Young Life Club hosts dessert fundraiser

Young Life, a program that strives to introduce adolescents to Jesus Christ and help them grow in their faith, has many locations within the US along with places in Canada and France, with one of those locations being in Leavenworth, WA.
The Young Life Club members in Leavenworth gathered together along with community members on Sunday, March 11 for a dessert fundraiser event where prizes were given out and incredible life stories were shared.
TJ Ka'apuni, the area director for the Leavenworth Young Life Club, shared that the goal for the fundraiser night was to raise $65,000 to go mostly towards the club's annual budget.
Other items the money raised would be used for would be paying for full time staff, program expenses and other things such as yearly camps.
Clint Gresham, a long snapper who played for the Seattle Seahawks for quite some time, is also a Young Life leader in Seattle who attended the event that evening as a guest speaker.
Gresham shared a little bit of his story and what it means to him to help encourage others when he had received so much help from his own mentor.
Gresham also gave out signed copies of his published book Becoming to anybody who donated money to the club.
Videos were shared to those in attendance about what Young Life stood for and how it can help make a difference in the lives of younger children who need positive experiences and mentorships as well as a relationship with God.
Amazing and touching life stories were shared in videos by some of the kids who are a part of the local Young Life and what the club means to them.
Prizes given out that night included Seahawks styled seat cushions, Nerf footballs, and a football signed by all the Seahawks players.
Young Life continues to push ahead in their pursuit to connect to young teens and to teach them about God so they, too, can have a meaningful relationship with Him in their lives.