Purposeful YOUth Detroit | Mentoring Program Photos and Videos

Our Program Year Photo Journey!

Take a look at what we're up to...

The Annual Debutante Ball

A night of class and elegance, performing arts, awards and certificates, smiles, tears, laughter and emergence as refined Queens!

		Beauty Personified
Hannah and her Daddy	Neaveha escorted by her big brother	Posing with Ms. Nikki
Our lovely Debutantes	Sing, Malaya!	Dynamic Speaker, Marcia J. Phillips CEO of Perfectly Scarred, Inc.
Our Honorees	Micah looking gorgeous!	CEO, Nikkia
Awards for Anyla	Awards for Allyah	Ebony and Uncle Kossie
The Dream Team The 2015-2016 Mentor Team

The Inaugural Debutante Ball - May 17, 2015

Our first one will always be special to us.

Beauties!	Our Wonderful 2014-2015 Mentors	Preparing for the Grande Entrance Dance
Marcina reciting Phenomenal Woman	Dominique is a Phenomenal Woman	Poised and Beautiful
Little Miss Mackenzie	Some of Our Older Queens	Friends Forever!
Pure Joy.	Queen Alaina	Showing the crowd who's Bo$$!
Sisters, Allyah and Amarria enjoying their talents together!	Beautiful Queen Maya	A Timeless Beauty.

Life Skills - Our girls learn lots of life skills every year!

Fashion Design Day	Fashion Design Day	Fashion Design Day
Fashion Design Day	Fashion Design Day	Etiquette
		Spa Day
Spa Day	Life Planning

Mock Interviews & Resume Writing

Our girls dress in their best clothing and come to session prepared for a one-on-one interview with their mentor & Trailblazer team. They learn skills of professionalism and how to greet and engage interviewers. Girls as young as 6 years old, read mock job descriptions and complete mock job applications. What a joy to watch the leadership of our Young Queens evolve!

On A Mission: Five year old, Mackenzie, prepares for her interview by filling out her "job application". What a skill to learn!	Reading their Job Descriptions

Confidence is the KEY to PYD!

PYD Believes in Community Service!

We spend our Program Year using diverse ways to become a part of the solution in our community. We are the future! #servicelearning #MillionShoeMarch

	The Walkway	One of Our Sole Shoppers
I've got new shoes!	They fit perfectly!	Shopping for the family.
Volunteers!	Volunteers!	Volunteers!
Girl Scouts Volunteering!	Volunteers!	Our Queens are hard at work!
Passing out snacks!	Smile!	Facepainting for our Sole Shoppers
Volunteers!	Donations! Donations gathered by the LaFontaine Chevrolet Dealer.	Urban Farming Volunteering with Malik Yakini at the D-Town Farm!


Volunteering in Flint, MI	Food for Flint	PYD's Community Potluck: Packing Cold Lunch Sacks
		Making progress with the PB & J's!
	All packed up and ready to go serve.
Naylan the Service Learning Champion!		Our new friend Billy, who was having hard times in life. Our girls embraced him with love.
	Serving our people. We are A PART of the solution in our community!	Motor City Blight Busters: Moving wood into a new building being erected in the Brightmoor Community in Detroit.
Community Potluck - 3/17/18	Teamwork makes the dream work!	We guarantee you have never met a Beautiful Queen more hardworking than our Naylan. She is always willing to lend a hand.
When the job is done...take photos! Everyone who came out to help with the project at Motor City Blight Busters in Detroit.	Gleaners Food Bank: We spent hours packing over 200 lunch bags for local children to receive at their schools, free of charge. Here is the finished product!