Our Work

What started in 2012 with one program and 200 participants has grown to nearly 30 programs and 20,000 participants each year!

"Never underestimate the power of a small group of committed people to change the world. In fact, it is the only thing that ever has."

-Margaret Mead

SCHEDULE A CALL

Programs That Inspire Youth to Do Good in the World

  • Action Teams are groups of 10-20 students who work together to learn about community needs, the meaning of compassion, how to inspire their peers to serve their community with them, how to fundraise/advocate for causes they care about, and ultimately to lead projects that make a difference in the community.


  • Our annual Summer Day Camps are designed to offer students a fun and exciting opportunity to dive deep into the needs of their city. For 3-4 days, campers will volunteer at various local non-profits where they spend time working for each organization learning the work that goes into solving needs in their community.

  • High school age students who have the availability and desire to grow in their leadership will be invited to participate in our Student Leadership Action Team. This team will work together to plan city-wide service initiatives, participate in Generation Alive events, and receive active mentoring from the Generation Alive staff.

2025 Impact by the Numbers

  • School programs where students are learning leadership, compassion, and how to make a difference in their community.

  • Action Team students. These students met with our GA staff every week for several months. They, in turn, led their school in an assembly, ran a school-wide fundraiser, and launched a big service project that met a tangible need in their community.

  • Hours of Community Service

    Students involved in our program gave this many hours serving their community.

    The value of volunteer time is $34.79/hr according to the Independent Sector. That means, students involved in Generation Alive added $760,509.40 of value to the world.

  • Raised by youth in our programs.

    No, this was not by adults. This was done by kids who have a passion for making a difference in the world. And they did just that!

  • Meals bought & packed by youth.

    With the funds they raised, youth we work with bought & packed this amount of meals for those with food insecurity in our community.

    There are approx 70,000 people in Spokane County who don’t know where their next meal comes from. And kids are making a difference.

  • Youth activated to live and lead with compassion through our programs.

    From assemblies to school-wide service projects, we had thousands of kids involved in our program in 2025.