The Young Ambassador of Pennsylvania Program seeks to inspire and empower youth to keep our communities clean and beautiful by providing them with resources to:

• Educate on the importance of litter prevention and other environmental efforts.
• Spread awareness of litter and illegal dumping prevention, and organize community improvement efforts in their local communities.
• Network with like-minded community members and leaders to build stewardship in their communities.
• Become leaders and capacity builders (what is capacity building?) in their communities.

Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful and PennDOT invite 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students to help us keep Pennsylvania beautiful. Applicants should be passionate about the environment and committed to making Pennsylvania the best place to live, work and play through volunteerism and leadership. Applications are being accepted April 1 through June 10, 2025. If you have any questions, please email Kylie McCutcheon at kmccutcheon@keeppabeautiful.org.

Preview the application (pdf). This is a preview only, and all applications must be submitted through the online form.

If you are not able to complete the application in one session, click the “Save and Continue Later” link at the bottom of the page. You will receive a unique link to continue later, which will only be valid for 30 days. Please note we are only able to review completed applications submitted.

• Encouraged but not required: One Letter of Recommendation from someone other than an immediate family member (upload as a .pdf)
• Required: One photo of yourself that can be shared on social media and in program promotions (upload as a .png or .jpg/.jpeg)*

Please include your name in both file names so we can match it with your application (ex: J_Smith photo.jpeg and J_Smith-LOR.pdf)

*Upload a clear and recent picture of yourself that if accepted, can be used to promote your participation in the program. This picture should be something similar to what you would use as a profile picture on social media. See photos from last year's participants as examples.

*Note that you will ONLY be emailed your accepted or denied letter. Please regularly check your email, including junk and spam folders. The letter will be emailed between July 25th and August 9th. If accepted there will be things that must be done immediately to confirm your acceptance.

• Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful and PennDOT will review applications and score each based on the criteria below.
• All applicants will receive confirmation of their application and will be notified no later than August 9th of their acceptance to the program.
• Virtual Orientation will be held in the beginning of September or mid-September.

Please feel free to reach out to Kylie McCutcheon kmccutcheon@keeppabeautiful.org with any questions before, during or after filling out the application!