SOY believes it is important to be a vital part of the community in which we serve, both by providing our youth opportunities to get involved and by collaborating with other city and nonprofit organizations.
Back Bay Clean-up in Newport Beach
SOY provides Community Service opportunities for its students to get involved in the community and serve others in need. Many of these are day-long projects in the local area, including:
- Back Bay Clean-up in Newport Beach
- SOS Adopt a Family Project in Costa Mesa
- Label Bottles to Prevent Teenage Drinking in Local Area
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SOY also collaborates with other organizations and nonprofits, many who provide workshops for our youth at the center or sponsor sporting activities, like:
- YMCA sponsors a SOY basketball team and provides free swim time at their pool
- Youth Employment Services (Y.E.S.) provides workshops at SOY and our students visit their center
- Girls Inc. provides girls empowerment workshops
- LoveArt& bring arts and crafts workshops to our center
- Volcom sponsors a SOY surf camp
- OCC Sailing Center sponsors Sailing camp
- OCC Salsa Club teaches a dance class
- O.C. Hiking Club sponsors monthly Hikes CLICK HERE for more info and photos
SOY also participates in the City of Costa Mesa’s Cultural Arts programs, and helps out at large events, like the Arts in the Park, Concerts in the Park and the 60th Anniversary Celebration.
- SOY arts & Music coordinator serves on the committee
- SOY provides art and murals once a month for City Hall Display
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SOY also has the privilege to work with various organizations, universities and businesses that help with our mission of empowering our youth. Some of these include:
- Assistance League of Newport-Mesa
- University of California, Irvine (UCI)
- Boys Town
- One Consciousness of Love & Light
- NCADD-OC (National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence- OC)
- Rauxa
- Focused Horizons
- NLYM (National League of Young Men)
