Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, in partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, invites rising 10th to 12th grade students to help keep Pennsylvania clean and beautiful through the Young Ambassadors of Pennsylvania program.

The program was recommended in the commonwealth’s litter action plan, announced by Gov. Wolf in November 2021.

Students will be chosen through a competitive application process.

The goals of the Young Ambassadors Program are to:

•Build community stewardship by inspiring, engaging, and empowering young Pennsylvanians to keep their communities clean and beautiful, and

•Develop civic leaders to champion and advocate for clean and beautiful communities across Pennsylvania.

Over the nine-month program, Young Ambassadors of Pennsylvania will be guided through a six-step process to implement change in their communities.

Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful will provide education and training to program participants on such topics related to the impact of litter on roadways, litter prevention, waste management and recycling, civic engagement and related public policy, volunteer management, and social media marketing.

The program will provide networking opportunities to not only build a sense of community within the program but also to promote professional development of the individual students.

Deadline to apply is Sept. 15.

For more information, visit keeppabeautiful.org and choose Programs, Education then Young Ambassadors of Pennsylvania or contact Kylie McCutcheon at 724-836-4121 ext. 114 or kmccutcheon@keeppabeautiful.org.