US Ambassador For Ashoka’s Youth Venture Announces Alana Ethridge As Youngest Nat'l Us Ambassador

PRLog (Press Release) - Jul 15, 2009 -
ALANA ETHRIDGE  launched ALANA’S ACHIEVERS, an ATHLETES FOR EDUCATION PROGRAM, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization  in JUNE 2008.  Alana’s Achievers Youth Venture program was created in FEB 2009 to provide scholarships for financial assistance to deserving students from San Diego County that are excelling in their daily school responsibilities to include good grades, citizenship, and attendance to participate in after-school activities that require fees.  Scholarship recipients are students that exhibit the desire and drive to work hard & go the extra mile to touch others while excelling in their own personal lives. This reward for their dedication & hard work is a small token of my appreciation for their kindness & generosity. This assistance will be provided to students that participate in after-school activities to include: sports (at a club, team or individual), a class in the arts (dance, music, acting, art class, youth theater), or educational (tutoring).

ALANA ETHRIDGE was selected at the Global Youth Venture Summit in Boston, Massachusetts.   The young people participated in workshops led by other Venturers on topics such as social media, fundraising and marketing strategies. “We are thrilled to welcome these young people,” said Gretchen Zucker, executive director of Youth Venture. “By identifying problems and finding solutions through the launch of their own Ventures they are defining a future generation of leadership.”

Presented by Verizon, Best Buy, Hasbro and Staples Foundation for Learning, the Youth Venture Summit was held on the campus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts from June 26-June 29, with some sessions held at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.      

About Youth Venture
Ashoka’s Youth Venture is a global movement of young changemakers. Youth Venture inspires and invests in Teams of young people to start their own sustainable social Ventures and connects them into a powerful global network.  Collectively, these young changemakers are redefining the youth years as a time of initiative and positive change. For more information, please visit www.genv.net.