2012 YouthBridge SEIC Finalists Announced

Nine Agencies Compete for Thousands in Seed Money

Washington University St. Louis , February 02, 2012 -Congratulations to the nine finalists for the 2012 YouthBridge Social Enterprise and Innovation Competition.  Winners can earn their share of $115,000 in funding from YouthBridge, Washington University and other funders. 

•              Cherokee Street International Farmers Market, providing low-income residents with nutritious produce and encouraging at-risk youth and immigrant refugees to grow and sell food at the Farmers Market

•              Club KidFit, providing child-directed wellness curriculum through fun fitness programs

•              Dahlia, providing education to school healthcare professionals, coaches, and counselors about eating disorders to increase early intervention, family support, and positive dialogue about healthy body image

•              Explore Transplant, providing an educational program for dialysis providers on how to educate kidney transplant patients

•              Fostering Life, providing resources for teenage girls in foster care who are pregnant

•              Metamo4ic Math Center, motivating and educating St. Louis children to learn and enjoy mathematics through a children’s museum

•              Migrant and Immigrant Community Action (MICA) Project, combining legal representation, social services, and community development to promote the voice and human dignity of immigrant communities

•              One Bright Day Vending Coffee Service, servicing soda and snack machines to provide healthy options along with traditional inventory

•              Sweet Sensation, teaching north-side St. Louis teens about entrepreneurship and sustainable living through apiculture, or beekeeping