Alumni

Kasia Clark

Virginia Commonwealth University
Class of 2013
Major:  Forensic Science with minors in Russian, Spanish, and Chemistry
Favorite Quote:  "The Unexamined life is not worth living" - Socrates
Years in YPP:  4
Favorite Memory of YPP:  The Canada Trip!

Christine Smither

College: University of Georgia            

Questions for Christine:

1. What have you learned from  participating in YPP that you will take with you to college and to your career?
    
     I've learned about working with all kinds of people with different opinions. I've learned how to combine and compose thoughts and learn from others when working as a group and I think that will help me a lot in the future when working with people from all different backgrounds and with different opinions.


2. What will you miss most about YPP?

     I'll miss the service projects because we got to go to some interesting places and help the community at the same time.

3. How do you plan on continuing to give back to your community at college?

     I definitely want to get involved in an organization or a sorority that focuses on philanthropy in the community when I go to college.


Katie Bradshaw

College: William and Mary                 
Major: English and Sociology

Questions for Katie:

1. How has YPP helped you at college?    

    YPP has been really valuable to me at college because it has taught me so much about the ins and outs of nonprofit organizations and the nonprofit world; it is something that not many college students are familiar with. It has also helped provide a background for discussing the problems faced by the underprivileged in our communities (such as those people benefited by the projects we fund).

2. Are you involved with anything similar to YPP at your school? If so, what are you doing? 

   For my first semester final project, I was placed in a group that was asked to write a grant request. It was basically the exact same thing that we are trained to read at YPP, so it was really cool.

3. What part of YPP has helped you the most after high school?  

    The thing that has helped me most from YPP after high school has been the ability to critically evaluate different aspects of the choices that I have to make. It has also made me a more service-minded individual.



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