2024 Youth of the Year
The Awards Gala is at the Park Hotel in Madison on March 11th. Reception at 5:30, Program starts at 6:30
Finalists Vie for Boys & Girls Clubs State Youth of the Year
Winners To Receive $25,000 in Scholarships
Madison, WI – On Monday, fifteen regional champions compete on Capitol Square for Boys & Girls Clubs Youth of the Year, the highest honor given to a member. Bally Sports -- in conjunction with the Packers, Brewers and Bucks -- will award $20,000 in scholarships. These young leaders are from clubs in Rhinelander, West Bend, Baraboo, Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Berlin, Wausau, Oshkosh, Stevens Point, Green Bay, Kenosha, La Crosse, Milwaukee, the Chippewa Valley, and Dane County.
One winner will represent the 117,000 Wisconsin youth who use clubs every year, and go on to compete at Midwest and National competitions. Wisconsin clubs employ 2440 staff at 203 club sites across 77 communities, and local competitions recently narrowed the field down to just fifteen finalists. As they meet Monday with seven esteemed judges, their interviews and speeches will be scored on youth leadership, public service, academic excellence and contributions to family.
The competition culminates in an Awards Gala at the Premier Park Hotel at 6:30 Monday evening. The Co-Hosts of the Award Dinner include FeAnna Vang, the 2020 Wisconsin Youth of the Year, who won a full four-year Scholarship to UW Madison. Bianca Martin, alumni of the West Central Wisconsin Club, is a former NPR podcast producer and current host for CityCast Madison.
Wisconsin clubs serve more kids per population than any other state in the country, and more youth than any other organization outside of the public school system. Clubs also serve two million meals and snacks each year at no cost, because it’s hard to learn and grow when you’re hungry.
Past Sponsors Include
Herb Kohl Philanthropies
Associated Bank
Delta Dental Of Wisconsin
WEA Trust
Operating Engineers 139
Construction Business Group
Destinations Career Academy
Foley & Lardner
Alliant Energy
Cisco Systems
CUNA Mutual Group
Altria Group
Wisconsin Laborers District Council
C.D. Smith Construction
The Pyle Group
Miron Construction
General Heating and Air Conditioning
Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce
Madison Comedy Club
New Glarus Brewing Company
Wisconsin Insurance Alliance
Forest County Potawatomi Community
Government Policy Solutions
Healthx Ventures
KW2 Advertising
Humana
AF Gelhar
Xcel Energy
Wispolitics
Ashley Homestore, Furniture & Appliancemart
Godfrey & Kahn
General Heating And Air Conditioning
Husch Blackwell
IBM
Trust Point
Children's Hospital Of Wisconsin
University Research Park
2018 Wisconsin Youth of the Year
Meet Daijahnay Canady, 2018 Wisconsin Youth of the Year.
Canady, 16, a sexual assault survivor, plans to use the Youth of the Year platform to advocate for other young survivors in the midst of the #MeToo movement. She competed against 15 other Boys & Girls Clubs winners from across the state at the competition in Green Bay during March of 2018.
