YOUTHWORKS is a youth empowerment and community service initiative engaging our communitys youth directly through mentoring, volunteering, and philanthropy. YOUTHWORKS is a partnership between Yakima Valley Memorial, The Memorial Foundation and local high schools providing philanthropy education, input on youth healthcare programs and fundraising opportunities to support Virginia Mason Memorials childrens fund.

Proceeds from YOUTHWORKS Mr. Pageants help pediatric programs and health education for local children at Yakima Valley Memorial and Childrens Village, which serves over 10,000 children each year through hospital treatment, educational programs, and family services. The YouthWorks Pageants last year raised over $112,000 to fund NICU and Childrens Village programs.

All sponsorships and donations directly benefit childrens programs at Children's Village as well as Yakima Valley Memorial, both not for profit hospitals.

At Yakima Valley Memorial, YOUTHWORKS fundraising generates dollars for the following primary areas administered by The Memorial Foundation:

- Neonatal Intensive Care for Newborns

-Trauma care for children

-Pediatric physical therapy

-35 different specialties at Childrens Village

-Family Birthplace