High School Students Making Grants for Programs that Have a Positive Impact on Forsyth County

Youth Grantmakers in Action

In the Monday Jan. 7 issue of the Winston-Salem Journal, special correspondent Carson Capshaw-Mack writes about the Youth Grantmakers in Action (YGA), a Winston-Salem Foundation program that gives high school students the change to award grants to projects led by other young people that are intended to have a positive impact on young people in Forsyth County.

“It’s about giving them leadership opportunities and also about giving them a voice," Andrea Hulighan, a program manager at the Winston-Salem Foundation, told Capshaw-Mack. “We, as adults, aren’t out there in the youth community – they’re experts in that.”

Using the proceeds of an endowment from the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, YGA distributes about $2,000 each year. The average grant is about $475.

  

The students from Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools participating in YGA are:

Mariah Adams - Walkertown High School

Jamilla Benton - Parkland High School

Peter Bi - West Forsyth High School

Eileene Dowell - North Forsyth High School

Tori Galyean - North Forsyth High School

Rachel Glock - Reynolds High School

Taylor Hill - North Forsyth High School

Austin Jackson - Reynolds High School

Sami Lachgar - Reynolds High School

Jackie Lin - Mount Tabor High School

Sofia Lyons - Reynolds High School

Te-Nia MacFarlane - North Forsyth High School

De’Gary Martin-Hargrave - Atkins Academic & Technology High School

Jennifer Matthews - Atkins Academic & Technology High School

Imani McClure - Parkland High School

Sequoia Miller - Reagan High School

Bre’Ida Riddick - Early College of Forsyth

For more information about the YGA program to Winston-Salem Foundation

For the full story go to Winston-Salem Journal