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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I wanted to let you know that Youth Service America has extended the
deadline for the State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants. These are
$1000 grants for teachers and service-learning coordinators in schools as well
as those who run service-learning programs in afterschool or community-based
organizations. Approximately 100 grants will be awarded. More <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">info</st1:PersonName>rmation follows.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Mike<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>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 <st1:country-region
w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region>
(<st1:State w:st="on">Alberta</st1:State>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ontario</st1:State>,
and <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New Brunswick</st1:place></st1:State>
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. To learn more,
download our NEW electronic application, grant guidelines, and budget
spreadsheet at <a href="http://www.ysa.org/awards"
title="http://www.ysa.org/awards&#10;blocked::http://www.ysa.org/awards&#10;http://www.ysa.org/awards">www.YSA.org/awards</a>.&nbsp;
Questions?&nbsp; Please contact <a href="http://"
title="http:///&#10;blocked::http:///&#10;http:///">goodneighbor@ysa.org</a>.&nbsp;
<b><font color=red><span style='color:red;font-weight:bold'>Extended deadline:
October 30, 2008</span></font></b></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><strong><b><font
size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-variant:small-caps;color:black'>Michael </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
size=5 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:16.0pt;
font-variant:small-caps;color:black'>M</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-variant:small-caps;color:black'>inks</span></font></b></strong><b><font
size=1 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
font-variant:small-caps;color:black;font-weight:bold'><br>
</span></font></b><strong><b><font size=1 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black;font-weight:normal'>Manager
of Outreach</span></font></b></strong><font size=1 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'><br>
<strong><b><font face=Tahoma><span style='font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:normal'>Youth
Service </span></font></b></strong></span></font><strong><b><font size=1
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:normal'><ns0:country-region
 w:insAuthor="Michael Minks" w:insDate="2008-10-16T15:31:00Z"
 w:endInsAuthor="Michael Minks" w:endInsDate="2008-10-16T15:31:00Z"><ns0:place
  w:insAuthor="Michael Minks" w:insDate="2008-10-16T15:31:00Z"
  w:endInsAuthor="Michael Minks" w:endInsDate="2008-10-16T15:31:00Z"><st1:country-region
  w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font color=black><span style='color:black'>America</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region></ns0:place></ns0:country-region><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> - </span></font></span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
size=1 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:black'>CFC #11577</span></font></b></strong><b><font size=1 color=black
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black;
font-weight:bold'><br>
</span></font></b><strong><b><font size=1 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
8.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:normal'><ns0:Street
 w:insAuthor="Michael Minks" w:insDate="2008-10-16T15:31:00Z"
 w:endInsAuthor="Michael Minks" w:endInsDate="2008-10-16T15:31:00Z"><ns0:address
  w:insAuthor="Michael Minks" w:insDate="2008-10-16T15:31:00Z"
  w:endInsAuthor="Michael Minks" w:endInsDate="2008-10-16T15:31:00Z"><st1:Street
  w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font color=black><span style='color:black'>1101
    15th Street, NW, Suite 200</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street></ns0:address></ns0:Street><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> | </span></font><ns0:place
 w:insAuthor="Michael Minks" w:insDate="2008-10-16T15:31:00Z"
 w:endInsAuthor="Michael Minks" w:endInsDate="2008-10-16T15:31:00Z"><ns0:City
  w:insAuthor="Michael Minks" w:insDate="2008-10-16T15:31:00Z"
  w:endInsAuthor="Michael Minks" w:endInsDate="2008-10-16T15:31:00Z"><st1:place
  w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font color=black><span style='color:black'>Washington</span></font></st1:City></ns0:City></st1:place><font
 color=black><span style='color:black'>, </span></font><ns0:State
  w:insAuthor="Michael Minks" w:insDate="2008-10-16T15:31:00Z"
  w:endInsAuthor="Michael Minks" w:endInsDate="2008-10-16T15:31:00Z"><st1:State
  w:st="on"><font color=black><span style='color:black'>DC</span></font></st1:State></ns0:State><font
 color=black><span style='color:black'> </span></font><ns0:PostalCode
  w:insAuthor="Michael Minks" w:insDate="2008-10-16T15:31:00Z"
  w:endInsAuthor="Michael Minks" w:endInsDate="2008-10-16T15:31:00Z"><st1:PostalCode
  w:st="on"><font color=black><span style='color:black'>20005</span></font></st1:PostalCode></ns0:PostalCode></ns0:place></span></font></b></strong><font
size=1 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:black'><br>
<strong><b><font face=Tahoma><span style='font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:normal'>P:
202-296-2992 ext. 125 | F: 202-296-4030</span></font></b></strong><br>
</span></font><strong><b><font size=1 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'><a href="mailto:mminks@ysa.org">mminks@ysa.org</a></span></font></b></strong><font
face=Tahoma><span style='font-family:Tahoma'><br>
</span></font><strong><b><font size=1 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'><a
href="http://www.YSA.org">www.YSA.org</a> </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
size=1 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:black;font-weight:normal'>|&nbsp;</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
size=1 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:black'><a href="http://www.SERVEnet.org">www.SERVEnet.org</a></span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
size=1 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:black;font-weight:normal'> </span></font></b></strong><font size=1
color=navy face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:navy'>|</span></font><b><font size=1 color=blue face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><b><font
size=1 color=navy face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:navy;font-weight:bold'><a href="http://www.ServiceVote.org">www.ServiceVote.org</a>
</span></font></b><b><font size=1 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black;font-weight:bold'>| </span></font></b><a
href="http://www.gysd.org/" title="http://www.gysd.org/"><b><font size=1
face=Tahoma title="http://www.gysd.org/"><span title="http://www.gysd.org/"><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>www.GYSD.org</span></span></font></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>

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