Youth Corps Singapore Open House 🫶

✅ Hands-on taster activities across 10 cause areas
✅ Chat with youth leaders & mentors about real projects
✅ Fast-track sign-ups for 2025 service programmes

📅 12 Jul 2025
⏰ 2PM– 8 PM
📍 The Red Box & Youth Park

Register free: go.gov.sg/ycsoh25-tt

@jcstudentnetwork #youthvolunteer

Wharton Investment Competition 💼📈

✅ Build a $250 K virtual portfolio over 10 weeks
✅ Find a team of 4-6
✅ Free to enter – finalists pitch to Wharton judges

📅 Trading: 29 Sep – 5 Dec 2025
⏰ Registration: 30 Jun – 12 Sep 2025
📍 Online (Wharton Investment Simulator)

Sign up: globalyouth.wharton.upenn.edu/competitions/investment-competition/

@jcstudentnetwork #WhartonGlobalHighSchoolInvestmentCompetition2025

Immerse Education Essay Competition ✍️

✅ Win full scholarships to Oxbridge, Cambridge, Sydney & more summer programmes
✅ Pick any subject you love – humanities, STEM, arts, everything counts
✅ Open worldwide, ages 13 – 18

📅 Deadline: 18 Sep 2025 (Thu)
📍 Submit online – no entry fee

Enter now: immerse.education/essay-competition

@jcstudentnetwork #essaycompetition

UOB Painting of the Year 2025 🎨

✅ Submit 1 original painting (any medium)
✅ S$33 K country prize + shot at Southeast Asian title
✅ Two tracks: Emerging Artist & Open

📅 Deadline: 31 Jul 2025, 11:59 PM
📍 Online e-submission at uobandart.com

Sign up now: uobandart.com

@jcstudentnetwork #artcompetition

National Piano & Violin Competition 2025 🎹🎻

✅ Pianists & violinists ≤ 25 yrs (4 age-based categories)
✅ Cash prizes, trophies + solo-gig opportunities

📅 20 – 30 Nov 2025 (11-day festival)
📍 Victoria Concert Hall, Singapore

Reg Closes 14 Jul — sso.org.sg/npvc

@jcstudentnetwork #NPVC2025

United Hacks V5 2025 💻

✅ 48-hour online hackathon – any theme
✅ $100k+ prize pool, swag & sponsor APIs
✅ Beginner-friendly workshops + 24/7 mentor help

📅 11 → 13 Jul 2025 (Fri night – Sun noon EST)
⏰ Build time: 48 hrs 🏆 Winners 3 Aug
📍 Fully online (Devpost + Discord)

Sign up free: https://unitedhacks.hackunited.org/

@jcstudentnetwork #unitedhacks

🚀 ready to shape 🇸🇬 2040 & beyond?

National Youth Council (NYC) × Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy are throwing a one-day Futures Thinking Workshop and you’re invited. Learn how policymakers spot trends, stress-test wild scenarios, and design plans that carry Singapore from SG60 ➜ SG100.

🗓 Sat, 16 Aug 2025
⏰ 9.30 AM – 5.30 PM
📍 NTUC Centre, One Marina Blvd

what’s in it for you
• get insider exposure to real policy planning challenges
• pick up Futures Thinking tools for smarter problem-solving
• co-create ideas for the five-year SG Youth Plan (youth × gov × society collab)
• walk away with an NYC certificate of completion 📜

Seats are tight. lock yours now 👉 https://go.gov.sg/nyc-lkyspp-16aug

(P.S. scroll the next post for highlights from the May run 🖼)

SPARKS SOCIAL 🤩⚡

Hosted by Wavesparks — their very first community event!

✅ Good vibes & chill card games
✅ Fun AI tarot card readings 🥳
✅ Bring your friends, meet new ones

📅 29 Jul 2025 (Tue) 5 – 7 PM
📍 Open Sourced @ 10A Perak Rd, Singapore 208131

RSVP now: https://lu.ma/bl1vyjtw (Limited slots)

@jcstudentnetwork #sparksocial

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Portfolio Builders Unite 🎲

✅ A Gamified Career Discovery Experience to map your skills, networks & aspirations
✅ Spot gaps, set career intentions, leave with action steps
✅ Perfect for students & fresh grads (18-25) figuring out next moves

📅 Sat 2 Aug 2025
⏰ 2 – 4 PM
📍 Bold At Work, Jurong East
💵 Free

Register 👉 Here

@jcstudentnetwork #careerworkshop

KidsLearn Befriender 📚

✅ Guide preschoolers’ reading & phonics through play
✅ Nurture confidence and curiosity in young minds
✅ Great for anyone keen on early-literacy volunteering

🗓️ Registration closes 28 Jul 2025
🔗 Sign up: links.nyc-buzz.sg/…

@jcstudentnetwork #kidslearn

Youth Corps Leaders Programme 🫡

✅ 9–12-month leadership journey with structured training
✅ Rotations across different volunteering sectors
✅ Plan & run your own ground-up community project
✅ Grow a network of youth leaders & mentors

Ready to level up and create sustained impact? Sign up now!

@jcstudentnetwork #youthcorps

Founders & Folks 🌱

✅ Meet eco-founders at the Human Library & youth marketplace
✅ Terrarium-making, up-cycled sock puppets & zero-waste food workshops
✅ Free sustainable farm tour + light bites

📅 16 Aug 2025 (Sat)
⏰ 1.30PM – 6.45PM
📍 City Sprouts Pasir Ris, 3A Pasir Ris Drive 6
💵 Free entry (paid add-on workshops available)

Sign up: citysprouts.com.sg/products/founders-folks

@jcstudentnetwork #greenentrepreneurs

Hey Tracker.SG fam! 🇸🇬 SG’s first & biggest Youth Forum lands this Sept—join the convo!

🗣️ Dialogue with Acting Minister David Neo on the SG Youth Plan → SG100
🌟 Marketplace: meet gov, biz & youth partners, spot new opps
💰 Vote in participatory budgeting to fund Young ChangeMakers projects
⚒️ Fringe fun: charm cycling, colour workshops, flea market, live podcasts

📅 Sat 6 Sep 2025 11 AM – 4 PM
📍 Sands Expo & Convention Centre
Open to SGs, PRs & pass-holders of all ages

RSVP by 24 Aug ➡️ go.gov.sg/sgyouthforum-2025

🎓 Mastering US College Applications 🇺🇸
Thinking of applying to US universities for undergraduate studies? Get practical advice from experienced mentors who, as unpaid volunteers, have helped students gain admission to selective US colleges.

Who should attend?
This talk is targeted mainly at students from Sec 1 to JC2 (or equivalent), as well as parents. All are welcome.

📅 Date: Friday, 22 August 2025
🕕 Time: 6PM – 8PM
📍 Location: Nanyang Junior College, 128 Serangoon Ave 3, Singapore 556111

Our speakers will be speaking in their personal capacities:
- Mr Will Hoon (MIT alumnus, Regional Chair for MIT Educational Council)
- Ms Sarah Ong (Yale alumna, President of the Yale Club of Singapore)

Topics include:
✅ Common App
✅ Personal Essays
✅ SATs
✅ Interview Preparation & Advice
✅ What Selective Colleges are Looking for

🎟 Limited to 750 registrants!
🔗 sgyouthai.org/link/ustalk

Organised by Nanyang Junior College and Singapore Youth AI

🎉 Bold Beginnings: Youth Entrepreneurship & Innovation 🎉

Ready to meet the next generation of game-changers? This International Youth Day, join ACE.SG and hear from the Temasek Poly Launchpad founders who turned dorm-room ideas into real-world impact. Expect honest stories, hard-won lessons, and the spark you need to start (or scale) your own venture. ✨

Perfect for:
🚀 Students curious about entrepreneurship, media, tech, or social impact
💡 Youths tinkering with an idea and craving momentum
📚 Aspiring founders hunting for real talk — the wins and the wipe-outs

Event Details
🗓️ Tue, 12 Aug 2025
⏰ 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
📍 *Treetop, SCAPE (Level 5)

Spots are limited — sign up now! 🥳