Youth Celebration & Awards
Celebrating Young Leaders, Innovators & Creators
Join us for an unforgettable Youth Celebration & Awards Night, where we’ll come together for an evening of connection, celebration, entertainment, and recognition — all wrapped in an elegant Masquerade Party theme.
As part of the celebration, we will recognize outstanding youth across three award categories
Leadership & Impact Award
Entrepreneurship Award
Creative Impact Award
Nominate Someone Who Deserves to Be Celebrated
Do you know a young person who is making an impact and deserves to be recognized?
Nominate them through our website!
Tell us who they are, which award category they represent, and why you believe they should be recognized. Our team will review the nominations and select the award recipients, who will be announced and celebrated during the event.
This is more than an awards night — it’s an opportunity to shine a spotlight on the next generation of leaders, entrepreneurs, and creatives.
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The Leadership & Impact Award recognizes a young person who has stepped up, taken initiative and positively influenced the people or community around them.
Leadership can happen anywhere — at school, at work, through volunteering, in a community organization, on a sports team, through a personal initiative or simply by identifying a need and doing something about it.
This could include someone who has:
● Led or helped develop a community initiative or project
● Volunteered consistently to support others
● Taken leadership at school, work or in their community
● Mentored, supported or advocated for other young people
● Identified a problem and taken action to address it
● Created positive change without necessarily having a formal leadership title
We are looking for: initiative, leadership, commitment, positive influence and evidence of impact.
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The Entrepreneurship Award recognizes a young person who has taken an idea and done something with it.
This could be a business, side hustle, social enterprise, service, product, community venture or another entrepreneurial project.
The business or initiative does not need to be large or highly profitable. We want to recognize young people who demonstrate initiative, resourcefulness, problem-solving and the courage to build.
This could include someone who has:
● Started or grown a business or side hustle
● Developed a product or service
● Created a social enterprise
● Identified a problem or need and developed a solution
● Used their skills to create income or opportunities
● Demonstrated meaningful progress in building an entrepreneurial idea
● Created value for customers, their community or others
We are looking for: initiative, execution, creativity, problem-solving, progress and value created.
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The Creative Impact Award recognizes a young person who is using their creativity, talent or artistic voice to create something meaningful and make an impact.
Creativity can take many forms, including music, photography, videography, visual arts, fashion, writing, dance, design, filmmaking, digital media, content creation and other creative disciplines.
This could include someone who has:
● Created original artistic or creative work
● Built a portfolio, platform, project or creative brand
● Used creativity to tell important stories or represent their community
● Used their talent to educate, inspire, entertain or connect people
● Created opportunities for themselves or other young creatives
● Demonstrated consistent commitment to developing their craft
● Used creative work to contribute positively to their school, community or audience
We are looking for: creativity, originality, commitment to craft, initiative and positive impact.