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Divya

Disney Minnie Grants Winner
On a playground lot near a school in Kottaiyur, India, children play under the scorching sun and often fall ill because there is no shade to protect them from the... Read More
Noel D.

Disney Minnie Grants Winner
Project YES (Youth Envisioning Social change) is a non-profit that provides leadership opportunities to young people through the arts and service learning.In Fall... Read More
Project YES

State Farm Companies Foundation Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants Winner
For the fourth consecutive year, Project YES will participate in the national initiative for a Semester of Service through Youth Service America. This year, the... Read More
Youth Triathlon

UnitedHealth HEROES Winner
It is our mission to host in April of 2010 a kids triathlon for ages 5-15. We plan to use the time January 2010 until the race date to host classes and training... Read More
Donna K.

State Farm Companies Foundation Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants Winner
Youth with disabilities and senior citizens are all too often seen as the recipients of community service projects. Yet, this spring, a collaboration of schools... Read More
Irene Brown, RN

UnitedHealth HEROES Winner
One hundred and six members of the Keystone Club (part of The Boys and Girls Club of Garfield) will collaborate with a group of GIS (Geographic Information System)... Read More
Ananth Pai

State Farm Companies Foundation Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants Winner
This is a joint project between sixty five students in Mr. Pai's class at Parkview Elementary School in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, and East Metro Women's Council (... Read More
Latasha C.

State Farm Companies Foundation Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants Winner
LMTI students at Jefferson School Number One will pen pal students in a Ecole Notre Dame de Lourdes school to learn about the cultural and customs of Couteaux,... Read More
Stepping Up Grassland

UnitedHealth HEROES Winner
Stepping Up gives youth the opportunity to learn about healthy lifestyle habits. The program goal is to educate school age youth and their parents/caregivers on the... Read More
Jesus F.

State Farm Companies Foundation Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants Winner
With the obesity and diabetes rates among young people on the rise, 50 Tennyson High School students have made it their mission to educate their peers about living... Read More

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Find Projects or Register Your Own at GYSD.org

Posted March 2, 2010 - 3:14pm by ysa

Global Youth Service Day is April 23-25,2010

GYSD Logo Have you registered your project for GYSD?

Are you interested in learning more about how others are preparing for Global Youth Service Day? Visit www.gysd.org/news/updates to read great stories detailing GYSD preparations around the world and Semester of Service initiatives across the U.S.

You can also read reflections from youth participating in STEMester of Service at www.ysa.org/blogs/2010/03/stemester-service-students-speak-out-about-the....

"Service Says" invites creative responses from around the world

Posted March 1, 2010 - 2:54pm

Service Says is a new opportunity to tell the world what service means to you.

What does service say to you?
Does Service Say “greening your school?”
Does Service Say “community?”

Tell YSA how you would finish this phrase by expressing yourself however you want.

New Semester of Service Strategy Guide Available for Download

2010 Semester of Service Strategy Guide - Download now!

YSA’s new Semester of Service Strategy Guide, developed to help educators engage young people in an extended service-learning framework of at least 70 hours, presents step-by-step instructions on how to identify and implement meaningful service and learning experiences.