youth group

American  

noun

1. an organization of young people, as for social purposes, usually under the sponsorship of a church, political organization, or the like.

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Etymology

Origin of youth group

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

"There was certainly no red flags, no alarm bells of any kind, it just felt like a youth group on an away day," he said.

From BBC

They ask that I be given an opportunity to be a part of that rebuilding effort, and they wonder whether the town should start a youth group to provide a place for kids who aren’t involved in or can’t afford existing programs.

From Literature

There, he would become a pillar of the community, building a youth group that Suleiman participated in.

From Salon

The former Black Panther leader, who died in 2016, battled drug addiction during the Shakur family’s years in Marin City, Calif. There’s a moment in the book before the aspiring emcee and Public Enemy fan joins Bay Area funk-rap group Digital Underground in 1990, where he is invited fly out to Atlanta to become the chairman of a civil rights youth group, the New Afrikan People’s Organization.

From Los Angeles Times

"Before, we used to go to Burkina to harvest maize, wheat and cereals... Now we don't cross the border," said Abdelrahman Ouattara, a youth group leader in the village of Tougbo.

From Barron's