Posts Tagged ‘summer camp’
Teen Environmentalist Shares Her Story Speaking at International Climate Change Conference
Fifteen-year-old superstar environmentalist and YEA Camper Avalon Theisen shares her inspiring experience of speaking at the international climate change conference in Paris.
Read MoreTeen Activists Across the Country Walk to Save Animals
By Leah Kelly Every year, thousands of people across North America participate in an incredible mass display of compassion towards farmed animals — some of the most abused on the planet. Farm Sanctuary’s annual Walk for Farm Animals campaign is a hugely successful national fundraiser to support the organization, which works to rescue and rehabilitate mistreated…
Read MoreEmbodying Love: School Club Inspires Positive Body Image and Self Esteem
By Ashley Lytle Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror and seen something you felt was “wrong”? I have, and so have several of my friends. These insecurities can cause depression, eating disorders, anxiety, a lack of self-confidence, and more serious issues. I have friends who starve themselves because they don’t fit this “ideal…
Read MoreActivism Camp Goes to School
YEA Camp was thrilled to bring our change-making message to this Bay Area school.
Read MoreTeen Changemakers: Get Ready For Summer Camp and Upping Your Game
YEA Camp, a summer camp for social change, is announcing the dates and opening registration for summer 2016.
Read MoreSo much to be thankful for and inspired by!
So many current happenings in the world and stories in the mainstream media instill hopelessness, fear, and anger. Yet, there is so much positivity happening as well. Our inspiring campers — and the amazing things you have helped make possible through supporting them — are telling a different story. SO MUCH ACTIVISM! In the months since YEA Camp, our…
Read MoreAll We Can Say Is WOW!
WOW! What an incredible summer! We say it every year, and every year it is true! This was our best summer yet! With Labor Day gone and, with it, the symbolic end to summer, we are still basking in the accomplishments of our seventh(!) year of epic, life-changing summer camps. It is impossible to capture…
Read MoreDisney Star Calum Worthy Is YEA Camp’s New Celebrity Spokesperson!
Big news! Calum Worthy, best known from Disney Channel’s hit show “Austin & Ally,” is YEA Camp’s new celebrity spokesperson!
Read MoreYEA Camp Animal Advocates Speak Up by Taping Their Mouths Shut
As part of Mercy For Animals‘ campaign to inform people about where their food comes from, and the cruel treatment of animals on factory farms and slaughterhouses, YEA Campers from all over the country are participating in the #noaggag campaign. After dozens of undercover investigations exposing horrific animal abuse and resulting in consumer outrage, instead of trying to…
Read MoreMeet These Inspiring Young Leaders Fundraising to Attend YEA Camp!
We know we’re biased, but we’re pretty sure the best teenagers in the world attend YEA Camp! We say this because Youth Empowered Action (YEA) Camp is a leadership camp for teens who want to make our world a better place, and, well, let’s just say not every teenager wants to spend their summer this way. Our campers do! Learn…
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