Youth Venture

The Venture Press Release Template is available to help you announce the launch of your Venture to the media and the public. Just enter your information over the italicized words, un-italicize all words, and delete the parentheses to complete your press release.

Safety Note: Make sure you talk with your Parent and Ally before disclosing any identifiable Team information such as full names and phone numbers to the media.

Press Release Template:

(If you have a Venture logo, insert it here)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Insert date)

Local Youth Launch Social Venture to (Main Goal of Your Venture)

(Name of Venture) – (describe the Venture’s goal or an upcoming event)

(City, State, Month XX, 2XXX )– (Name of Venture) was launched today by (team member names), students from (name of school , partner, or sponsoring organization) with support of their Ally, (name and occupational title) (and partner/ sponsoring organization, if applicable). The team developed an Action Plan for a sustainable Venture to (state the purpose of your Venture) and was awarded $(amount of seed funding) in seed funding from Youth Venture®, which inspires and invests in a global community of young changemakers (ages 12-20).

(If not applicable, delete paragraph) (Name of Venture) is holding its first event, a (describe event type), at <EM>(location and address) from (start time) to (end time). The community is invited to attend.

The goals of the organization are to (fill in goals here - two or three sentences maximum).

“I was inspired to create (name of Venture) because (list one or two reasons)” said (name of lead Venturer).

“(Ally or partner quote about why he/she is excited to support your Venture team)” said (name of Ally/partner).

(If possible, insert a small picture of your Venture team here and write a short sentence to describe the picture)

About (Name of Venture)
The mission of (name of Venture) is to (one to three sentences that describe the mission of your organization). For more information, please visit (link to your website or GenV.net Team profile).

About Youth Venture
Youth Venture® leads an international community of young people who are powerful now, changemakers now. Youth Venture inspires and invests in teams of young people to create and launch their own sustainable, community-benefiting Ventures. Youth Venture then connects them into a global movement of young changemakers who are together redefining the youth years as a time of leadership and positive social change. This is the foundation of an Everyone a Changemaker™ world – the key factor for success in every part of society. Youth Venture currently operates in 14 countries and online at www.GenV.net.

About (Insert name of partner/sponsoring organization if applicable)
(Ask permission to insert your partner/sponsoring organization’s mission statement here).

For more information contact:
Your Name
Name of Venture
Phone: XXX-XXX-XXXX
Email:------@-------