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Community service is a core tenant of our program here at YouthBuild Philly, as it teaches our students the significance of helping those less fortunate than we are. That’s why for Valentine’s Day this year, our culinary students joined forces with Philabundance to prepare food boxes for families dealing with food insecurity and inflationary pressure on [...]

For the YouthBuild Philly community, MLK Day represents a day of service, reflection, and impact, rather than a day off. For this year’s MLK Day, we were excited to bring back our Annual MLK Day event for the first time in person since the start of COVID-19. While we still managed to find meaningful ways for [...]

Celebrating Thanksgiving as a chosen family is one of our most cherished traditions here at YouthBuild Philly! We celebrate Thanksgiving a day early every year with a Thanksgiving lunch – prepared and served by staff – followed by a party and games. In addition to staff and students (and students’ children), we often have great volunteers [...]

Last Friday, we hosted our Annual YB Philly BBQ for the Class of 2023 at the historic Lemon Hill Park! As a last-minute nod to summer and to kick-off the fall, it was nice to get out of the classroom for a day of fun in the park. This year was special as it celebrates our [...]

At YouthBuild Philly, when’s there’s a moment to shout out student leaders and their achievements, we take full advantage of the opportunity. At the same time, it’s important for us to highlight our amazing staff and faculty, who are hard at work behind the scenes supporting our students each day. With more than 200 students, it [...]

On Tuesday, Aug. 30, YouthBuild Philly kicked off its annual Student Mental Toughness Training (SMTT), inviting over 300 young people (ages 17-20) to join the Class of 2023! For background, SMTT is a fun, collaborative, but intensive four-day training, where applicants attend a series of workshops that provide an overview of YouthBuild’s climate, culture, and [...]