NATIONAL PAL TO HOST
NATIONAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP & MENTOR SUMMIT IN ARLINGTON
Note: July 9th and 13th are reserved for travel days at the same room rate if you wish to come in early and stay later.
We are thrilled to present to our chapter members an impactful, engaging, high energy and participatory youth event. This Youth Leadership & Mentor Summit will allow youth to interface with Community Leaders, Corporate Leaders, Renown and Impactful Speakers, Presenters and Subject Matter Experts in the areas of Leadership Development, Mentoring, Mental Health/Illness, Financial Literacy, College/Career Readiness, Child Exploitation & Social Media Awareness, Socialization, Networking, and Service Engagement, among other initiatives.
So, you might be asking yourself some of the following questions:
- Is it mandatory that NPAL Mentor Grant recipients send both youth and staff to the National Youth Leadership & Mentor Summit?
YES, as outlined within your award letter, it is necessary that your organization register and send a minimum of two (2) youths and one (1) adult to the event. Please note that you are more than welcome to register and send more than the minimum amount of youth and staff if your grant budget permits, or if your organization has the capacity to financially cover any/all expenditures over and above what the grant allows.
- What are the costs associated with attending this year’s National Youth Leadership & Mentor Summit?
The National Youth Leadership & Mentor Summit participation fee will be $475 per person. This fee also includes several of your meals, as the meal structure currently encompasses Thursday – Lunch & Dinner, Friday – Breakfast & Lunch, Saturday – Breakfast & Lunch. (Meals Subject to change)
How do I seek to register youth and staff from my organization?
We look forward to your organizations youth and staff attending this year’s National PAL Youth Leadership & Mentor Summit in Arlington, Va. July 10th – 12th, 2025. To start the process towards registration, we invite you to click here:
If you have any issues with the registration please contact John Stevens at [email protected] or (908) 596-8504.
***NOTE: IF YOU PAY BY CHECK, MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO National PAL
Mail Checks to:
- National PAL
- Attn: Kenneth Harris
- 601 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Building
- Suite 900
- Washington D.C. 20004
- How do I secure hotel rooms for my youth and staff?
The official host hotel for the youth summit is the Hilton Arlington National Landing Hotel, located at 2399 Richmond Highway, Arlington, Va. 22202
The established official room rate for the youth summit is $169.00 per night plus taxes.
Rooms at this rate are available beginning February 26th – June 4th, 2025.
**Please note that if you plan on coming to the event and will need rooms, it is essential that you place your reservation immediately, as once the deadline for discounted rooms has passed, we will not be able to make any exceptions to retrieve an appropriate room rate for you.
To begin registering for rooms for the event, please click here:
- Can non-PAL youth serving organizations register their youth and staff to attend?
Yes, though many of the participants will be associated with a PAL Program, there might very well be participants attending from outside of the PAL network.
- Is there a National Youth Leadership & Mentor Summit schedule of events available?
Unfortunately, at this time the summit schedule isn’t available, as it is still being filled with some awesome sessions and events, however as soon as it has been completed, it will be sent out, as well as posted on the website.
- Is the Leadership & Mentor Summit available virtually?
We regret to inform you that this year’s summit will not be available for virtual participation.
- Some of my youth and/or staff might be interested in volunteering during the youth summit, is there a need?
YES! We would very much welcome the opportunity to have some committed, hard-working, and engaged youth and/or adults to volunteer with our event. Some of the areas of engagement needed would lie within the areas of set-up, registration, event logistics, event planning, breakdown, etc. If interested please contact Kenneth Harris at (301) 584-8756 / [email protected]