Youth Taking Action (YTA) is a California registered non-profit organization that promotes youth involvement in philanthropy. YTA is managed by a group of student representatives from the

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's book ''Free the Children'' in the summer of 2003. YTA has received seed funding from Youth Venture, a non-profit organization launched by the Ashoka Foundation in 1996.

Programs

YTA hosts two programs intended to spread awareness about social issues affecting children. The Share & Care Club encourages teenagers to forgo a soda or a pack of chewing gum every month in favor of forwarding the funds to YTA select organizations. The Birthday Club encourages children to donate to charities on their birthdays.

References

External links

* {{cite web , url=http://www.youthtakingaction.org , title=Official website , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106045907/http://www.youthtakingaction.org/ , archive-date=2012-01-06 Non-profit organizations based in California