Kindness Youth Leadership Team

WHO

All KC metro area high school students

WHAT

A passionate group of young leaders working to make the world a better place

WHEN

Applications for KYLT are closed for the 2025 program.

What is the Kindness Youth Leadership Team (KYLT)?

We are a group of high school students from across the Kansas City area, who are interested in making our world a better place. We are willing to work to make kindness ripple throughout our schools and community. We achieve these main goals:

From August through April, learn leadership, communication, organizational and inspirational skills.
Bring SevenDays^® to your school, use our resources to introduce and encourage whole school participation.
Increase SevenDays^® participation within your personal circles – groups, clubs, friends and family.
Be a Kindness influencer. Take action and be a role model for kindness.

Applications for KYLT are closed for the 2025 program.

SevenDays® KYLT Job Description & Responsibilities:

In order to be accepted to our team, the following requirements must be met:

Be a current high school student
Be able to attend 2-hour monthly KYLT meetings from 6:00-8:00 p.m. – mostly at QC Holdings- 8208 Melrose Drive, Lenexa KS. Meeting Dates – Aug. 27 (Welcome Party), Sept. 17, Oct. 15, Nov. 19, Dec. 17, Jan. 21, Feb. 18, Mar. 11, Mar. 25 (work day), April 1 (Breakfast Set Up after school – 6 p.m.), April 22 (Ending Party). The monthly meetings will include at least one of the following agenda items:
- learn the mission and initiatives of SevenDays®
- work to bring SevenDays® to your school – with help and resources
- learn leadership, communication, organizational and inspirational skills
- be a Kindness influencer! – Weekly, do kind actions and post kind social media (if you have it)
- help plan a SevenDays event (Kindness Breakfast or other) – with help and resources
- have fun through team bonding – teens from a variety of area schools
- learn and understand differences within our global community – including religion, race, disabilities, etc.
Attend at least one optional event, which may include:
- KYLT Book Club- dates & times TBD by members
- SevenDays Press Conference- date & time TBD by Ruth Bigus
- Community service projects or diversity understanding activities- dates & times TBD by KYLT
Work on your own time to complete work discussed in meetings
Follow @GiveSevenDays. Like, comment, and share @GiveSevenDays posts.
Promote SevenDays® on your personal social media
Attend the Kindness Breakfast (April 2, 2025)- Breakfast Committee ONLY
Attend another event, Date TBD in April- Other KYLT Planning team ONLY
Bring SevenDays content to your school- with help and resources
Communicate promptly (within 24 hours) to any communication (email, text, groupme, etc.) regarding SevenDays®. Excluding holidays and times when school is scheduled to be out of session.
Be available for the time commitment- 1-2 meetings monthly plus time on your own in-between meetings to complete tasks. (3-8 hours a month, 30 mins. -2 hours a week.) Please confirm the above meeting dates work with your schedule!

Please look over our website and social media BEFORE submitting your application. Make sure you have a general understanding of what we do. www.SevenDays.org @GiveSevenDays

KYLT In Action

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