The Beginning
The Youth Health Alliance, 501 c3 (YHA) (www.yhalive.org) was co-founded by Paul Tran and Minh Nguyen in early 2007. Minh Nguyen wanted to start a non-profit organization that would advocate health awareness amongst the younger demographic. One random day in Pullman, WA when watching videos on YouTube (when YouTube was relatively new at the time) I had an epiphany! Being extremely poor college students, YouTube could be our stage to advocate health information with no overhead costs! It was a perfect option for us, we also decided to expand to other social networking websites such as Facebook and Myspace. This is how the YHA came all about and it solidified in August of 2008 when we received our tax exempt 501c3 status as a non-profit organization. Since then we’ve grown gradually on YouTube as well as expanding into our own local communities.
Our achievements:
1.Vietnam Health Clinic 2010
■ Youth Health Alliance teams up with Vietnam Health Clinic to provide free health care in Vietnam 2010. Congrats to the VHC group 2010 for serving hundreds and hundreds of patients bringing thousands of dollars worth medicine/vitamins along with dental assistance and free hygiene care kits, including a job well done. Kudos to the entire team, they did all the work! Refer to their homepage for updated information! www.vnhealth.org
2.Vietnam Medical Clinic (Wellness Global Foundation) 2009
■ The Youth Health Alliance raises over $1000 dollars for UW undergraduates and a team of healthcare professionals to travel to Vietnam and setup health clinics and provide free healthcare.
3.Toy Drive 2009 (Seattle Children’s Hospital)
■ Toy Drive 2009 was a success, boxes and bags of toys were donated to Seattle Children’s Hospital a couple weeks before Christmas. Lots of happy smiles received. Over $750 was received and donated, thank you again to all the donors!
4.Toy Drive 2008 (Seattle Children’s Hospital)
■ Raised over $500 worth of Toys and Books. Delivered to Seattle Children’s Hospital before Christmas. Thank you donors!
5.School Supplies/Health Supplies Vietnam Orphans 2008
■ Youth Health Alliance raises $500 dollars for Vietnam orphans.
As of 9-3-10, our YouTube Stats: (www.youtube.com/youthhealth)
■ Subscriber base is at 1267
■ Channel Views: 38854
■ Total Upload Views: 263,055
■ Over 60 Videos Uploaded
We hope to continue providing accurate information to the general public about health related information. I want to thank everyone out there for their support and getting us to where we currently are at with our organization.
Paul Tran, PharmD Candidate 2012, UWSOP
Co-founder/Vice President, Youth Health Alliance, 501c3