Get Ready for the United for Youth Community Engagement Block Party
Friday, August 22nd, 5:00 PM-8:00 PM, Pack Square Park
Be sure to visit this page regularly as we'll be adding new details and updates leading up to the event.
We're taking the block party to the next level — with live youth performances, mouthwatering food trucks, a DJ keeping the beat, 50+ community info. booths, interactive STEAM and Resiliency zones, kids' activities, and surprises around every corner.
It's a celebration of resilience, connection, and community power! Join us for this FREE event where families, friends, neighbors, and partners come together to celebrate what makes our community strong and the unstoppable spirit of United for Youth.
YOUTH OPPORTUNITY
STEAM Youth Exploration Tent
Sponsored by AVL Technologies, the STEAM Youth Exploration Tent offers interactive experiences to engage youth through STEAM activities.
A special thank you to our STEAM Exploration Tent Sponsor, AVL Technologies.
COMMUNITY RESILIENCY
Community Resiliency Tent
Join these community partners to engage in self-care and healing activities:
Buncombe County Long-Term Recovery Group: Emotional and Spiritual Support | AVL Medical Massage and Esthetics | Evolve Family Chiropractic
TASTY TREATS
Bring the whole family to enjoy FREE tasty food:
Jamaican Flavors | Mountain View Food Truck | Ceicilia's Kitchen | Cooking With Comedy | Frozen Monkey | Blessed Soul Food | Hilltop Ice Cream Shop
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Explore | Engage | Learn
Explore the wide range of community resources offered by our great partners. This list keeps growing, so check back often for the newest updates.
ABIPA
A-B Tech Community College
Aflorar Herb Collective
AmeriHealth Caritas NC
Appalachian Mountain Health
Appalachian Community Relief
Asheville Chapter of the Links Inc.
Asheville City Schools
Asheville City Schools Foundation
Asheville Creative Arts
Asheville Community Theatre
Big Brothers Big Sisters of WNC
Blue Ridge Health
Books Alive! with Mrs. Ann
Buncombe County Government (CE Department)
Buncombe County Schools
Buncombe County Justice Services
Buncombe Partnership for Children
Buncombe Partnership for Substance Free Youth
Center For Participatory Change CPC
Children First / Communities In Schools
Christine Avery Learning Center
City of Asheville CAYLA/CE Depts
City of Asheville Parks & Recreation
College for North Carolina (CFNC)
Council of Aging of Buncombe County
CoThinkk
Delta House Life Development of Asheville, Inc.
Evergreen Community Charter School
FACS (Families of Asheville City Schools)
Family Preservation Community Services
FIRSTwnc
Girls on the Run WNC
The Glitter Sisters
Goodwill NWNC
Head Start
Helpmate
Hood Huggers
IIEC YOUTH & TEEN INC. The Youth Matters Program
Journeymen
LEAF VanGo
Life Creations
Literacy Together
Loud Musings LLC
MAHEC School Health
MANNA FoodBank
Marvelous Math Club
Mission Health
Mountain Child Advocacy Center
My Daddy Taught Me That
NAMI Western Carolina
Operation Gateway Inc.
OpenDoors AVL
OurVoice
Pack Memorial Library
PEAK Academy
Pisgah Legal Services
PIVOTPointWNC
Project Lighten Up Summer Day Camp
Raices - La Milpa
Read To Succeed
Resources for Resilience
RiverLink
RHA Health Services
Sistas Caring 4 Sistas
South College
Team Us
Umoja Health Wellness and Justice Collective
UWABC
UNETE
Verner Center for Early Learning
WellCare of NC
YTL (Libby Kyles)
YWCA of Asheville and Western NC
Youth OUTright WNC
Ways to Engage
Calling all Volunteers!
We're recruiting volunteers to support the U4Y Community Engagement Block Party:
- Community Partner Support
- Ticket Booth Staffing
- Street Security
- And More...
Multiple shifts available. For more information, and to sign up, visit United Way's Community Volunteer Center, Hands On Asheville-Buncombe.
A special thank you to our Volunteer Reception Center Sponsor, Cigna Healthcare.
United for Youth is a partnership between Asheville City Schools, Buncombe County Schools, the City of Asheville, Buncombe County, United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County, and local health, social service, higher education, and youth services community partners.
United for Youth partners work together with youth and family leadership to ensure educational outcomes are determined by the high quality of our schools and partner organizations, the abundance and accessibility of opportunities in our community, the strength of our collaborations, and are never again predictable based on a student's race, home language, family income, or any other dimension of identity.
BLOCK PARTY VIBES