Younglife Mission Statement

Younglife was founded in 1941 as an organization whose mission is to introduce adolescents to Jesus Christ and help them grow in their faith. Younglife has now expanded all over the world, with ministries in nearly 100 countries as well as a strong base of 39,000 volunteer leaders. Yonglife is dedicated to giving teenagers “The best week of your life” by giving them an amazing camp experience at one of their 32 camps. For this paper I will dive into the ins and out of running a summer camp that is able to have a life changing impact on teenagers from all over the country. Younglife targets teenagers who are in highschool but they have been able to expand into three other branches, Younglives, Wyldlife and Capernaum. Younglives targets teenage mothers and invites them and their child to a summer camp. Wyldlife targets kids who are in middle school and offers a shorter camp experience of 4 days at one of their camps. Capernaum is a camp that offers children of various age ranges who have disabilities an amazing week while tending to their each and every need. Younglife has been able to make an umbrella and truly spread their reach to attempt to make their services easily accessible to every teenager no matter what their situation is. Younglife is a …show more content…
They are able to give teenagers such an authentic experience at their summer camps which is often times life changing. I think it is so easy for an organization to lose sight of what is important and degrade the experience whether it be for financial reasons or simply out of convenience. It’s hard to make every single person at a camp feel like they’re special and yet they do it every single summer. Being in the camp business, is being in the “people business”, everyday offers something new and problems may arise, but it’s how you are able to handle that situation that determines how your business will be