JOIN THE GLOBAL MOVEMENT 
& TRANSFORM THE WORLD WITH ACTION.

YOU(TH) 
MATTER.

There are 1.8 billion young people in the world today. There are 1.8 billion people in an irrecoverable, essential, and often mismanaged moment in their lives.  

Historically, young people lead movements, contribute to innovation, and have a unique ability to out-serve anyone else. Young people matter, and you matter to young people more than you know.  As a leader in the marketplace, you have an irreplaceable contribution to make in the fight for young people. When you do, not only will you will reach the next generation, your business, your employees, and your family will be impacted, too.

THE MOVEMENT 
STARTS HERE

So, how do you begin? Below are a few of the best ways to get started. 

VOLUNTEER

The best way to start is to go. Find the closest Boy With a Ball team to you and volunteer with Love Your City.

FIND THE CLOSEST TEAM

EIGHT TOOLS TO TRANSFORM
YOUR BUSINESS

Known as the HYRO (Helping Youth Reach Opportunity) standards, these eight tools will transform your business, your employees, and your neighborhoods.

VISIT HYRO Hub

JOIN A COMMUNITY OF LIKE-MINDED LEADERS

Sign up to receive the Marketplace Leaders newsletter and get tools, resources, and stories sent straight to you every month.

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STORIES TO INSPIRE YOURS

“It is easy to think of Love Your City as a movement that impacts the community and the participants of the programs…but it really, truly impacts the volunteers [too], my life changed because of Love Your City.”
MARIA LAO, CHANGEMAKER SINCE 2018
Instantly, Melissa felt suited for Love Your City because, “God had developed this passion in me for loving and caring for people who don’t have anyone alongside them, [someone] who might care to know the surface level things happening in their life but then also the things that are harder.”
MELISSA LONG, CHANGEMAKER SINCE 2022
I saw myself called to help young people, especially to find out and discover their purpose in life and then to reach their dreams.
IFEANYI ANEKE, CHANGEMAKER SINCE 2014

WHERE IT COULD GROW

World change and innovations most often come from young people, and there is something you were made for that only you can do. There are so many ways to join, grow within, and lead in this global movement. Find them here.

COME TO THE 
LOVE YOUR CITY 
CONFERENCE

The Love Your City Conference is a gathering of young people, marketplace leaders, and missional leaders who come together to share, learn, and go out together to impact the community. Gather with other marketplace leaders like you who have a passion to change the world with action.

Learn more

BRING THE 
BOY WITH A BALL
TEAM TO YOU

You can transform your company culture. You can help your coworkers grow. You can be a business about both profits and purpose. Host a Boy With a Ball Workshop for your company.

Find a Workshop

INVEST IN THE
WORLD'S MOST
MISMANAGED 
ASSET

Young people are constantly missed, mismanaged, and underutilized. When we connect with, invest in, develop, and launch young people, we change their lives, our communities, and the world. Become a partner and learn the power of investing in youth.

Get started

BECOME A LOVE 
YOUR CITY 
BUSINESS

Your employees lives will be changed as they start to see their workplace as a critical player in the future of your city. Learn how to weave Love Your City into your business, help your employees grow, and transform the city.

Get started

HOST A 
FUNDRAISER

Represent one of the world's most important causes: You(th) Matter. Host a fundraiser in your city and grow the movement so that every young person reaches their dreams.

Set up a Call

FIND TOOLS 
TO GROW

Find workshops, podcasts, and interviews from leaders around the world that you can use to learn what it might look like for you to launch as a transformative marketplace leader in your community.

Start learning