PTPI Student Chapters learn about local needs and develop solutions to address the needs. PTPI’s Vaslui, Romania Student Chapter learned of a large family in need and collected clothes and toys for the children in the family.

1. Find a Local Chapter
   
   
2. Start a Student chapter

Here’s how to form your own Student Chapter!

1. Gather a group of at least 10 students ages 13 – 18 and with one or more Adult Advisors who are at least 21 years old or older.
   
   Anyone can join! Contact friends, classmates, and participants from your Student Ambassador experience and invite them to join.



2. Hold a chapter planning meeting. At this meeting, the group should:
   • Name the Chapter
   • Elect Officers (President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer) Refer to the chapter By-Laws to learn about the responsibilities of officers.
   • Brainstorm Activities for your Chapter


3. Complete the chapter application and return it with your chapter dues.
   
   USA, Asia and Latin America Student Chapter Application
   
   Middle East and Africa Student Chapter Application
   
   Europe Student Chapter Application
   
   

   Please complete the appropriate Student Chapter Application and return to PTPI World Headquarters.

4. Start making a difference and have a blast as a PTPI Student Chapter!

   PTPI's St. Louis, Missouri USA Student Chapter, was started by an ambitious Student Ambassador on a mission to change the world. Jesse describes his motivation for starting a PTPI Student Chapter:

   "In the summer of 2007, I got the idea to start a PTPI Student Chapter. I had traveled with People to People Ambassador Programs two times before; to Washington D.C. and to London, Paris and Brussels on another. I was online renewing my membership when I read about PTPI Student Chapters. I thought it would be a good idea to join a chapter, but I saw there was not one established in St. Louis, MO. So I decided to start one myself. I grabbed an adult advisor, a friend who had traveled with People to People International before, and 12 other people and I set a meeting date. Soon, we were officially chartered as the People to People International St. Louis, MO Student Chapter!"