Youth Service America invited ten YSA Service Stars of the thousands of amazing young YSA award grant recipient Service Stars to Miley Cyrus’ 16th birthday celebration based on their exemplary efforts in tackling serious social issues, engaging other youth in important roles, and promoting the importance of youth leadership in improving communities.
These ten Service Stars represent millions of other children and youth engaged in service to their community and country.
AndrewAndrew is a two-time YSA Disney Minnie Grant winner and organized projects on Global Youth Service Day in both 2007 and 2008 focused on the environment and climate change. In 2007, he led his group's environmental project to help monarch butterflies and formed a relationship with a school in... |
BeccaBecca is a multiple YSA grant winner and Global Youth Service Day participant. She founded AstroTots, an organization that inspires girls ages 4-10 to explore the exciting world of science and math. She has been featured in multiple publications, including the New York Times Magazine and Teen... |
HillaryHillary is a YSA Able-to-Serve grant winner. After learning that scent-trailing dogs have a hard time finding people with Down Syndrome, a group of 25 youth with and without disabilities set out to educate the public about this and to teach other youth with and without disabilities what to do... |
JadeJade is a member of YSA's National Youth Council. She is the President of her Student Council and regularly volunteers at the local food shelf, homeless shelters, and library. Because there are so few opportunities for young people to serve in her inner-city neighborhood, she has to travel at... |
JasmineJasmine is a multiple YSA grant winner (Disney Minnie Grant & Red, White and Green Climate Change Grant). Working with a local organization, Youth In Action for Healthy Lifestyles, Jasmine has led several projects addressing environmental issues. In 2006, she organized a community forum on... |
JohnJohn was a youth emcee at the 2008 National Service-Learning Conference and his organization has been supported by YSA. At age 6, John founded Kids Cheering Kids with his mother, a volunteer organization with the mission of providing opportunities for children to reach out and enrich other's... |
KonstantineKonstantine created his own organization with support from the YSA Youth Venture program. Always Ready Kids (ARK), launched on Global Youth Service Day in 2004, is a youth volunteer organization that helps people prepare for disaster situations. ARK's projects include speaking about disaster... |
LuisaLuisa is a YSA Lion in the House grant winner. She is a cancer survivor, having survived leukemia and two bone marrow transplants with the support of Candlelight and now works to support other teens battling cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. Luisa is the coordinator for the... |
TrevorTrevor Dougherty is a 2008 winner of YSA's Harris Wofford Award and is currently working with YSA on managing its YouTube channel. He describes himself as "a teenage lad with a camera, some cheap editing software, and a passion to inspire you" with "a keen interest in international diplomacy and... |
ZacharyZachary is a multiple YSA grant winner (Disney Minnie Grant & State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grant). His 2007 Global Youth Service Day project focused on raising awareness about child homelessness. Zach and 60 other kids spent 24 hours living as homeless children in the parking... |
