Effective recruitment strategies are essential to ensuring your YAC members are responsible and capable individuals that accurately represent the diversity of youth in your community. The Michigan Community Foundations Youth Project Committee recommends that each YAC have a minimum of 12 members between the ages of 12 and 21 on their YAC and that the YAC members represent the wide-ranging forms of diversity found within the local youth community.
Recruitment Overview – An excerpt from “Guidelines and Resources for Establishing a YAC,” this document provides valuable background information about recruiting YAC members.
Press Release – This press release, from the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation, is one way to recruit youth for YAC membership and inform the community about the YAC at the same time.
Recruitment Brochure – Courtesy of the Gratiot County Community Foundation, this resource demonstrates one way to promote the YAC to potential YAC members and encourage youth to apply.
Recruitment Flyer – A resource of the Gratiot County Community Foundation, this flyer can be used in local schools or youth centers in the community to encourage youth to apply for membership on the YAC.
YAC Member Job Description – Designed by the Capital Region Community Foundation, this resource outlines the duties of being a YAC member and can be an effective tool for communicating responsibilities to youth interested in becoming a YAC member.
Letter to Potential Members – Developed by the Capital Region Community Foundation, this letter demonstrates one method to engage youth that have expressed interest in or may be a positive addition to the YAC.
Membership Application – A resource from the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation, this document is one example of a YAC membership application.
Membership Application – Courtesy of the Community Foundation of Muskegon County, this resource is one example of a YAC membership application.
Membership Application – Developed by the Branch County Community Foundation, this document is one example of a YAC membership application.
Membership Application – Designed by the Michigan Community Foundations Youth Project Committee, this resource is one example of a YAC membership application.
Membership Acceptance Letter – A resource developed by the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation, this letter provides language that can be used in developing an acceptance letter for a competitive YAC membership application process.
Membership Denial Letter – Courtesy of the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation, this letter can be used by YACs with a competitive membership application process to inform candidates that they did not receive a position on the YAC.
Letter to YACers – A resource from the Michigan Community Foundations Youth Project Committee, this letter is designed for YACs without competitive applications and can be used to thank and congratulate new YAC members and outline basic expectations of being on the YAC.
Letter to Parents – Developed by the Michigan Community Foundations Youth Project Committee, this letter provides language that can be used to thank parents for allowing their youth to participate in the YAC program.
Letter to Principals – Written by the Michigan Community Foundations Youth Project Committee, this resource provides language that can be useful for explaining the YAC program to a school principal and to thank him for allowing students to participate in the YAC program.
