Who doesn’t love YL swag?
Tell me if you’ve ever been wearing a Young Life t-shirt through an airport or large public gathering and have had strangers stop you and tell you how much they love Young Life, or where they went to camp as a teenager. I’ll venture to guess that most of us reading this have had something similar happen. There’s something so simple and yet so powerful about a little YL swag!
For the last two decades the Young Life Store has had the privilege to stand side by side with Young Life to serve the mission through gifts and gear. BUT, the Young Life Store is so much more than just gear. Since the genesis of the store, 20 years ago our heartbeat has been for our giveback.
The giveback strategy is the core of who we are as a business. It’s goal is to support the mission each year with a gift so the story of Jesus Christ can be shared with as many kids around the world as possible. Our other core values are:
QUALITY- We want to provide products that the entire YL community would be proud of wearing.
CONSISTENCY- To be available, responsive and consistent.
EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE- Simply, we want to be there when you need us.
TRUST- We want to be a ‘go to’ resource for promotional gear for the entire for the mission of Young Life.
The Young Life Store is blessed with a board of field and service center staff. This group of people have various roles in the mission that bring insight and fresh ideas to our business. This group gets to meet twice a year to brainstorm, strategize and pray for the ministry that is the Young Life Store.
We are very proud of each giveback the Young Life Store has been able to facilitate. Although there are several, here are a few that stand out-
WORK STAFF DEVOTIONAL: $30,000 to the work crew and summer staff devotional, which was special to us because we were gifting a group of people a book to carry their spiritual journey while they gave their lives away for a month to make our camping operations possible.
GLOBAL CAMPERSHIP: $80,000 to the mission for its 80th birthday gifted to campership funds around the world.
BOOK OF PRAYER: The liturgy book each of our staff received at 1YL written by Crystal Kirgiss. Having the privilege to gift our staff the beautiful written liturgy book’ Prayers for the People of Young Life’ was meaningful to us because without the amazing staff of the mission we wouldn’t be what we are today!
The Young Life Store is truly an extension of the mission of Young Life. Our main goal and purpose is to give back to continue the good work of Young Life staff and leaders around the world sharing the good news of Jesus Christ. We are dedicated to offering the best pricing, quality, and consistency to the staff and volunteers of the mission. The more the mission supports the Young Life Store, the more we can give back.
Thank you for believing in our vision and for helping us build something truly meaningful. Your support allows us to dream big and to keep making an eternal impact in the lives of kids around the world.
We are The Young Life Store, your go-to experts who create and curate the coolest gifts and gear for your community, and together, give back to the mission of Young Life so more kids can be introduced to Jesus Christ.
Written by: Jon Sittko