2026-2027 Youth Leadership Council Application
  • Requirements for applicants:

    • On September 1, 2026, you must be a minimum of 16 years old and a junior in high school, and a maximum of 22 years old and enrolled as a college/university undergraduate or graduate student.[KB1.1][KB1.2]
    • Be able to articulate a personal commitment to the mission of the American Heart Association to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives.
    • Demonstrate effective communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with a diverse group of peers and American Heart Association staff.
    • Prior leadership experience, including roles within school-based clubs and organizations.
    • Access to a phone or laptop and reliable internet for one to two monthly one-hour virtual meetings during the school year, with the ability to have your camera on for the full session.
    • Ability to commit to a minimum of three to four hours of service per month during the school year. 
    • Applicant Information 
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    • Application Questions - Short Answer (200 words max for each question) 
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    • Student Participation Form and Consent  
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    • Format: (000) 000-0000.
    • Format: (000) 000-0000.
    • Format: (000) 000-0000.
    • Format: (000) 000-0000.
    • Consent, Release, and Indemnification

      Thank you for participating or allowing your child to apply to participate in the American Heart Association, Inc.’s (“AHA”) youth volunteer initiative, National Youth Leadership Council, which supports the mission of the American Heart Association to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives. This commitment and participation will include online training, service projects that may include posting online, teleconferences and completing online surveys about volunteer experiences. I hereby expressly assume all risks, including personal injury and death, arising in any way out of my participation or my child’s participation in Youth Leadership Council and any related activities and services offered through Heart Club in which I or my child voluntarily participates.

      I understand and agree that: 

      I am, or my child is, able to participate in all related activities and services. My Child or I can choose to stop participating at any time.

      I agree, for myself or my child, my heirs, executors and administrators, to not sue and to release, indemnify and hold harmless, the American Heart Association, Inc., its affiliates, officers, directors, volunteers and employees, and all sponsoring businesses and organizations and their agents and employees (collectively “AHA”), from any and all liability, claims, demands and causes of action whatsoever, arising directly or indirectly out of my participation, or my child’s participation, in this event and related activities and services — whether it results from the negligence of any of the above or from any other cause.

      I authorize the use, copyright, or publication of my or my child’s name, image or voice from participating in the Event and related activities, as may be captured by photograph or recording in any medium for any purpose, including illustration, promotion, or advertisement.   As a condition of participation, I grant AHA a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, transferable, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, adapt, modify, publish, distribute, publicly perform, create a derivative work from, and publicly display this activity, including display on the AHA website, without any attribution or compensation.

      I agree that AHA may use and share personal information about me or my child that I give AHA, that I may have given to AHA previously, that AHA collects through its websites, apps, social media sites, devices, as well as the information about me that AHA combines with that collected by others.

      AHA uses and shares my personal information to fulfill AHA’s mission to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives, to notify me of donor opportunities and offer me products and services, to provide me with products or services that I request, and to improve AHA’s programs and websites.
      I can learn more about how AHA uses, shares, and protects my personal information by reading the AHA Privacy Policy.

      I hereby (i) consent to the American Heart Association contacting me or my child using the email address or telephone number provided above about the National Youth Leadership Council and (ii) give my permission for my child or myself to participate in the National Youth Leadership Council, if accepted.

      If I am registering a child under the age of 18 or an incapacitated adult I represent and warrant that I am the parent or legal guardian of that party and have the legal authority to enter into this agreement on their behalf and by proceeding with this event registration.

      This agreement is meant to be as broad and inclusive as permitted by the State or Province in which the event is conducted. If any portion of it is invalid, the balance will continue in full force and effect.

      I have read and understood the Consent Information.  If under 18, parental signature is required.

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