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Monday, November 16, 2009 Grants Available for Youth-Led Environmental Service Projects (Deadline: July 15) By mminks @ 10:58 PM on Monday, November 16, 2009 :: 455 Views :: Highlights, Nonprofits, Volunteers, Families Friends for Change funds youth-led fall service projects that focus on making environmentally friendly changes and engaging youth, ages 5-18, as leaders in their community. YSA will award 75 $500 grants to schools, organizations, and individuals around the world planning service projects. Read More..

Saturday, August 01, 2009 Fight Childhood Obesity with a UnitedHealth HEROES Service-Learning Grant (Deadline: October 22) By mminks @ 3:25 PM on Saturday, August 01, 2009 :: 2458 Views :: Highlights, Educators, Nonprofits, Volunteers, Families Educators, service-learning coordinators, and students in the health professions are eligible to apply for UnitedHealth HEROES grants of up to $1,000 to support service-learning projects that focus on childhood obesity.  Read More..

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 Be a GYSD Lead Agency for 2010 By jcamfield @ 11:38 AM on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 :: 1005 Views :: Highlights, Corporations, Educators, Volunteers, Families Looking for a way to increase participation in your programs while connecting with the larger youth service movement? Apply to be a Lead Agency for Global Youth Service Day 2010! (Deadline: July 17) Read More..

Friday, February 27, 2009 Get Involved in the 21st Annual Global Youth Service Day By jcamfield @ 10:13 AM on Friday, February 27, 2009 :: 1743 Views :: Highlights, Corporations, Educators, Nonprofits, Volunteers, Families Global Youth Service Day 2009 is April 24-26! Visit GYSD.org to start posting your projects on the map and share your experience! Read More..

Wednesday, October 08, 2008 YSA Service Stars honored at Miley's Sweet 16 Celebration By jcamfield @ 11:09 AM on Wednesday, October 08, 2008 :: 2153 Views :: Highlights, Corporations, Educators, Nonprofits, Volunteers, Families As part of honoring YSA's Service Stars; Youth Service America received a special gift of $1 million from Disney CEO Bob Iger on behalf of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. For more information about Miley's celebration, visit www.disneyparks.com/miley. Watch the video! Read More..

Thursday, March 06, 2008 Ready to Change the World By joelogon @ 11:41 AM on Thursday, March 06, 2008 :: 1084 Views :: Highlights, Corporations, Educators, Nonprofits, Volunteers, Families, Test On Global Youth Service Day 2008 (April 25-27), millions of young people will work together to change the world. Join them. Register your project now. Get resources to plan your project. Tell your media and elected officials. Read More..

Monday, September 17, 2007 19th Annual National Service-Learning Conference, “Youth for a Change” By @ 8:35 AM on Monday, September 17, 2007 :: 6000 Views :: Highlights, Highlights B Attend the largest gathering of youth and practitioners from the service-learning field including educators in k-12 and higher education, youth leaders, trainers, policy-makers, grantees, researchers, funders and many others.  Read More..

Monday, March 19, 2007 REACHING OUT, REACHING IN: The YSA National Youth Council Presses on to Promote Youth Voice By @ 8:00 PM on Monday, March 19, 2007 :: 1840 Views :: Highlights “Being connected to an organization of youth who inspire and challenge other youth from all over the world to stand up, create, and motivate has profoundly affected my life." Read More..