I am YouthEn

tity.

I am YouthEntity.

Tav

ia, Age 10, Youth Team

Consu

ltant. “When I am han

ded

a problem from a real w

orld customer, I am m

uch

more de-

term

ined and m

otiva

ted. I kn

ow this is something I really

need to do and to do it w

ell!”

YouthEn

tity.

Tav

ia

Age 10

Educa

tion

Educa

tion

Educa

tion

Educa

tion

•

Crystal River Elementary Sch

ool

YouthEntity Exp

erience

YouthEntity Exp

erience

YouthEntity Exp

erience

YouthEntity Exp

erience

•

Youth Team

Consu

ltan

t

Skills and Q

ualifica

tions

Skills and Q

ualifica

tions

Skills and Q

ualifica

tions

Skills and Q

ualifica

tions

•

Money & Ban

king

•

Rad

io A

dve

rtising

Customer Portfolio

Customer Portfolio

Customer Portfolio

Customer Portfolio

•

Alpine Ban

k •

YouthEntity

YouthEn

tity is a promise.

I am YouthEntity.

Carlos, Age 19, Computer Tech

nician. “I rece

ived m

y first

computer in 8th grade from YouthEntity. Now I am a student

at C

olorado M

ountain C

olle

ge. I plan on w

orking in

the field

of inform

ation tech

nology.”

YouthEntity is a community an

d youth

deve

lopment initiative

dedicated to

helping youth succeed, no m

atter what

they wan

t to do w

hen they grow up.

Our goal is to engag

e and empower

youth to disco

ver their potential by pro-

viding real-w

orld educa

tional exp

eri-

ence

s. Through our programs, youth

see how their colle

ctive efforts play out

in real life, build

ing their self confidence

an

d providing an authentic so

urce of

hope for their futures.

“I le

arned I am a lo

t sm

arter than

I

thought I was!” 9th grade YouthEn

tity

video game developer

Business Experience

Financial K

nowledge

Tech

nological S

kills

YouthEn

tity is a promise.

“YouthEn

tity has set my daughter up for very successful p

roblem solving in

all aspects of her life.”

YouthEntity fulfills its promise through

programs which deve

lop finan

cial knowl-

edge, cu

ltivate business exp

erience

and

build

tech

nological skills. From youth

build

ing their own computers to in

vesting

real m

oney in the stock m

arke

t an

d pro-

viding consu

lting services to community

businesses, YouthEntity engag

es students

in a unique w

ay.

“Students tak

e away

a lo

t of kn

owledge

from here, but it’s also about the exp

eri-

ence

… it is empowering, exciting and m

o-

tiva

ting as they take

all of this in

to further-

ing their educa

tion…

” Kirsten Petre

McD

aniel, Director, YouthEn

tity

“YouthEn

tity has set my daughter up for very successful p

roblem solving in

all aspects of her life.”

YouthEn

tity is a place.

Youth Team

Consu

ltan

ts w

ork w

ith their coac

h in the

YouthEntity C

enter in C

arbondale, a place

where commu-

nity, tech

nology an

d educa

tion come together.

The YouthEntity C

enter is a place

where

youth le

arn from adults an

d adults learn

from youth supported by state-of-the-art

tech

nology. At the center, adults rece

ive

tech

nology training and tutoring from our

computer tech

nicians in the Brain Bar™

while

loca

l businesses rece

ive w

eb site

services from our WebEntity™

youth

team

. At the YouthEntity C

enter, our yo

uth

team

s co

llaborate to provide consu

lting

services to businesses.

The center is also the home of intensive

yo

uth w

orksh

ops in 2D and 3D video

gam

e design and deve

lopment.

Dan

iel, Age 17, Computer Tech

nician. “Y

outhEntity has af-

fected m

y life so m

uch

- esp

ecially m

y co

nfidence

leve

l and

lead

ership skills w

hich I hav

e applie

d to all of my other ac

tivi-

ties”.

I am YouthEntity.

YouthEn

tity is people.

Dan

iel

Age 17

Educa

tion

Educa

tion

Educa

tion

Educa

tion

•

Roaring Fork H

igh Sch

ool

YouthEntity Exp

erience

YouthEntity Exp

erience

YouthEntity Exp

erience

YouthEntity Exp

erience

•

Computer Tech

nician

•

Youth Team

Consu

ltan

t •

Inve

stment Challenge Team

Cham

pion

Skills and Q

ualifica

tions

Skills and Q

ualifica

tions

Skills and Q

ualifica

tions

Skills and Q

ualifica

tions

•

Marke

ting Rese

arch

•

Interior Design

•

Adult Tech

nology Educa

tor

•

Creator of Build

Your Own™

•

Computer Tech

nician Team

Lead

er

YouthEn

tity is people. Together with the help of donors, in-

vestors, vo

lunteers and the community at la

rge, YouthEntity

build

s, trains, transform

s, le

ads, fac

ilitates, serves, in

spires

and assists …

We are partners, friends, m

entors, lead

ers,

counse

lors and m

ore.

YouthEn

tity is a place

. An “entity” is something that has a rea

l prese

nce

. The YouthEntity C

enter is a place

where youth

learn from adults an

d adults learn from youth in

a unique

learning environment.

YouthEn

tity is a promise. O

ur mission is m

ore than

a hope or

a goal. It’s m

ore than

an asp

iration. It is a promise. “T

o help

prepare youth for future success regardless of what they

wan

t to be …

” This is a callin

g. It’s a reminder that eac

h day

is yet an

other opportunity to “do good”. To m

ake a differ-

ence

in the live

s of others eve

ry single day

.

We are YouthEn

tity.

YouthEn

tity.org

455 South 3rd Street

Carbondale, CO 81623

970-963-7259