[YL] Grants available for reading related service projects

[Christina Wessell Batcheler]

Youth Leaders for Literacy
Youth Leaders for Literacy is an initiative of the National Education
Association and Youth Service America to help youth direct their
enthusiasm and creativity into reading-related service projects. The NEA
will be awarding 20 grants of $500 each to youth-led literacy projects
that begin March 3, Read Across America Day and end April 25-27, Global
Youth Service Day. Go to www.nea.org/readacross/volunteer/index.html for
more information and to access the application.  Deadline: October 26,
2007.
Youth Service America is an international nonprofit resource center that
partners with thousands of organizations in more than 100 countries and
is 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, Youth Service America's mission is to
expand the impact of the youth service movement with communities,
schools, corporations, and governments.  For more information:
www.YSA.org <http://www.ysa.org/> . 
 
-- Christina Wessell Batcheler
Christina Wessell Batcheler  -  Director of Communications 
Youth Service America (YSA) 
Phone: 202-296-2992  x  128  |  Fax: 202-296-4030  |  Cell: 240-483-6288
| 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://
<http://www.servenet.org/> www.servenet.org <http://www.servenet.org>  |
*For the Media Room: www.YSA.org\news <http://www.YSA.org/news> .  
Join Us: 
20th annual Global Youth Service Day in the United States events take
place April 25-27, 2008 - www.YSA.org/NYSD <http://www.ysa.org/NYSD> 
 
Internationally, Global Youth Service Day events take place in more than
100 countries April 25-27, 2008 - www.GYSD.org <http://www.gysd.org/>  
 
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