State Farm® Good Neighbor Service-Learning grants (US and Canadian Applicants)

With generous support from the State Farm Companies Foundation, Youth Service America is offering the annual State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grant for youth-led community improvement projects across the United States and Canada (Alberta, Ontario, and New Brunswick provinces only). These grants of up to $1,000 support teachers and service-learning coordinators in engaging students (ages 5-25) to implement service-learning projects for Global Youth Service Day, April 24-26, 2009. We encourage semester-long projects that are launched on Martin Luther King Day on January 19, 2009 and extend through Global Youth Service Day.  Questions?  Please contact goodneighbor@ysa.org.  Deadline: October 15, 2008

State Farm® is now accepting nominations for the 2009 State Farm® Service-Learning Champion Award.

State Farm® supports service-learning as a teaching method that enhances the academic achievement of students while engaging in service to the community. Teachers and parents are usually the primary individuals guiding a young person’s education. Other adults often play a key role in broadening a youth’s formal education through community service-learning activities. State Farm created the Service-Learning Champion Award to acknowledge this non-traditional advocate of service-learning.

http://www.dosomething.org/grants: Are you working in your community to raise awareness about animal welfare or tackling cruelty? We want to hear about it! Do Something and the ASPCA have teamed up to create the best online resource out there for young people who care about animals. To kick it off we’re giving out ten $500 grants for projects about animal welfare. Deadline: Applications are due by September 30th and winners will be announced on October 13th.