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Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Youth Service America Is Offering Funding For Youth-Led Service Campaigns For Global Youth Service Day 2009
By Christina @ 3:13 PM on Tuesday, September 02, 2008 :: 181 Views :: 0 Comments :: Press Releases, YSA Press Releases, News for Volunteers, News for Educators, News for Organizations, ServiceWire General News, What's New
WASHINGTON—(September 2, 2008) – Youth Service America, a national nonprofit organization that  seeks to improve communities by increasing the number and diversity of young people, ages 5 through 25, serving in important roles, is offering 100 grants of up to $1,000 to support youth-led service-learning projects around Global Youth Service Day 2009. Educators and school-based service-learning coordinators across the United States and Canada (select provinces) are encouraged to apply. The application deadline for the State Farm® Good Neighbor Service-Learning grants is October 15, 2008.
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
Share the Celebration of Miley Cyrus' Sweet 16 with YSA
By Jon @ 4:00 PM on Thursday, August 21, 2008 :: 1095 Views :: 0 Comments :: News Blogs, Press Releases, YSA Press Releases, News for Volunteers, News for Educators, News for Organizations, ServiceWire General News, What's New
Youth Service America, Disney and Miley Cyrus (aka Hannah Montana) combine forces to celebrate amazing young people improving their communities in a Hollywood-style bash, planned for Sunday, Oct. 5, from 6 to 11 p.m., with ticket sales limited to 5,000 fans. Tickets, go on sale at 9 a.m. PDT, Saturday, Aug. 30, at www.disneyparks.com/miley. Miley Cyrus took the world by storm as Hannah Montana on the hit Disney show, entitled Hannah Montana. The show is an Emmy Award-nominated television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006, on Disney Channel. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart (played by Miley Cyrus) by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, concealing her real identity from the public, other than her close friends and family. Find out how you can launch your own service campaign at: www.YSA.org and tell Miley what you have planned to do for your community.
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Wednesday, August 06, 2008
YSA Wofford Award Winner Receives Teen Choice DoSomething Award
By Jon @ 9:54 AM on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 :: 388 Views :: 0 Comments :: Stories, Young heroes, Press Releases, YSA Press Releases, News for Volunteers, News for Organizations, ServiceWire General News
Chad Bullock, winner of the Youth Service America Harris Wofford Award for outstanding efforts towards making service and service-learning the common expectation and common experience of every young person in America, has also won the Teen Choice DoSomething BR!CK award.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
National Organizations and Youth Service America Selected to Lead 2009 King Day of Service
By Christina @ 9:41 AM on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 :: 623 Views :: 0 Comments :: Press Releases, YSA Press Releases, News for Volunteers, News for Educators, News for Organizations, ServiceWire General News, What's New
Washington -- The growing movement to make the King Holiday a national day of service will get a powerful boost from the leadership of seven national organizations selected for King Day of Service grants from the Corporation for National and Community Service.
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Monday, July 21, 2008
YSA Internship Program: 7 Fall and Winter Positions Available
By Angeline @ 4:12 PM on Monday, July 21, 2008 :: 655 Views :: 0 Comments :: Press Releases, YSA Press Releases, News for Volunteers, News for Organizations, ServiceWire General News, What's New
YSA’s Internship Program offers young people an opportunity to gain work experience in a national non-profit organization devoted to improving communities by increasing the number and diversity of young people, ages 5-25, serving in substantive roles. In a small and dynamic team environment, interns work directly with staff members on different projects that advance YSA’s core strategies in the following program areas: Grants, GYSD, Finance, Outreach, and Information & Communication Technology.
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Youth Service Institute Call for Presenters deadline extended
By Jon @ 11:06 AM on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 :: 483 Views :: 0 Comments :: Press Releases, YSA Press Releases, News for Educators, News for Organizations, ServiceWire General News
The Call for Presenters deadline is extended to July 22, 2008; please visit www.ysa.org/institute to apply. YSA is looking for presenters to share innovative and successful approaches that address the below components.
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Friday, June 13, 2008
BBC coverage of Global Youth Service Day
By Jon @ 1:47 PM on Friday, June 13, 2008 :: 275 Views :: 0 Comments :: Press Releases, News for Volunteers, News for Organizations, ServiceWire General News
Ajay Rai of the BBC writes about his experience with Global Youth Service Day: "It's tempting to make the most of summer weekends by doing your own thing, especially while the days are long and the sun is intermittently shining. But all sorts of people are happy to create a warm glow of their own by volunteering. "
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Thursday, June 12, 2008
What is Your Service Story? Engaging At-Risk Youth in Service
By Angeline @ 3:04 PM on Thursday, June 12, 2008 :: 1890 Views :: 0 Comments :: Press Releases, YSA Press Releases, News for Volunteers, News for Educators, News for Organizations, ServiceWire General News
YSA seeks stories of youth who have overcome at-risk behavior or, have begun to heal from it, by engaging in service and finding fulfillment in giving back. These youth may then be featured in the book to be developed celebrating their example and their service.  If you would like to become a part of this endeavor, please send all submissions, questions, and comments to amutima@ysa.org. Submissions will be accepted until July 1st, 2008. 
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Friday, May 16, 2008
Growing In Goodness announces this years theme for Nations of Service
By Curt @ 7:53 PM on Friday, May 16, 2008 :: 1145 Views :: 2 Comments :: Press Releases, ServiceWire General News

Growing In Goodness announces this year's theme for the Nations Of Service Day on 8/8/08.  This year's theme is A Million And One. 

This years goal is to have A Million And One people participating in service worldwide on 8/8/08.  The Million And One focus is to get a large number involved in serving others but still recognize that it is every individual that matters.  The Million And One focus reminds us that strength comes in numbers, but that it only takes one to change the world.  It reminds us that to the world, you might be only one person, but to one person, you might be the world. 

Growing In Goodness is teaming up with many groups, organizations, and individuals.  To start or join a project in your area go to www.GrowingInGoodness.com and click on NATIONS OF SERVICE.

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Thursday, May 15, 2008
Apply to be a 2009 Global Youth Service Day Lead Agency
By Christina @ 2:46 PM on Thursday, May 15, 2008 :: 1708 Views :: 0 Comments :: Press Releases, YSA Press Releases, News for Volunteers, News for Educators, News for Organizations, ServiceWire General News
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 GYSD 2009.  Lead Agencies are organizations across the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, or the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Ontario, or New Brunswick that increase the scope, visibility, and sustainability of GYSD by leading city, regional, or statewide service projects. Past Lead Agencies have been successful in garnering national media attention, developing new partnerships, and engaging elected and public officials in their service and service-learning projects.
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