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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>“Next Monday is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
And to honor the legacy of a man who lived his life as a servant to others, I
will ask all Americans to make a renewed commitment to serving their communities
and their country. On Monday, my family and the Biden family will spend time
volunteering in neighborhoods around <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State></st1:place>.
I am asking you to join us in that same spirit of service to others - no matter
where you live. Because I'm not just asking you to take part in one day of
service. I am asking you to make a lasting commitment to make better the
lives of your fellow Americans - a commitment that must endure beyond one day,
or even one presidency. At this moment of great challenge and great change, I
am asking you to play your part; to roll up your sleeves and join in the work
of remaking this nation. And if you do, then I truly believe a new and better
day is within our reach.”<font color=black><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>–
President-elect Barack Obama, 1/14/09<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Youth Service America’s Semester of Service and
Global Youth Service Day provide opportunities for young people, ages 5-25, to
answer President-elect Obama’s call to service. Semester of Service<font
color=black><span style='color:black'> provides </span></font>the framework and
tools for children and youth from schools, colleges and universities, youth
centers, and faith-based organizations <font color=black><span
style='color:black'>to continue service started on MLK Day and sustain it over
the course of the spring semester, providing time for youth to delve deeply
into an issue and improve their communities. </span></font>Global Youth Service
Day (April 24-26, 2009) is the largest service event in the world and provides
an opportunity for children and youth to join with millions of their peers
around the world to improve communities and to raise awareness of service and
the role of youth as community leaders. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.75pt'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>Plan a Semester of Service or Global Youth Service Day project:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.75pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>1. <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Download planning resources.</span></b> </span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:navy;margin-bottom:3.75pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;color:black'>The GYSD Project Planning Toolkit (<a
href="http://tools.ysa.org/downloads/gysd/toolkits/2009GYSDToolKit.pdf">http://tools.ysa.org/downloads/gysd/toolkits/2009GYSDToolKit.pdf</a>)
offers step-by-step, how-to directions for planning and implementing a
service project. </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:navy;margin-bottom:3.75pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;color:windowtext'>The GYSD Classroom Poster</span></font><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> (<a
href="http://tools.ysa.org/downloads/gysd/Poster_Guide_2009.pdf">http://tools.ysa.org/downloads/gysd/Poster_Guide_2009.pdf</a>)
</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:windowtext'>is a poster
on the front and project planning guide on the back.</span></font><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:navy;margin-bottom:3.75pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;color:black'>The GYSD Service-Learning Curriculum Guide (<a
href="http://tools.ysa.org/downloads/curricula/2009SLCG.pdf">http://tools.ysa.org/downloads/curricula/2009SLCG.pdf</a>)
is a guide for teachers and service-learning coordinators to use in
implementing a high-quality service-learning project. </span></font><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:navy;margin-bottom:3.75pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;color:black'>The Semester of Service Strategy Guide (<a
href="http://tools.ysa.org/downloads/gysd/semester.pdf">http://tools.ysa.org/downloads/gysd/semester.pdf</a>)
is a service-learning curriculum linking MLK Day of Service with Global
Youth Service Day.</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-bottom:3.75pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;color:windowtext'>Request</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> free printed copies of the
Semester of Service Strategy Guide and the GYSD Classroom Poster at: <a
href="http://www.semesterofservice.org/2008/12/request-materials.html">http://www.semesterofservice.org/2008/12/request-materials.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.75pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>2. <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Register your project.</span></b> Registering projects
can help generate more volunteers, media attention, and recognition by public
officials</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:navy;margin-bottom:3.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;color:windowtext'>Register MLK Day projects at </span></font><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><a
href="http://www.usaservice.org/">http://www.USAService.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:navy;margin-bottom:3.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;color:windowtext'>Register Semester of Service and Global Youth
Service Day projects at</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> </span></font><font size=2
color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'><a
href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001tHx3O8nWUc0ONlwpCRrrtQKZXkmwyzY1-hMpB-F3_MR-6ZfzLOYltc-djE4xGrtzmft8rVeWpEUW9HYxTN3gb1OpErKYkpzffhfGeFbj-x1GZ6_JsLcbKyYXl-6_CoKkcsWDy_DWkc8="
target="_blank"
title="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001tHx3O8nWUc0ONlwpCRrrtQKZXkmwyzY1-hMpB-F3_MR-6ZfzLOYltc-djE4xGrtzmft8rVeWpEUW9HYxTN3gb1OpErKYkpzffhfGeFbj-x1GZ6_JsLcbKyYXl-6_CoKkcsWDy_DWkc8=">http://globalyouthserviceday.org/howtopost</a></span></font><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.75pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>3. <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Find funding.</span></b> </span></font><font size=2
color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:navy;margin-bottom:3.75pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;color:black'>Learn more about YSA’s grant programs and sign
up for YSA’s Grants Alert at <a href="http://www.ysa.org/awards">www.ysa.org/awards</a>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:navy;margin-bottom:3.75pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;color:black'>Grant & award opportunities are also published
weekly in the National Service Briefing: <a
href="http://www.servicewire.org/nsb/Grants-and-Awards">http://www.servicewire.org/nsb/Grants-and-Awards</a>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:navy;margin-bottom:3.75pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;color:black'>YSA also offers a free subscription to the weekly
GrantStation Insider: </span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:windowtext'><a
href="http://www.grantstationinsider.com/?p=subscribe&id=45"
title="http://www.grantstationinsider.com/?p=subscribe&id=45">http://www.grantstationinsider.com/?p=subscribe&id=45</a>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
3.75pt;margin-left:.25in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.75pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'>For
more news, resources, and information, visit: <a
href="http://www.semesterofservice.org/">http://www.semesterofservice.org</a>
or <a href="http://www.ysa.org/">http://www.ysa.org</a> <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> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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
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w:insAuthor="Michael Minks" w:insDate="2009-01-15T12:03:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="Michael Minks" w:endInsDate="2009-01-15T12:03:00Z"><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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8.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:normal'><ns0:Street
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w:insAuthor="Michael Minks" w:insDate="2009-01-15T12:03:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="Michael Minks" w:endInsDate="2009-01-15T12:03:00Z"><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="2009-01-15T12:03:00Z"
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w:insAuthor="Michael Minks" w:insDate="2009-01-15T12:03:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="Michael Minks" w:endInsDate="2009-01-15T12:03:00Z"><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="2009-01-15T12:03:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="Michael Minks" w:endInsDate="2009-01-15T12:03:00Z"><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="2009-01-15T12:03:00Z"
w:endInsAuthor="Michael Minks" w:endInsDate="2009-01-15T12:03:00Z"><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'>| </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
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color:navy'>|</span></font><b><font size=1 color=blue face=Tahoma><span
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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>
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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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