NZ Engage 2025 Was a Smash

Thank you!

Hundreds of supporters packed the Neutral Zone on Saturday at NZ Engage and raised over $20,000 for programs! Deepest thanks to all of you who attended, listened, funded and celebrated our teens and their project ideas.  NZ teens are already getting their work started.  

A whopping $17,230 was given directly to teen project pitches on Saturday

Visual Arts: Refurbish Art Room    $1,590
Game On: Arcade Cabinet    $1,335
Youth Now Climate Action: Rain Garden Workshops    $1,040
Riot Youth: Identity Closet    $1,665
Songwriting: Group Album    $1,205
Little Jams: Music Equipment    $3,100
Royal Players: Musical    $1,090
Consent Matterz: Workshops & Toolkits    $930
Unbound: Poetry Publishing    $1,115
B-Side: Concert Venue    $1,355
Future Corps: Food Pantry    $1,680
Future Corps High School: College Visits    $1,125

These projects are just some of what youth at Neutral Zone are working on.  Throughout the year, we engage young people in leadership and the arts, with regular programs daily after school, special events and workshops and weekend concerts and exhibitions.  We also partner with schools and community organizations with programs impacting thousands of teens in our community.  

Thank you for supporting our youth!