Youth As Resources recognizes youth as valuable resources and engages you as partners with adults in bringing about positive community change.
Creator Jack Calhoun, then head of the National Crime Prevention Council, related, YAR says to youth, "We cannot do this without you".
Emily Nuese exemplifies what it means to be a good steward both, in our school and our community. We can particularly address her contributions in a couple of the organizations we?e a part of. As Chair of the Youth As Resources Board and Co Chair of the MHS Ambassadors for the last 2 years, she has proven that she is not only an idea person but one who has "outstanding" follow through. In 17 years as a youth advisor, I have not seen this caliber of organizational skills.