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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Californian FB"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB";font-weight:bold'>Join
Youth Service <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>
in Mobilizing Young People to Improve Communities During Semester of Service
2009<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Californian FB"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB";font-weight:bold'>Semester
of Service</span></font></b><font face="Californian FB"><span style='font-family:
"Californian FB"'> encourages students, ages 5-25, to develop a semester-long
service-learning project that launches on <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day of Service</span></b> (January 19, 2009) and culminates on
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Global Youth Service Day </span></b>(April
24-26, 2009.) </span></font>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.<font
face="Californian FB"><span style='font-family:"Californian FB"'> 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</span></font><font face="Californian FB"><span
style='font-family:"Californian FB"'> improve communities by increasing the number
and the diversity of young people, ages 5-25, serving in substantive roles. Get
involved:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB";font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Californian FB"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB"'>1. Download the Semester of Service
Strategy Guide and other service-learning project planning resources, including
the<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b>GYSD Service-Learning
Curriculum Guide<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>, </span></b>GYSD Project Planning
Toolkit<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>, </span></b>GYSD Classroom Poster<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>, </span></b>and more. On the website, you can also
request free printed copies of the Strategy Guide and Classroom Poster. <a
href="http://www.semesterofservice.org/">www.semesterofservice.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Californian FB"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Californian FB"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB"'>2. Visit <a
href="http://www.semesterofservice.org/">www.semesterofservice.org</a> 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 href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Semester-of-Service/37938807295"
title="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Semester-of-Service/37938807295">a fan of
Semester of Service on Facebook</a>, join the <a
href="http://think.mtv.com/Groups/semesterofservice/"
title="http://think.mtv.com/Groups/semesterofservice/">Semester of Service
group on ThinkMTV</a>, and follow our <a
href="http://twitter.com/semesterservice"
title="http://twitter.com/semesterservice">Semester of Service twitter feed</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Californian FB"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Californian FB"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB"'>3. Apply for a UnitedHealth HEROES
Service-Learning mini-grant. <font color="#333333"><span style='color:#333333'>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. <br>
Grants will support projects in <st1:State w:st="on">Alabama</st1:State>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Arizona</st1:State>, <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Colorado</st1:State>, <st1:State w:st="on">Indiana</st1:State>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Maryland</st1:State>, <st1:State w:st="on">New Jersey</st1:State>, <st1:State
w:st="on">North Carolina</st1:State>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:State>, <st1:State w:st="on">South Carolina</st1:State>,
and <st1:State w:st="on">Tennessee</st1:State>, and in the following specific
areas: Florida-selected counties, Illinois-Chicagoland and <st1:City
w:st="on">Peoria</st1:City>; and New York-Long Island, <st1:City w:st="on">New
York City</st1:City>, and <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Syracuse</st1:place></st1:City>.
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/UHHeroesGrant">http://tinyurl.com/UHHeroesGrant</a>
</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Californian FB"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Californian FB"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB"'>4. Connect to one of our <a
href="http://www.semesterofservice.org/2008/12/semester-of-service-lead-agencies.html">10
Semester of Service & Global Youth Service Day Lead Agencies</a> or one of the
other <a
href="http://ysa.org/GlobalYouthServiceDay/GYSDUS/LeadAgency/2009LeadAgencies/tabid/313/Default.aspx">65
GYSD Lead Agencies.</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Californian FB"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Californian FB"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB"'>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 <a
href="http://www.semesterofservice.org/">www.semesterofservice.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </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="2008-12-17T15:58:00Z"
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w:insAuthor="Michael Minks" w:insDate="2008-12-17T15:58:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="Michael Minks" w:endInsDate="2008-12-17T15:58:00Z"><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>
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w:insAuthor="Michael Minks" w:insDate="2008-12-17T15:58:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="Michael Minks" w:endInsDate="2008-12-17T15:58:00Z"><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="2008-12-17T15:58:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="Michael Minks" w:endInsDate="2008-12-17T15:58:00Z"><ns0:City
w:insAuthor="Michael Minks" w:insDate="2008-12-17T15:58:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="Michael Minks" w:endInsDate="2008-12-17T15:58:00Z"><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="2008-12-17T15:58:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="Michael Minks" w:endInsDate="2008-12-17T15:58:00Z"><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="2008-12-17T15:58:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="Michael Minks" w:endInsDate="2008-12-17T15:58:00Z"><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
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<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'>| </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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