Youth Venture’s National Newsletter provides monthly updates about Youth Venture Inc, funding and award opportunities and Youth Venture teams.

1. National Newsletter March 2010
Youth Venture Updates Golden Opportunities
2010 Youth Venture Summit Young Entrepreneurs Summer
Save the dates July 15-18, 2010 to join young Program
changemakers from the Youth Venture community
for three days of learning, sharing, community-
building and fun at the 2010 Youth Venture Summit. This pre-college summer program
Details about location and registration will be brings together social entrepreneurs
announced soon. from June 27-August 6, 2010 to take
2 college courses and complete 75
hours of community service while
living on the University of Florida
campus.
Deadline: Apply ASAP, rolling.
Best Buy at15 Community Impact Challenge
Congratulations to the 15 finalist teams. Starting
Yoshiyama Young Entrepreneurs
March 15, you get to decide which five of these
Program
teams of young social entrepreneurs will each
receive $5,000 and which five teams will receive
$1,500 each to expand their local ventures. Cast Supports young entrepreneurs ages
your vote on at15 between March 15 - April 2, 18-29 who have established a
2010. financially viable business creating
opportunities for low-wealth individual
in America. Winners receive a cash
prize up to $50,000 over two years.
Deadline: March 22, 2010
Winners Announced for the YV Connecting Change Let us know if you are applying >>
Competition
Brower Youth Awards
YV and Voices of Broadband announced Jack and
Jenny Chen of JJ Express as the prize winners and
awarded honorable mentions to Alex Hadik of Recognizes youth ages 13-22 in
Climate Action Club and Dan Casey of Computer North America who have shown
Greenhouse for their video entries in the Connecting outstanding leadership on a project o
Change Competition, which asked Venturers to campaign with positive environmental
submit a video answering the question "How has and social impact. Winners receive a
broadband and information technology helped your $3,000 cash prize and trip to San
ability to change the world?" Francisco.
Deadline: May 15, 2010
Win a Trip to the 2010 World Cup Entrepreneurs Can
Change the World
Best Buy's @15 program is sending 15 teens to
South Africa to attend a 2010 FIFA World Cup™
soccer match and the Coca-Cola International
Soccer Camp with 200 teens from around the world!
Enter daily through March 15, 2010 for a chance to
win.
Partners and Sponsors What if I told you the video above
enabled Youth Venture to get a
$20,000 donation? That's right the
video created by Grasshopper to
inspire and encourage entrepreneurs
to make their ideas a reality, resulted
Complete List of Youth Venture's Partners into a donation to YV to support
young entrepreneurs. Find out how.

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