Youth on Board puts kids to work with nonprofits

Youth on Board puts kids to work with nonprofits: "Youth on Board puts kids to work with nonprofits

Sunday, November 28, 2004


By ANN WINTERHOLTER
The Daily Sentinel
In the boardroom where businesslike ties and collared shirts are the norm for many, Kellen Grode�s red and gray Central High School letter jacket stands out.
Grode�s Jansport pack is the only one in the room and his 17 years are about 30 younger than the average age of a Partners board member.
Nonetheless, Grode is a voting, participating member of the Partners board of directors.
He is one of many teens serving on nonprofit agencies� boards through Youth on Board. An offshoot of the international program was begun in the Grand Valley about six years ago, coordinated by United Way of Mesa County and School District 51�s service-learning program."