Young Visionaries Youth Leadership Academy

Catch Young Visionaries on TBN w/ Father Mike, a TV interview on TBN and TCC. Terrance Stone the CEO of Visionary Youth shares about his eventful life as well as how he helps out troubled youth find meaning in life through Visionary Youth.

JULY 26, 2012, 5:00 PM -10:00 PM, join YVYLA as it hosts its first annual E-Race Youth Homelessness go-kart fundraising event at the Gas Engine Go Kart course (217 East Center Dr., San Bernardino, CA 92408). This evening promises more than fun, with your participation it also offers homeless youth (ages 17 and under) food  and a warm bed at YVYLA’s Visionary Homes youth shelter in San Bernardino, CA, which opened a few months ago. Over  25,000 homeless youth wander within San Bernadino, CA each day.

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Funds raised help to support Visionary Homes as it addresses  this large need to E-Race Youth Homelessness (FED TAX ID 26-00018141). View sponsor packet.

(Photo by: Rachel Luna)

Part of the “dream” was a clean four-bed home on the north side of town.

Young Visionaries Youth Leadership Academy has just opened the home as a runaway and homeless youth shelter, open 24/7.

The house is the only youth shelter in the city and one of only two youth shelters in San Bernardino County, according to Young Visionaries founder and CEO Terrance Stone.

“I’m really committed to this 1,000 percent,” Stone said. “Our staff is here 24/7 and we’re always busy because we’re in the business of saving lives.”

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Young Visionaries is beginning a green job training and education effort as part of its employment development program. Building green communities cannot be achieved without youth well-equipped to enter the workforce with a strong green mindset. The issues of dwindling resources, clean water and air, climate concerns and toxins are not reserved for future generations but are real problems to address today. Read the rest of this entry »

Last Friday, October 28th, the 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment report was released. In the report, San Bernardino County, California, ranked third nationally with 40,558 identified gang members. Cook County, Illionis came in second with 60,125 identified gang members. Los Angeles County took first place with 68,208, according to FBI numbers.

Although Young Visionaries has centers in multiple states, San Bernardino is where the organization’s central office is located, and where the group orginated. The report reflects the enormous need to help at-risk youth within YVYLA’s home service area. San Bernardino County Supervisor, Neil Derry, said the proliferation of gang members in the county is a demographic trend dating back more than 20 years, tied to a migration of low-income families from neighboring counties seeking more affordable housing. Read more…