Youth Leadership Advisory Board - YLAB Program

10/16/2026

10/14/2026

10/11/2026

🩵 Help Us Support One of Our Youth Leaders During OCD Awareness Week! 🩵

At Youth Infusion, we believe in empowering young people to use their voices, lead with purpose, and create meaningful change in their communities.

Today, we're proud to spotlight Lydia Peters, a member of our Youth Leadership Advisory Board (YLAB), who is leading an important awareness campaign in recognition of OCD Awareness Week, October 11–17!

Lydia is working to challenge the stigma and misconceptions surrounding Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) by amplifying real voices and lived experiences.

She's inviting individuals diagnosed with OCD to share their experiences through a short video. These personal stories will help educate others, encourage understanding, and create a more compassionate conversation about OCD.

🩵 We need your help spreading the word!

Please share this flyer with your friends, families, schools, community organizations, and networks. You never know who you might reach or whose story could help someone else feel less alone.

If you're interested in participating or have questions, please contact [email protected]. Video guidelines are included in the flyer.

This is what youth leadership and service-learning are all about! Supporting young people as they turn their passions into action, advocate for issues that matter to them, and inspire positive change.

Lydia, we are incredibly proud of your leadership, compassion, and commitment to raising awareness about OCD. Your dedication is a wonderful example of how young people can make a meaningful difference.

To our Youth Infusion family, YLAB students, mentors, community partners, and supporters: Please help us amplify Lydia's voice by sharing this post and flyer!

🩵 Together, we can turn awareness into action, break down stigma, and help more people feel seen, heard, and understood. 🩵

09/16/2026

📣 YOUR VOICE CAN CREATE CHANGE.

You have ideas. You have opinions. You see things in your school and community that could be better.

Why not be part of changing them? 🔥

Applications are NOW OPEN for Youth Infusion’s Youth Leadership Advisory Board (YLAB) Program for teens ages 14–18!

YLAB is more than volunteering. It’s a chance to find your voice, build confidence, grow as a leader, meet other motivated young people, and turn the things you care about into action.

As a YLAB student, you’ll have opportunities to:

⭐ Build leadership, communication & advocacy skills
⭐ Earn volunteer/service hours
⭐ Create a service-learning project around something YOU care about
⭐ Complete teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA) training
⭐ Connect with mentors and new opportunities
⭐ Attend the NEPA Youth-Led Leadership Conference at Camelback Resort
⭐ Meet other young people who want to make a difference

And the best part? YLAB is completely FREE to join!

⭐Your voice matters. Your ideas matter. Your leadership matters.

BE THE VOICE. LEAD THE CHANGE.

📅 Application Deadline: October 15, 2026
🚀 Program Begins: November 1, 2026
🎯 Ages 14–18

👉 APPLY NOW:https://youthinfusioninc.com/ylab-youth-leadership

Tag a friend who should be part of YLAB this year! 👇

09/16/2026

Thank you to the Taco Bell Foundation for the $73,000 Community Grant! These funds will be invested in the future of our local youth at Youth Infusion in support of our Youth Leadership Advisory Board - YLAB Program . Thank you for Rounding Up at your local Taco Bell. Your change helps support organizations like ours!

This is the 4th year Youth Infusion has been a grantee of the Taco Bell Community Grant and we are so grateful. We believe in the power of young people and what they can do when they are trusted to lead with heart and passion. Young people are so amazing and we are here to support them and ensure the next generation has the tools needed to succeed in higher education and beyond. We are doing this together! Thank you for believing in our mission!

04/27/2026

🌟 EMPOWER TEEN Speaker Highlight: Arielle Biggs

Arielle Biggs is a senior at East Stroudsburg High School North. Biggs was sworn in as Pennsylvania’s Youth Commissioner in January 2026, where she advocates for youth voice and civic engagement statewide. She also serves as a Youth Leadership Advisory Board (YLAB) Student Ambassador and facilitated the statewide MLK Day Youth Panel in partnership with Youth Service America and PennSERVE.

Biggs excels in academics, the arts, athletics, and leadership. She performs in band and choir, participated in Seussical the Musical, and previously played varsity soccer.

Biggs will attend Delaware Valley University and study Animal Sciences. She plans to become a veterinarian.

At EMPOWER TEEN sponsored by The Honesdale National Bank, students will gain real tools, real confidence, and real inspiration for their future.

📅 April 30, 2026
📍 Kalahari Resorts & Conventions
🔗 Learn more: https://www.scrantonchamber.com/events/empower-the-leadership-experience-2/