Nevada Youth Empowerment Project

06/05/2026

Nevada Youth Empowerment Project is looking for a church kitchen, community kitchen, or commercial kitchen space to support our youth-led baking fundraiser, Sweet Steps Forward 🧁💛

Sweet Steps Forward gives young women the chance to build real-life skills through baking, packaging, customer service, teamwork, responsibility, and fundraising 👩🏽‍🍳📦🤝✨

We are looking for a kitchen space that may be available for occasional use, possibly once or twice a month depending on orders and scheduling 📅🍴

A good kitchen space would include:

🍽️ Basic kitchen equipment
🧼 A clean and safe environment
🥣 Counter space for prepping and packaging
❄️ Refrigerator or storage space if available
📅 Flexible scheduling
🤝 Willingness to support a local nonprofit
💛 A heart for helping young women build life skills

We are open to churches, community centers, schools, restaurants during off-hours, shared kitchens, or other organizations with approved kitchen space 🏫⛪🍽️

This is a meaningful way to support local young women without needing to make a financial donation 🌱💛

NYEP can discuss scheduling, cleanliness expectations, supervision, and any reasonable kitchen-use fees or partnership details 📝✨

Please reply if you have kitchen space available or know someone who may be interested 🙏🍪💛

Nevada Youth Empowerment Project
Sweet Steps Forward 🍪✨

06/05/2026

We opened our doors for monthly tours because we believe the work should be visible. Not photographed and captioned. Actually seen.

Come watch what it looks like when adults show up the same way on hard days as easy ones. When the culture is honest. When young women are held to real expectations by adults who mean it.

That's what builds trust with this generation. Next tour at 1369 Faland Way. RSVP:

Please click the link to complete this form.

06/01/2026

Thank you, Reno Food Systems, for another fantastic class!

We had a great time making a delicious Cobb salad and learning how to create several tasty homemade dressings. There's nothing better than learning new kitchen skills and enjoying fresh, healthy food together.

05/28/2026

A huge thank you to Pam Robinson for spending time with us and walking everyone through making such a delicious meal for Memorial Day weekend! ❤️🇺🇸

We had such a great time cooking together, learning new recipes, sharing laughs, and enjoying a wonderful meal as a community. Thank you, Pam, for your patience, kindness, and for making the day so special for everyone involved! 🌟🍽️

05/27/2026

Huge thank you to Legrand for such a fun and meaningful day! 🌮❤️

Their staff joined our residents to create an amazing taco bar, and we had the best time cooking, sharing a meal, laughing together, and building community. Moments like these remind us how powerful connection can be.

We’re so grateful for the time, kindness, and energy everyone brought to the table — literally! Thank you for making it such a special day.

05/26/2026

Something we hear often from people who come to our open house:

"I didn't realize adults could work with young people this way." What they're seeing isn't a special technique. It's what happens when a program sets a real culture, holds real expectations, and has adults who show up the same way every day, whether it's a good day or a hard one.

Trust isn't built through warmth. It's built through proof. If you believe young women in Reno deserve adults who actually show up for them, not just show up, this is a good week to act on that.

Next tour is coming up at 1369 Faland Way. RSVP: https://form.jotform.com/260896175540060

Support the 400 campaign: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/400byc

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05/23/2026

So grateful to Pam Robinson for inviting us to be her guests at the Soroptimist International of Truckee Meadows Thanks to Youth luncheon. We were truly touched by the inspiring stories shared by the scholarship recipients and honored to celebrate such incredible young people and their achievements. Thank you for such a meaningful and uplifting afternoon!

05/22/2026

This week, our Executive Director named something the sector keeps in the private conversation and off the public record.

Nothing is working at scale. The people with the data know it. And the entire system, from practitioner to funder to elected official, is organized around not saying so.

If you work in, fund, or lead in this space, this is the piece worth reading this week.

There is a conversation happening in private that is not happening in public. It happens in the car after the board meeting. In the text thread between executive directors who trust each other enough to be honest. After the conference panel ends and the microphones go off. It sounds like this: Nothi...

05/20/2026

Thank you to the Soroptimist of Washoe County for giving us the opportunity to volunteer at the Bingo De Mayo event! We had such a fun time helping out, meeting so many wonderful people, and being part of such a great community event. We appreciate the chance to support an organization that does so much good!

05/20/2026

NYEP residents had a wonderful day at Andelin Farm for Baby Animal Days!

Residents enjoyed meeting the animals, spending time outdoors, soaking up the sunshine, and making Some memories. Family days give residents the opportunity to relax, have fun, and get to know one another in new ways outside of their daily routines.

We are so grateful for community partners who help make experiences like this possible for our residents and families. If your organization would ever like to donate an experience or contribute to a future family day outing, we would love to connect!