Project Change is a youth/adult partnership organization dedicated to promoting opportunities for youth to be engaged in, contribute to, and be satisfied members of their community.

PC serves as a national model for youth-powered community improvement.

Our partnership is based on the following Guiding Principles:

We believe that positive youth development is the key to a safe and healthy community

We believe that effective partnerships are built on trust, consensus, and a collective belief in a common purpose

We believe that giving back is a civic responsibility

• PROJECT CHANGE is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization
• Leadership of PROJECT CHANGE is shared by teens and adults
• All PROJECT CHANGE activities are adult-supervised
• Teens who join PROJECT CHANGE benefit in some or all of the following ways:
• Gaining leadership experience
• Learning new skills
• Beginning a life-long commitment to community service
• Making a difference in their community
• Forming connections with community leaders (who may serve as college and/or employment references)
• Achieving a greater understanding of the work that goes into sustaining a community
• Developing greater empathy for other people and their circumstances
• Having fun in safe, teen-planned and adult-supervised activities
• Earning Student Service Learning credits