Youth With Vision

Our senior send-offs are always the hardest part of Vision, and this year wasn't any easier. Presenting the A-Team: Aleah, Adreana, and Addisyn. All three of these incredible young women have continually shown leadership, dedication, and integrity in their time in Youth With Vision and those characteristics will continue to take them far in life. Congratulations on conquering high school, ladies! Your futures look bright!

We've got a brand new batch of Youth With Vision leaders on our 2026-2027 Exec Team! Our exec team works tirelessly throughout the year to make sure that all of our events, education, and advocacy is the best of the best! We can't wait to get the new Vision year started this fall!

School's out!!! Happy Summer Vacation, Vision!

It might seem like a ways away, but our YWV Summer Retreat is July 28th & July 29th this year and we'd love for as many of our Vision leaders to join! Mark it on your calendars NOW and let us know in the GroupMe if you're able to attend!

Have fun and stay safe this summer! We'll see you in July!

The school year is almost over and, with that, our 2025 - 2026 year of Youth With Vision is coming to a close! Come celebrate the amazing year we had and the incredible friends we've made along the way at Chicken N Pickle this Sunday from 2 PM to 5 PM. You'll get food, pickleball, and have a whole lot of fun celebrating our graduating seniors, BUT you need to respond to the event on GroupMe ASAP! See you all Sunday!

Spring is here, the rain is here, and the April Youth With Vision meeting is here too! Just a friendly reminder that we'll be meeting this Sunday, April 12th from 2 PM to 3:30 PM. See you Sunday!

Two things you can't forget this Sunday: 1.) Spring forward 2.) The Youth With Vision Meeting! We're meeting from 2 PM - 4 PM at Beacon Mental Health to celebrate a successful Prevention Day, so don't be late!

A big shout-out to Youth With Vision member Amaeus Hawkins who took part in the 2026 Northland Prevention Conference this year! Yesterday he spoke on a panel with other Northland teens about substance use and the power of prevention from a youth perspective. Plus, you might recognize the moderator as Vision's own Meagan Nielsen!

Big ups, Amaeus! Thanks for providing the Northland Prevention Conference with an important point of view!

Youth With Vision shines brightest when we advocate for our communities and our annual Prevention Day at the Capitol this year proved that! 27 Vision members from Clay, Platte, and Ray Counties joined us this last Tuesday to meet with our legislators and make our voices heard!

We spoke about our concerns regarding h**p and gas station drugs, To***co 21, and mental health...and we had some great bonding and laughs along the way! Our feet might have been sore at the end of the day, but Youth With Vision never tires of advocating for safer and healthier communities.

Thank you to all of our representatives and senators for meeting with us and an even bigger thank you to all of our student leaders who made this day a success. GO VISION GO!

Last week, Youth With Vision was honored to attend CADCA's Annual National Leadership Forum in Washington DC!

We spent four full days filled with training sessions led by CADCA experts focusing on topics such as substance use prevention strategies and effective leadership practices, speaking to our national representatives about issues in our communities, and networking with other youth leaders from all around the country.

We're incredibly lucky to have such dedicated leaders in Youth With Vision who continually strive to be more, fight harder, and dream big! GO VISION!

It might not feel like it, but our January Youth With Vision meeting is THIS SUNDAY, January 11 from 2 PM to 4 PM! Crank your AC, put on some sunblock, and join us in planning for the second half of the school year! Lots of good stuff coming up in the next few months, but you gotta show up - so let us know you're coming on the GroupMe!