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Young people are your best messengers. Start with 3 free videos.

Book a free Youth Storytelling Session. We record a young person, a mentor or a parent over Zoom, and our editors turn it into 3 finished videos. Consent forms for anyone under 18 come first. No cost. Yours to keep.

  • Free for nonprofits, foundations & NGOs
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Sound familiar?

The kids light up the room. The appeal still runs on stock photos.

Mentoring, camps, sports and after-school programs change lives every week. But filming young people takes consent, care and time your program staff don't have, so the stories stay in the building.

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Consent feels complicated

Guardian approvals, school rules and privacy worries stop the camera before it starts.

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Program staff, not producers

Your coaches and mentors are with the kids. Nobody has time to edit.

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Outcomes without faces

Funders see attendance numbers. They never hear a young person say what changed.

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“I think that the footage that you guys did is impactful in terms of our mission.”

Christe Miller, Soles4Souls
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“We're just happy with happy production.”

Karen Dennis, Midwest Young Artists Conservatory
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In their words

Youth programs, in their own words.

Junior Achievement wanted staff, teachers, students and alumni on camera in Cleveland and Pittsburgh. Soles4Souls needed school shoe giveaways in the Bronx and Nashville filmed with care for every kid in the room. Here is what they told us.

39videos for Junior Achievement

Read the Junior Achievement case study

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Youth Storytelling Session. Free.

One person, one Zoom call, three finished videos. Consent comes first for anyone under 18.

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Your cost
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What you get

  • 1
    A 45-minute Zoom recordingA young person, an alum, a mentor or a parent. Guardian consent is signed before anyone under 18 joins.
  • 2
    3 finished videosEdited and captioned, ready for your appeal, program recruitment and your next grant report.
  • 3
    Yours to keepThe videos and the raw recording. No contract, no card, no catch.
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Love the videos? We'll film your camps, practices and program days next. Don't? Keep them anyway.

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Three ways to start

Three ways to put your young people on screen, safely

Start free. Add program-day filming when you're ready, quoted up front.

Girls meeting an astronaut speaker at a leadership summit in BuffaloStart here, free

Youth Storytelling Session

We record one young person, mentor or parent over Zoom and our editors turn it into 3 finished videos.

  • 45-minute producer-guided Zoom recording
  • 3 finished, captioned videos
  • Young people, alumni, mentors or parents
  • Guardian consent before anyone under 18
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Kids running drills in a school gym in Kërçova, North MacedoniaMost requested

Program day filming

A crew films your camp, practice, workshop or giveaway day, with consent planned first.

  • Guardian releases collected before filming
  • No minors' names or identifying details
  • Interviews with mentors, coaches and alumni
  • A library to post from all year
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Parachute game at a Lions summer camp in MarylandFor campaigns

Recruitment and appeal package

Footage and edits planned around back-to-school, summer camp and year-end.

  • Shot list built backwards from your campaign date
  • Short cuts for every channel
  • Donor and sponsor thank-yous
  • Alumni stories that show the long arc
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Built for youth programs

What every youth production includes

Consent forms for under-18s

Guardian releases signed before filming, in the family's own language.

Privacy by default

No minors' names or identifying details. Families review anything sensitive.

Young voices, guided

Our producers put young people at ease, so the answers are their own.

Made for the feeds they use

Vertical cuts for TikTok, Instagram and YouTube Shorts.

Timed to your program year

Back-to-school, summer camp, graduation and giving days.

You own everything

You keep every finished file and all the raw footage.

Beyond video

Everything your programs need, from the same shoots

One program day becomes recruitment posts, appeal videos and the photos your report needs.

Child riding a pedal car at a Lions Safety Town in Ohio
Program and event photography

A program-year content calendar

Girls meeting an astronaut at a leadership summit
Camps, practices, pitches and graduations

Clips for grant reports and your annual report

A reach summary for every campaign

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How it works

From program day to finished story

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Tell us about your programs

The young people, mentors and moments your funders should see.

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FREE

Start with the free session

We record one person over Zoom and deliver 3 finished videos, free.

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We film with consent first

Guardian releases signed, then a crew films your program day.

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Everyone shares it

Families, mentors and donors share the stories. Your next appeal has faces.

Lions Safety Town
Painesville, Ohio
Lions summer camp
Maryland
Youth sports day
Kërçova, North Macedonia

Public proof

Youth programs we film, from Cleveland to North Macedonia

For Junior Achievement we filmed the staff who deliver its programs in Cleveland and interviewed teachers, students and alumni in Pittsburgh: 39 videos and more than 150,000 in organic reach. We have also filmed a Lions Safety Town in Ohio, a Lions summer camp in Maryland, girls meeting an astronaut at the WNY Women's Foundation leadership summit and youth sports in Kërçova, North Macedonia.

Cleveland and Pittsburgh39 videos150,000+ organic reachConsent first

Read the Junior Achievement case study · Read the Soles4Souls case study

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Real client videos

Stories we told for youth-serving organizations

Real client videos with real results.

150,000+Organic reachJunior Achievement
500%Increase in engagement rateSoles4Souls

Who we work with

Built for youth development nonprofits

Mentoring programsMatching young people with caring adults
Sports and recreation nonprofitsUsing the game to teach the rest
Camps and after-school programsWhere summers and afternoons change
Leadership and entrepreneurship programsBuilding skills for work and life
National youth networksWith clubs and chapters in every city

Questions

Questions youth development nonprofits ask us

Tap a question. Each answer comes with a 20-second video.

Is the free session really free?+

Yes. The Zoom session and the three videos our editors cut from it cost nothing. No contract, no card, and you keep every file with no obligation to buy anything afterwards. Book your free session and see your story on screen.

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What happens on the free session?+

You pick one person close to your work, and our producer interviews them live over Zoom for forty-five minutes while we record. Our editors then turn that conversation into three finished, captioned videos for your website, your social channels and your next appeal. All you have to do is show up, so book your free session.

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Can you film with the young people in our programs?+

Yes. We work with your school partners and families on consent and guardian approvals, keep young people's names and identifying details private, and let families review anything sensitive before it's published. Young people are often your most convincing messengers, so let's plan their story on your free session.

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How do you protect the people on camera?+

Every shoot is planned around consent and dignity. People sign releases in their own language, we never show minors' names or identifying details, and anyone sharing something sensitive reviews it before it goes live. Your safeguarding policy always overrides ours, starting with your free session.

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Who can we put on camera? A young person, a mentor, a parent?+

Anyone whose story moves people: your director, a program lead, a volunteer, someone your program served, or a grantee overseas joining from a phone. Our producer guides every answer, so nobody needs camera experience or a script. Bring your people to a free session and we'll handle the rest.

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Can you plan videos around camp, back-to-school and giving days?+

Yes. Tell us your calendar, from Giving Tuesday and awareness months to galas and year-end appeals, and we plan every shoot and edit backwards from those dates. Book your free session early and your first videos are ready before the moment arrives.

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Does each club, chapter or site get its own version?+

Yes. We produce one strong master, then deliver a version for every grantee, chapter, town or campus with its own name, logo, language and call to action. The core message stays consistent, and your free session is where we map out every version.

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Who owns the videos?+

You do. Your organization owns the finished videos and all of the raw footage, including everything we record on your free session. Use them on any channel, in any report, for as long as you like.

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What does it cost after the free session?+

Whatever comes next is scoped to exactly what you need, from a single film to a steady stream of videos for every program, and you get the price in writing before any work starts. No surprise change orders and no pressure. Your free session shows you what that scope should be.

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Tell us who to put on camera. We'll handle consent, record them over Zoom and send you 3 finished videos.

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