Vitality

Starting Lives of Leadership and Service

Vitality is a research and service institution based in New York City. High school Members run its programs themselves.

What Vitality Is

Vitality was started in 2022. It is not a club, a class or a camp. It is an institution and a service commitment, and everyone admitted is a Member.

To recognize that what hurts one teammate hurts us all.
To recognize that, no matter what, we are always doing better than we deserve.
To continually strive not just to meet expectations, but to surpass them.
To build a standard for the appreciation of others’ work and the criticism of your own.
To meet challenges head on, knowing true potential lies beyond comfort.
To explore deeply and embrace diverse perspectives in our big world.
To make committed friends, who are to be leaders in all walks of life.
To always have integrity, ensuring personal growth fuels our collective success.
To prioritize the health of the heart, mind, and body, knowing true vitality begins within.
To find our flow state, supporting our missions, each other, and humanity as a whole.

This is the offer of Vitality, for a journey of vitality.

Each year, every program takes on one problem in its community and spends the year researching and building a solution.

Members run local workshops for younger students.

Members are backed by a vast network of alumni and coaches, and alumni return to mentor each new class of Members.

Vitality is for high schoolers. Programs meet in person, no experience is required and applications open once a year. Financial aid is available.

Gifts fund our service projects and are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. To give, write to Vitality.

instituteforvitality@gmail.com