Youth Leadership Program

In 2009 we instituted our Scholarship Program to assist young youth women furthering their education. During 2010, The Perfect Blend’s mission is to promote education, leadership and health to high school youth at Southern Connecticut State University for high school. These programs promote the development of leadership skills through workshops, projects, educational trips, and activities to empower our youth and also strengthen their leadership skills at the same time they have fun and learning.

We provide mentoring for high school girls of color from the Greater New Haven communities. Our program is a nine month program meeting twice a month at Southern Connecticut State University in collaboration with SCSU Women’s Studies Department. A major part of The Perfect Blend Youth Leadership Program is the requirement that the high school girls give back to the community by doing a community project.

The girls who graduate from the Youth Leadership Program consistently progress to college, vocational school, or employment after high school. 

During their four years in the program, they:

• Develop confidence
• Build positive, supportive, long-lasting connections with each other
• Learn to make positive life decisions

Colleges they have attended include:

Quinnipiac University, Spelman College, Universities of Connecticut, Delaware, Hartford, Rochester, and Pittsburgh, St. John University, Hampton University, Russell Sage College, Southern Connecticut State

University, Western Connecticut State University, Central Connecticut State University, and Gateway Community College.

Majors have included health science, agriculture health and natural resources, creative writing, biology, nursing, public health, business management and finance, and criminal justice.