[YL] Plan Your Service Project for National & Global Youth Service Day 2007

[Christina Wessell Batcheler]

Please help me spread the word about the free materials available for
National & Global Youth Service Day. Thank you!
 
 
Plan Your Service Project for National & Global Youth Service Day 2007
National & Global Youth Service Day, the largest service event in the
world, is April 20-22, 2007. Resources are available to help you plan
your service project: 
*	Order or download free planning resources: Planning Tool Kits,
Service-Learning Curriculum Guides, posters are available at
www.ysa.org/nysd/resource/planning.cfm. 
The Planning Tool Kit is a comprehensive guide to help project planners
identify their projects, recruit volunteers, generate media attention,
raise funds, and more. 
The Service-Learning Curriculum Guide contains eight lessons to develop
students' project management skills while planning projects for National
& Global Youth Service Day. 
Classroom Posters are colorful tools to recruit volunteers and decorate
project sites. The back of the poster contains a guide for teachers and
activity sheets for students. 
*         Apply for a grant to support your project: Youth Service
America is pleased to offer grants to help young people and
organizations plan and implement service projects for National & Global
Youth Service Day.  Current grant opportunities include Disney Minnie
Grants (to engage younger children in service), the Capital One Youth
Service Fund (for youth-led projects in low/moderate income communities
in the metro DC area), and Lion in the House Community Service Grants
(for projects addressing pediatric cancer).  Visit www.YSA.org/awards
<blocked::http://www.ysa.org/awards>  for more information. 
*         Register your National & Global Youth Service Day project:
Registering your service project at www.YSA.org/nysd enables Youth
Service America to highlight your project through our national media
campaign. 
 
-- Christina Wessell Batcheler
Christina Wessell Batcheler  -  Manager of Communications 
Youth Service America (YSA) 
Phone: 202-296-2992  x  128  |  Fax: 202-296-4030  |  cwessell at ysa.org
<mailto:cwessell at ysa.org>    
1101 15th Street, NW, Suite 200  |  Washington, DC  |  20005 
http://www.YSA.org <http://www.YSA.org>   |  http://www.SERVEnet.org
<http://www.SERVEnet.org>     
For the Media Room: www.YSA.org\news <http://www.YSA.org/news> .  
 
 
*19th annual National & Global Youth Service Day events take place in
the United States on April 20-22, 2007 -
www.YSA.org <http://www.YSA.org>  
 
*8th annual Global Youth Service Day events take place in more than 115
countries April 20-22, 2007 -
www.GYSD.org <http://www.gysd.org/>  
 
Mission of Youth Service America: Youth Service America is a national
resource center that partners with thousands of organizations committed
to increasing the quality and quantity of volunteer opportunities for
young people, ages 5-25, to serve locally, nationally, and globally.
Founded in 1986, YSA's mission is to expand the impact of the youth
service movement with communities, schools, corporations, and
governments. YSA envisions a global culture of engaged youth who are
committed to a lifetime of service, learning, leadership, and
achievement.
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