Program areas at GenYOUTH Incorporated
Fuel up is an in-school health and wellness initiative created by america's dairy farmers in collaboration with the national dairy council (ndc) to help meet the needs of schools when it comes to fueling healthy bodies and healthy minds. The initiative focuses on helping educators and students fuel wellness in areas that matter most, like being mindful and staying healthy. It provides educational resources and grant/funding opportunities to increase access to good nutrition and overall wellness.
Adventure capital is an innovative program created to inspire, empower and fund youth-driven initiatives that improve nutrition, physical activity, and student achievement in schools and communities nationwide. By applying the principles of entrepreneurial thinking to the challenge of school wellness, adventure capital gives students the opportunity to "pitch" their ideas to business and health and wellness leaders for potential funding and implementation and develop life-long skills along the way.
Genyouth's end student hunger grant program has assisted schools nationwide with increasing access and participation in school meals, especially school breakfast. Since the program inception during the onset of covid-19, Genyouth has provided grants of up to $3,000 per school to supply much-needed resources for meal distribution and delivery efforts to get food to students. Inclusive of grab-and-go carts, rolling milk coolers, smoothie equipment, and soft-sided coolers. This equipment will help ensure equitable access to healthy school meals for all school children.
(expenses $198,472 including grants of $0) (revenue $0) youth insights is a data-gathering platform that unlocks middle and high school student insights and perspectives on some of their generation's greatest health and wellness concerns. More than just listening to young people, thought leadership takes these valuable learnings and translates them into compelling stories and opportunities for action. Unlike traditional market research, thought leadership elevates the youth voice, stimulates thinking, dialogue, and engagement among national health, wellness, education, business and youth leaders. (expenses $43,834 including grants of $0) (revenue $0) the root4her program, designed especially for middle school girls, is centered on providing resources, support, strategies, and motivation to make movement an important part of girls' quest for social, emotional, nutritional and physical good health. Root4her addresses a critical issue - girls' participation in physical activity is particularly challenged as they move into middle and high school, with low self-confidence, body image, and lack of encouragement and support among the top reasons girls phase out from both competitive and non-competitive activity alike.