About
Skamania Kids & Youth (SKY) is a youth-led nonprofit organization (founded 2024) dedicated to the well-being of youth in Skamania County.
While SKY’s long term vision includes a space for youth of all ages, our current focus is launching a Teen Center in downtown Stevenson, providing local teens with a safe and welcoming place to go. The Teen Center serves as a hub promoting social connections, healthy behaviors, access to resources, civic and community engagement, and creativity.
The need for teen space and activities in Skamania County has been long and widely recognized by youth and the adults who care about them. This need is documented in the county’s 2024 Community Health Assessment. Present day Stevenson High School students, and alumni dating all the way back to the 1970’s, have been dreamers of a local teen center.
Members of the Youth Advisory Council are making that dream real! They make key project decisions, provide essential guidance and feedback, and serve as ambassadors to peers. Teens on the Council gain valuable organizing experience and lay a foundation for becoming agents of change for healthier communities - locally, and beyond.
SKY values community engagement! We utilize existing community skills, resources, and partnerships as the basis of programming, and prioritize intergenerational exchange.
SKY provides the vision and the physical hub; the community activates it!
SKY is delighted to share the building with Community Art Studio of Skamania County (CASS), a nonprofit offering creative activities as inclusive, non-judgmental opportunities for meaningful creative social interaction.
SKY also hosts the Coalition of Youth Allies, whose purpose is to build relationships and enhance resource-sharing among existing youth allies in Skamania County.
There’s so much that’s going well already - we want to amplify what’s working!