Sheelagh Wylie, Merlin Entertainments PLC, will serve as the 2016-2017 SYTA Youth Foundation Chair and Bruce Rickert, Peak Performance Tours, will fulfill the SYTA Youth Foundation's Vice Chair position.
April 19, 2016, Washington, D.C. – It was four days that 25 students from Edison High School in Minneapolis, MN will never forget. The trip included an experience with the Busch Gardens Connections Program in Tampa Bay, Florida, leadership and team building lessons, followed by an excursion to the Everglades National Park that was added as part of the National Parks Centennial celebration.
March 9, 2016, Washington, D.C. – The SYTA Youth Foundation (SYF), Hard Rock Cafe Times Square and Disney Theatrical Group hosted deserving students from Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School and New York City's In-School Youth (ISY) Program for lunch and The Lion King, Broadway's Award-Winning Best Musical, on March 2, 2016. For most of these students, this was their first time attending a Broadway show.
March 2, 2016, Washington, D.C. – 28 students from McKeesport, PA were selected to participate in a travel experience of a lifetime courtesy of the SYTA Youth Foundation (SYF), American Experience Foundation (AEF), and Cash for Kids, the 501(c)(3) founded by WNBA player Swin Cash.