Welcome to YouthSPIRIT!  This section is for young people. We plan a community meeting place that represents younger kids, along with a separate teen area.  These hubs will grow over time... even faster if you’d like to get involved and help us out!

The dream is to represent you and the things that interest you and your friends.  As a start, we invite you to send us original and inspiring artwork, music lyrics, stories, and poems.  We'll weave things together and post them which will allow us to see who you are.  Our desire is to co-develop these YouthSPIRIT webpages and connect you with others across the globe by designing message boards, chats and SNS community teleconference calls. Know that your voice is being heard!

We know that you are far more gifted at this 'online thing' than many adults.  Nothing would thrill us more than to support your stepping-up to design this YouthSPIRIT site through your creativity in music, art, writing, and technical skills.  If you like graphics and forming webpages, contact Rhoda Ross.  She’s helping us get started. Having fun and finding ways to connect youth with other youth are our goals.  No expertise required!  A little bit of passion and skill can develop into a lot of talent -- if you’re willing to challenge yourself.  We’re here to help you tap into the things that you enjoy and to boost you into being all you want to be in this life.

We hope you’ll consider helping us help you create an area of our website that inspires you and your friends. We look forward to seeing who you are and what you’d like to create!

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…the first episode of a teen novel, Smelling the Sky, written by Ben Clabaugh, edited by Bharat Sanders (age 11).  Click on the book cover to see more about the book and episode one. Stay tuned and visit often to see how your YouthSPIRIT is evolving…