Youth Advantage serves children who qualify for free or reduced-fee lunch, are in grades K-12, go to school or reside in the boundaries of Stillwater Area School District 834, and who wish to participate in academic, artistic, or athletic extracurricular activities, our in-house mentoring group for at-risk middle school girls, or receive financial assistance for reading/comprehension or math tutoring services.

Youth Advantage recognizes that giving children these opportunities puts young people on a path to success.

Does your family qualify?

1) my family financially qualifies for free or reduced-fee lunch

2) my children are in grades K-12

3) my children go to school or reside in the boundaries of Stillwater Area School District 834

If the answers to these three questions are all yes, then your family qualifies for Youth Advantage's services. Please proceed with the steps below.

Registration Steps
 

• Step 1: Contact Youth Advantage at info@youthadvantage.org to receive an email with account creation instructions.
• Step 2: Once you have created your account, make a request in the system for the activity. Within 7 business days, you will receive a custom email from our staff with specific registration forms for the activity requested as attachments and provide details on your payment portion.

Please note that due to rising costs of activities, we have increased the amount that we are asking the family to contribute as noted in the chart below. If you are having extreme financial difficulties, please contact us about the possibility to contribute less, otherwise please update your records accordingly. 

Youth Advantage Partner Organizations

Assistance is available to qualifying youth for:

• 4-H “Whether youth are building rockets, raising dairy cows, or writing musical plays, 4-H gives them the skills they need to succeed in life.”  http://www1.extension.umn.edu/youth/mn4-h/about4-H.html
• Afton Alps/SOS Outreach (ski or snowboarding) Call Y.A. at 651-342-1266 for details.
• Applewood Junior Golf League www.applewoodhillsgolf.com
• Ashland Productions http://ashlandproductions.org
• Boy Scouts of America https://adventureiscalling.org/join/Pack-9196
• Curio Dance and School www.curiodance.com
• District #834 Community Education classes www.stillwaterschools.org/ce
• Extracurricular fee-based classes, camps, clubs and activities that emphasize arts, educational enrichment, or athletics.
• Girl Scouts of the USA https://www.girlscoutsrv.org/en/about-girl-scouts/join.html
• Hidden Pines Ranch Summer Day Camp (3 day mini-camp only) www.hiddenpinesranch.com (Registration opens in January annually)
• MN 7 on 7 Passing League (touch football)  http://www.my7on7.com/stillwater
• MYSL (Minnesota Youth Ski League) Cross-country ski league https://mysl.org/
• Oak Glen Junior Golf League www.oakglengolf.com
• Pony Activity Center https://commed.stillwaterschools.org/all-ages/pony-activity-center student memberships 
• Pony Pride Hockey Training www.ponypridetraining.com
• PowerUp! https://www.powerup4kids.org/classes
• St. Croix Rec Center’s Learn-to-Skate classes www.stcroixreccenter.com
• St. Croix Soccer Club https://www.stcroixsoccer.org/rec-programs (recreational programs only)
• St. Croix Valley Athletic Association programs www.scvaa.org
• St. Mary’s Point Hockey Program www.smphockey.org
• Sally Manzara Interpretive Nature Center https://sminc-lake-elmo.org/summer-camp-registration-2022/
• School sports teams and music programs
• Skyhawks (through Community Ed)
• Stillwater Area Baseball Association stillwaterbaseball.org
• Stillwater Area Fastpitch Association stillwaterfastpitch.org
• Stillwater Area Lacrosse Association www.stillwaterlacrosse.org
• Stillwater Boys' Traveling Basketball stillwaterbasketball.com
• Stillwater Elks' Summer Overnight Camp Call Y.A. at 651-342-1266 for details.
• Stillwater Girls' Traveling Basketball http://www.ponygb.com/
• Stillwater Swim Club   Call Y.A. at 651-342-1266 for details.
• Stillwater Zephyr Theatre https://www.stillwaterzephyrtheatre.org/
• StoryArk  storyark.org
• Young Eagles Aviation https://chapters.eaa.org/eaa54/young-eagles

Contact Youth Advantage to learn more.