Last year, Youth Education Outreach at Penn State Behrend provided programming to more than 25,000 young people and teachers in the Erie region as part of the University's land-grant mission to serve the public good. Gifts from friends like you help to make these programs possible. Please see our wish list below for additional ways to support youth programming.

Make your gift to Youth Education Outreach

To make a gift online, you will be redirected to a giving form on the Penn State University Park site.

In order to appropriately designate your gift to Youth Education Outreach at Penn State Behrend, please follow the direct link below to continue.

You will be able to enter the gift amount you want to donate to Youth Education Outreach at Penn State Behrend and provide credit card information. You may choose to make a one-time donation or arrange monthly donations, either on a time-defined or ongoing basis.

Continue to Giving Form

 

Donate a Wish List Item

Another way to help Youth Education Outreach is by collecting and donating supplies to support programming. Materials are critical to program success. The following items are needed:

  • Aluminum Foil
  • Cardboard Tubes (from empty paper towel, toilet paper, and wrapping paper rolls)
  • Cereal Boxes
  • Chopsticks
  • Clear Tape
  • Construction Paper
  • Cotton Balls
  • Craft Sticks
  • Glue (glue sticks or bottled school glue)
  • Marbles
  • Masking Tape
  • Pipe Cleaners
  • Plastic Spoons
  • Sandwich-sized Zip Bags
  • Straws
  • Unsharpened pencils
  • Yarn

Donations may be dropped off for Youth Education Outreach at Metzgar Center, 4851 College Drive, Erie, PA 16563-0107.

If you have other materials that you would like to know if the office will accept, contact [email protected].

 

The educational outreach programs of Penn State Behrend are open to all individuals who satisfy a given program’s academic criteria, regardless of gender or ethnicity. Even if a certain program is focused on encouraging a particular gender or ethnicity’s involvement, no one will be excluded on the basis of their gender or ethnicity. The college is committed to equal access to all of its programs and welcomes participants of diverse backgrounds, gender, and circumstances.