Youth Leadership Program

Overview 

The Youth Program is a mini-version of the Adult Program. It's a county-wide program designed to nurture and develop positive leadership qualities. It's about Sarasota County and how young people can make it a better place.  We want to create successful leaders and this program will give youths the knowledge, tools, and contacts to do so.  It's work and it's fun. It's learning about the community! 

The goals of the program are:

•  Identify high school students who are leaders or have demonstrated leadership potential.
•  Give young people the knowledge, tools and contacts to create successful leaders.
•  Instill and nurture a sense of social responsibility in our youth.
•  Offer a forum for young leaders to express their needs, goals and opinions.
•  Explore the diverse facets of Sarasota's social affairs, government and business.
•  Provide participants a chance to serve their community.
•  Present young leaders with a rewarding and fun experience.
•  This program is about the youths learning about their county and community in hopes that they stay in Sarasota and consider it as their future home.       

2012/2013 Applications are now available. Click Here. 

“The Youth Leadership program sets us up with people in the field that we want to purse as an adult.  It gives us an opportunity to see if this is something we want to do or go an reassess our options.”

Edward James, Class of 2007 Youth Leadership