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  • Gwinnett's Global Youth Service Day 2012

    16 year-old YSA Youth Council member Charles Orgbon is the founder of Greening Forward, an Atlanta-based nonprofit and one of the fastest growing youth-led charitable environmental youth-led ...

  • On Libraries Becoming Gardens

    By Janice Fowler (teacher) and Janiecia Aubrey (age 11)

    Usually going to the library means getting books to read. Five years ago, our local library became a place of ...

  • Water is life: World Water Day 2012

    by Patty Hall

    Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton recently offered the following remarks on World Water Day.

    “When nearly 2 million people die each year from preventable ...

  • Solidarity is the key

    By Tom Schongrundtner

    As the winter ended, we gathered for our annual assembly where our organization's volunteers were asked to bring a story about a need in our community and how we ...

  • Global Youth Service Day: How Can You Help?

    Editor’s Note: Gabrielle (9) and Aiden (6), Fairfax, VA, co-founded a program called Caring Kids Cards, to share the message “You are never too young or too old to make a difference” ...

  • Playing Well with Others: Identifying and Creating Partnerships for GYSD

    Editor’s Note: Laura Robertson is the Youth Services Specialist at the Hanover County Department of Community Resources, located in Ashland, VA. She serves as the advisor to the Hanover Youth Service Council. She also coordinates Hanover’s Promise...
  • Planning to Plan – GYSD and Youth Engagement

    Editor’s Note: Danny Heggen is the Youth Program Coordinator for Community!Youth Concepts (CYC) in Des Moines, Iowa, a youth-development organization working to ensure all Iowa youth have access to high quality opportunities that prepare them for...
  • Get Ready for Global Youth Service Day 2012!

     

    Editor’s Note:Simone Bernstein is Simone is a sophomore at St. Bonaventure University in upstate New York and a member of the YSA Youth Council. She is co-founder of ...

  • How Will Your Youth Serve?

    Editor’s Note: Nicki Sanders, MSW, Chief Visionary Officer of The Teen Toolbox is a mother, youth advocate, and life skills strategist that has been employed in the human services field for over a decade.  The Teen Toolbox promotes youth...
  • What's Kendall's M.O?

    Editor’s Note: YSA partnered with actress and philanthropist Monique Coleman for the “What’s Your M.O?” contest in late 2011. We asked young people across the globe to share why they ...

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