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Participants

YC provides adapted sports and recreation programs to over 150 young people with physical disabilities such as cerebral palsy, spinal cord injuries, blindness/visual impairments, and others.

Programs

We offer more than 300 free, year-round activities throughout Northeast Ohio. All programs are carefully adapted to meet the special needs of each child and are created to safely challenge appropriate age and skill levels.

Volunteers

YC receives help from 450+ teen volunteers, ages 12-18, who are trained seasonally by professionals to assist and engage with their peers who have physical disabilities.

Resources

You can find links to local and national organizations that provide services for people with physical disabilities.

Youth Challenge brings together young people with physical disabilities and teen volunteers who inspire each other through adapted sports, recreation and social growth activities.

Latest News

PREVIEW: Take Flight with YC! Annual Benefit and Auction

Take to the skies and join us as we soar to new heights on May 4, 2024 for Take Flight with YC, our Annual Benefit & Auction at the Aviator Event Center & Pub (former 100th Bomb Group). This event is scheduled to board at 7 PM and will land at 11 PM.  Tickets are still on […]

Crosstown Showdown Highlights, sponsored by Protiviti

Participants, volunteers, and spectators gathered together at the Garrity Center in Berea, OH, on Saturday, March 23, for the 2024 Crosstown Showdown. The signs were up, the hoops were up, and the lines were drawn as four teams of eager participants and volunteers worked so hard to get this moment… and they did not disappoint. […]

Leaving a Family Legacy: Thomas and Jennifer Chung

  The Youth Challenge mission has a way of bringing people together—whether it’s bringing young people with physical disabilities together with teen volunteers, bringing the East Side and West Side participants together for a Crosstown or Football Showdown, or even rallying staff members of local businesses and other organizations together for the cause. For the […]

Only with your Annual Fund Gift can young lives be changed in extraordinary ways.

Special Events

Take Flight with YC, Annual Benefit & Auction

When: May 4, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Where: The Aviator Event Center & Pub, 20920 Brookpark Rd, Cleveland, OH 44135, USA

Save the date for YC’s Annual Benefit & Auction at the Aviator Event Center on May 4, 2024. Purchase tickets here! YC’s Annual Benefit & Auction is our largest fundraiser of the year, typically raising[…]

Where Will Color Take You? 5K Race / 1-Mile Walk & Roll

When: June 15, 2024 @ 7:30 am – 11:30 am
Where: Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, 3900 Wildlife Way, Cleveland, OH 44109, USA

Join the Sherwin-Williams Women’s Club in supporting Youth Challenge at Where Will Color Take You?, a 5k race and 1-mile walk & roll at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo on June 15, 2024. We can’t wait to[…]

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