binge drinking.
The Outdoor Adventure Gap: We Must Help Young People Spend Time in Nature By Maggie Dudley | May 4, 2016 Youth are increasingly spending more time indoors, spending hours in front of different screens, tuned out to their natural surroundings. …
By Patrick Heiman and Courtney Barthle “And the kids know my food stamps got cut off. Because when they came home from school today, they didn’t have their snacks. I really didn’t tell them why or anything like that, because …
We throw out a lot of food in this country. That surplus food could be considered undiscovered treasure instead of waste. Each day Americans throw away tons of nutritious food that could feed thousands of hungry people. According to the …
