Twelve different nonprofits were involved in the youth volunteer event.
TAMPA, Fla. — On Monday, the Youth Service Leadership Summit was held in Tampa for the third year in a row. The Ryan Nece Foundation, Community Tampa Bay and Frameworks of Tampa Bay helped put on the youth event.
The groups partnered with 12 different non-profits in the community where teens could spend a few hours giving back. More than one hundred students signed up to participate. After volunteering, the students then met up at Zoo Tampa to listen to speakers.
“We want to show the community and also these teens that there’s so much to do within the community to help one another,” Melissa Neeley with the Ryan Nece Foundation said.
One volunteer named Tristan Stavish sayid he spends a lot of his weekends volunteering. He has been a part of the Ryan Nece Foundation for a year now.
“Giving back to your community and what you can contribute …