VolunTEENnation.org
- Year: 2013
- Award: WSA Young Innovators
- Category: Young Innovators
- Producer: Ms. Simone Bernstein
- Country: United States of America
- URL: http://www.volunteennation.org/
VolunTEENnation.org, an online youth volunteer platform, addresses the challenge of limited volunteer opportunities for youth under the age of 18 due to safety, security, and liability issues. The mission of volunTEENnation.org is to engage all youth throughout the world inservice-learning and volunteer service. They are a non-profit that organizes and promotes youth volunteer opportunities and events. Cultivating and fostering empathy is the goal of our organization. They mobilize youth to volunteer through their website, international youth ambassador program, social media postings, volunteer fairs, and their youth-led sports clinics and programs.