Do you think you can't raise the money to attend a Congressional Youth Leadership Council program? Think again! These scholars raised all or part of their tuition using innovative ideas and in some cases--a little elbow grease. Check out their success stories below.

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Methods of Fundraising: 
Correspondence | Door-to-Door | Starting a Business | Teamwork

Fundraising with Correspondence
Patience and personalized letter delivery helped Michael P. raise over $1000 of his JrNYLC tuition. Read more.

When it came to finding sponsors to help fund his trip to GYLC, Brendan F. learned the true value of saying "thank you." Read more.

Using the sample letter he found in the fundraising guide, Sean P. asked local businesses for help to fund his trip to JrNYLC.  Read more.

Fundraising Door-to-Door
Being relentless paid off for Joe P. in his door-to-door fundraising efforts. Read more.

Heather D. raised her full tuition with good old-fashioned help from mom and the CYLC Fundraising Guide! Read more.

A combination of asking and odd-jobs worked for Geovanni A.  Read more.

Canvassing his community, John B. was able to raise his entire tuition.  Read more.

Fundraising by Starting a Business
Annie B. raised part of her full JrNYLC tuition by baking 90 dozen blueberry muffins for Florida legislators! Read more.

Bryan H. started an online bakery business to help fund his trip to JrNYLC. Click here  to check out his site.

Candles and candy helped Naomi H. get her start fundraising.  Read more.

Sofia W. made bookmarks for a local Woman's Museum and helped her mom with her business to raise money to attend the conference.  Read more.

Maria K. joined forces with her family to sell tamales, so her son could attend NYLC.  Read more.

Fundraising Using Teamwork
Christopher R. and his friends, who received nominations, fundraised the entire tuition for all six of them to attend the Junior National Young Leaders Conference (JrNYLC). Read more.

When it came to raising funds for JrNYLC, Troy T. and Joseph G. learned that two heads are better than one. Read more.