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Building Stronger Kids. Building a Stronger Community.
The West Scranton Youth Center provides free and accessible athletic, arts, and wellness opportunities for youth throughout Lackawanna County and surrounding communities. Our goal is simple: give every child the opportunity to participate, learn, grow, and belong — regardless of their family's ability to pay.
Our Programs
Wrestling
Youth wrestling instruction, training, competition, teamwork, and character development.
Swim Team
Youth swimming instruction and competitive team opportunities that build skills, confidence, and sportsmanship.
Strength & Conditioning
The Youth Center is also used by other area youth sports teams for strength, conditioning, and athletic development.
Theater & Theater-Tech
Full-scale youth theater productions that give young people opportunities to perform, create, and build confidence on stage as well as hands-on opportunities for to learn the behind-the-scenes skills that bring a production to life.
Music
Music instruction and performance opportunities for youth of varying experience levels.
Health & Wellness
Programs and camps focused on physical activity, healthy lifestyles, confidence, and overall well-being.
FREE For Our Kids
Our programs are offered free of charge to participating youth, removing financial barriers that can prevent children from experiencing athletics, arts, music, theater, and wellness opportunities.
Our administration is 100% volunteer-based. Stipends are paid to our program directors.
100% of the money we raise goes toward supporting our youth programs and the children who participate in them.
What Does Your Donation Provide?
Your support turns directly into opportunities for kids.
Cost Examples:
Wrestling
Singlet - $45
Wrestling Shoes - $60
Headgear - $20
Swimming
Swimsuit - $25
Swim Cap - $10
Visual Arts
Monthly Art Supplies - $100
Music
Music Supplies & Instrument Maintenance - $250
Theater
Aprox. Cost For One Student to Perform - $600
Health & Wellness
Health & Wellness Camp for One Child - $60
Every Dollar Makes an Impact
Whether you help purchase a $10 swim cap, provide a child with wrestling equipment, send a child to wellness camp, or help put a young performer on stage...
YOUR support creates opportunities that our kids might not otherwise have.
Together, we are investing in the youth of Lackawanna County and surrounding communities — one child at a time.
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