HCHY List: Join Youth Service America in Mobilizing Young People to Improve Communities During Semester of Service 2009

[Michael Minks]

Join Youth Service America in Mobilizing Young People to Improve
Communities During Semester of Service 2009

 

Semester of Service encourages students, ages 5-25, to develop a
semester-long service-learning project that launches on Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day of Service (January 19, 2009) and culminates on Global
Youth Service Day (April 24-26, 2009.) Semester of Service provides the
framework and tools for children and youth from schools, colleges and
universities, youth centers, and faith-based organizations to improve
their communities. Young people will prepare a plan, take action to
implement their solution, reflect on their progress and next steps, and
celebrate their success. Semester of Service is one of YSA's to improve
communities by increasing the number and the diversity of young people,
ages 5-25, serving in substantive roles. Get involved:

 

1. Download the Semester of Service Strategy Guide and other
service-learning project planning resources, including the GYSD
Service-Learning Curriculum Guide, GYSD Project Planning Toolkit, GYSD
Classroom Poster, and more. On the website, you can also request free
printed copies of the Strategy Guide and Classroom Poster.
www.semesterofservice.org <http://www.semesterofservice.org/>  

 

2. Visit www.semesterofservice.org <http://www.semesterofservice.org/>
for the latest news, updates, ideas, and resources from Youth Service
America and its partners. At the website, you can also connect to
Semester of Service online: become a fan of Semester of Service on
Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Semester-of-Service/37938807295>
, join the Semester of Service group on ThinkMTV
<http://think.mtv.com/Groups/semesterofservice/> , and follow our
Semester of Service twitter feed <http://twitter.com/semesterservice> .

 

3. Apply for a UnitedHealth HEROES Service-Learning mini-grant. These
grants of up to $1,000 support teachers, service-learning coordinators,
and students in the health professions to implement service-learning
projects around childhood obesity, while engaging children and youth
ages 5 to 25 in youth-led solutions.  
Grants will support projects in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado,
Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South
Carolina, and Tennessee, and in the following specific areas:
Florida-selected counties, Illinois-Chicagoland and Peoria; and New
York-Long Island, New York City, and Syracuse.
http://tinyurl.com/UHHeroesGrant 

 

4. Connect to one of our 10 Semester of Service & Global Youth Service
Day Lead Agencies
<http://www.semesterofservice.org/2008/12/semester-of-service-lead-agenc
ies.html>  or one of the other 65 GYSD Lead Agencies.
<http://ysa.org/GlobalYouthServiceDay/GYSDUS/LeadAgency/2009LeadAgencies
/tabid/313/Default.aspx> 

 

5. Join us as a partner and help us promote Semester of Service 2009. A
press release, one-pager, website/newsletter blurbs, logos, quotes, etc
are all available at www.semesterofservice.org
<http://www.semesterofservice.org/>  

 

 

Michael Minks
Manager of Outreach
Youth Service America - CFC #11577
1101 15th Street, NW, Suite 200 | Washington, DC 20005
P: 202-296-2992 ext. 125 | F: 202-296-4030
mminks at ysa.org
www.YSA.org | www.SERVEnet.org | www.ServiceVote.org | www.GYSD.org
<http://www.gysd.org/> 

 

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