The Youth Action Committee (YAC) is made up of high school students who are interested in volunteering their time for community service projects. Hunger, homelessness, and the plight of the Oglala Lakota Indians have been the major foci of their efforts.

The YAC has participated in the Salvation Army's "Wish Upon a Star" program, providing toys at Christmas for needy children, and the "Super Bowl Service Blitz," a national initiative to combat hunger. The YAC also coordinates and participates in a Midnight Run every January to distribute clothing and food to the homeless of New York City.

For the last several years, members of YAC have spent their spring vacations helping the Oglala Lakota tribe on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota by renovating homes. In the Spring of 2009, a blizzard prevented the YAC from reaching Pine Ridge, so the some of the teens took advantage of outreach opportunities in Minneapolis. See the slide show below: