Youth Summer Program

Develop inner city youth and community by teaching them valuable skills trades by licensed contractors, develop community building practices, learn and explore new skills in media development/content creation allowing for safe independent growth.

Summer Program

Teen Builders

Help finish out your first house rehabilitation project! This is a great opportunity to learn a lot about the housing industry from licensed professionals and how to fix a property from start to finish

Goals: Create a safe building to cultivate community and productivity!

  • Week 1-2

    Help finish out your first house rehabilitation project! This is a great opportunity to learn a lot about the housing industry from licensed professionals and how to fix a property from start to finish

    Goals: Create a safe building to cultivate community and productivity!

  • Week 2-3

    Focus on Content! We will be recording our house rehabilitation youth project, editing videos, and uploading them to social media. With the new age of media, we want to help our youth create a positive relationship with content creation and ultimately receive monetary benefits.

    Goal: Create a recipe to Boost Social Media reach on all platforms

  • Week 3-4

    We are big on community upkeep! These last weeks will be focused on sustaining our community garden, composting, financial literacy, college prep, and our scholarship celebration!

    Goal: Build and celebrate a community of developers and change leaders

Meet FYN's Green Teen Campers!

We took 4 kids from the inner city and provided them a $1500 scholarship to their college of choice.

Green Teen Camper

Kristen RayFarley

My name is Kristen RayFarley, I graduated Cass Tech in 2024 and currently attending Michigan State University.

I plan on studying Animal Science in the fall and spent my summer with FYN planting urban gardens, videography/photography for the marketing team, and distributing food to community collecting over 100 community service hours and serving over 5000 families!

Green Teen Camper

Christian RayFarley

My name is Christian RayFarley, I graduated Cass Tech in 2024 and currently attending Michigan State University.

I may be studying Computer Engineering in the fall, but for now, I’m undecided. I spent my summer with FYN creating sustainable landscapes, helping FYN’s clothing design team, and distributing food to community collecting over 100 community service hours and serving over 5000 families!

Green Teen Camper

Antoine Bradley II

My name is Antoine Bradley II, I graduated University Preparatory Art & Design Academy in 2024 and I’m currently attending Lansing Community College. I plan on studying Cyber Security in the fall and spent my summer with FYN planting urban gardens, learning how to screen print, helping the solar cyber security sector, and distributing food to community collecting over 100 community service hours and serving over 5000 families!

Green Teen Camper

Isaac Howard

My name is Isaac Howard, I graduated Cass Tech in 2024 and currently attending University of Michigan Dearborn this fall. I plan on studying Computer Science in the fall and spent my summer with FYN planting urban gardens, helping the solar cybersecurity sector, creating clothing designs, and distributing food to community collecting over 100 community service hours and serving over 5000 families!

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