Our Partners

Youtopia

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0700

"As a member and now President of APO I feel like Youtopia helps us streamline the entire process. It helps us not only track our service hours, but our fellowship, our dues, and attendance. It helps our whole chapter know what's going on and it really gets our name out there in the community. And other chapters will be able to collaborate with us, which I think will be really beneficial," said Claire Burns, Gamma Xi Chapter President, Rockhurst University

Youtopia is a member engagement platform that provides instant access to plug-and-play gamification tools (points, badges, and leaderboards) that incentivizes pledges, chapter members and alumni to become more engaged in their chapter, campus, community and the Fraternity. Youtopia matures with students from pledge status through initiation and beyond graduation. Now chapter officers of APO have a fun and easy way to inspire their members to do all of the good things they want them to do; a way to acknowledge their hard work; and a way to reward them for going above and beyond. Youtopia gives APO the power to organize and inspire participation within chapters, on campus, and in the community.
These are just a few of Youtopia's benefits:

Tracking and verifying the service members and alumni complete.
Generating activity reports that make it simple to compare how well your members are performing at every level.
Providing a comprehensive account of your APO service career, right at your fingertips.
Integrating social media so you can share accomplishments with family, friends, prospective members, and future employers.

Click the ad on the right to get started with Youtopia!

"Why I like working with APO is because we're a group that came together to do service, but also to be kind of a family in doing service, and connect in that way. Youtopia is going to be a really great way to do that, because we can kind of match each other and see how everyone else is doing, and see how APO on the national level or even regional level is doing, and see what are larger family is," said Naina Desai, Sigma Chapter at Northwestern University

Scouting Certificates

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0700

The National Scouting and Youth Services Committee created the Scouting Recognition Certificate to recognize those scouts who receive the highest award of their scouting program. It can be used to recognize: Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts, and Venturers who earn the Eagle Scout Award of the BSA; Venturers who earn the Venturing Silver Award, Venturing Ranger Award, or Venturing Quest Award of the BSA; Sea Scouts who earn the Sea Scout Quartermaster Award of the BSA; Girl Scouts who earn the Gold Award of the GSUSA; or Camp Fire Boys or Girls who earn the Wo-He-Lo award of Camp Fire USA. This is a great way to recognize these youth for the work they have done to achieve these high honors, as well as to help promote APO to these future college students.

Scouting Certificates are available free of charge from the National Office and can be requested via email.

We leave it up to each Chapter/Alumni Association to work out how they wish to distribute these certificates. We recommend contacting the local Scout Council and offer this certificate to their members. You can either offer to make the certificate available to any scout who requests it or you can try to get a list of all recipients of these awards for the year, and present them at their annual recognition events for these scouts.

To request a certificate to be printed by the National Office email the following information. Please allow three weeks for processing. If you have multiple recipients, a Microsoft Excel file is preferred:

Type of Award

Recipients name (lists can be sent via an excel spreadsheet)
Recognition date
Council / Troop Name and Troop #
Mailing Address (who to mail the completed certificate to)

Partners

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Thank you to the following organizations that support Alpha Phi Omega in its mission to develop leadership, to promote friendship and to provide service to humanity through their partnerships.

American Cancer Society - Relay For Life
The American Cancer Society is a nationwide, community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem. The signature event of the American Cancer Society is Relay For Life. Relay For Life brings together 3.5 million people each year in communities across the country to raise awareness and much-needed funds that enable the American Cancer Society to help save lives by helping people stay well and get well, by finding cures, and by fighting back against cancer. Together with the support of dedicated partners like the Alpha Phi Omega, we are creating a world with less cancer and more birthdays.

America's Promise Alliance

With more than 400 national partners and their local affiliates, America's Promise Alliance is uniquely positioned to mobilize Americans to act. We have made a top priority of ending the high school dropout crisis. Our work focuses on the Five Promises: Caring Adults, Safe Places, A Healthy Start, Effective Education, and Opportunities to Help Others.

Boy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America is one of the nation's largest and most prominent values-based youth development organizations. The BSA provides a program for young people that builds character, trains them in the responsibilities of participating citizenship, and develops personal fitness.

Campfire
Camp Fire is one of the nation's leading not-for-profit youth development organizations. Camp Fire, with national headquarters in Kansas City, Mo., provides all-inclusive, coeducational programs in hundreds of communities across the United States. Founded in 1910, Camp Fire's outcome-based programs include youth leadership, self-reliance, after school groups, camping and environmental education and child care.

Girl Scouts of the United States of America

Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) is the largest organization for girls in the world. Our mission is to build girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. Through activities in science and technology, business and economic literacy, and outdoor and environmental awareness, Girl Scouting provides girls with opportunities for fun and friendship while fostering the development of leadership skills and self-esteem. Click here to view a a video by Anna Maria Chavez, Chief Executive Officer of the Girl Scouts of the USA speaking about the Girl Scouts USA and APO partnership.

Youth Service America
YSA (YOUTH SERVICE AMERICA) improves communities by increasing the number and the diversity of young people, ages 5-25, serving in substantive roles.