Young Professionals

The Young Professionals are an volunteer auxiliary group that raises friends and funds for Break the Cycle. The Committee plans and promotes social gatherings to acquaint other young professionals with Break the Cycle’s work through events like Bingo and our annual benefit, Unmasquerade.

To date, the Young Professionals have raised more than $18,000 to benefit Break the Cycle’s life-saving work with youth!

Skills You Will Use

  • Networking
  • Organization

Skills You Will Build

  • Event-planning – Identify venues, negotiate contracts, manage vendors, recruit volunteers and coordinate logistics
  • Fundraising – Recruit sponsors and solicit donations
  • PR & Marketing – Promote the event, work with media and raise awareness of a nonprofit and its important programs

Commitment

Approximately 20 hours annually, including participating in at least two in-person meetings, attending Young Professional events and planning and promoting one larger event per calendar year.

How to Get Started

Attend our next event! If you are in Los Angeles or Washington, DC, you can meet the committee, staff and young professionals who support Break the Cycle. Find events on our calendar.

Can’t make it to our next event? Email btcyp@breakthecycle.org to discuss the ways in which you’d like to get involved and get details for our next committee meeting.

Leadership Track

BTCYP’s Leadership Committee acts like a “Board of Directors-in-training” – learn what it takes to be a successful Board member for a nonprofit organization.