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October 20, 2011
Volume 18, No. 42
Circulation: 39,950
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J-Serve 2012 Grants Available
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J-Serve is the National Day of Jewish Youth Service. Since 2005, J-Serve has been a part of YSA's Global Youth Service Day.
J-Serve provides teens with the opportunity to fulfill the Jewish values of gemilut chasidim (acts of loving kindness), tzedakah (just and charitable giving), and tikkum olam (the responsibility to repair the world). Across the globe, teens will join each other to make their community and the world a better place.
Through the generosity of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, grants are available for J-Serve 2012 - April 22, 2012. www.JServe.org
Large Community Initiative Grants ($2500)
For communities that plan and execute projects that bring a minimum of 125 Jewish teens together in partnership with at least three movements or agencies in the community.
Small Community Initiative Grants ($1800)
For communities with a Jewish population smaller than 40,000 that plan and execute service projects that bring a minimum of 75 Jewish teens together in a partnership with at least three movements or agencies in the community.
Start-Up Grants (up to $500)
For groups who are planning their first J-Serve projects that bring a minimum of 10 and maximum of 74 Jewish teens together in partnership with a least two movements or agencies in the community.
Learn more at www.YSA.org/grants/jserve
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YSA Funding Partners
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News From the Field
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This Week is Make Your Mark Week!
GenerationOn presents Make Your Mark Week (formerly Kids Care Week) to inspire and mobilize kids of all ages to use their energy, ingenuity and compassion to "make their mark on the world" through hands-on service. Make Your Mark Week encourages young people to do small acts or service projects that together make a big impact on their lives, their communities and the world. This week focuses on issues that matter most to kids - animal welfare, the environment, homelessness, hunger and literacy - and culminates on Make A Difference Day, the largest national day of service. With a goal of engaging at least 100,000 young people in service during this week, generationOn encourages kids and families everywhere to get involved and make a pledge to take action. http://bit.ly/qKb76q
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President Obama Nominates Wendy Spencer of Florida as CNCS CEO
On October 18, President Obama officially nominated Wendy Spencer to be the new CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service. The U.S. Senate must confirm this nomination. Wendy Spencer is currently the CEO of the Florida Governor's Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service, an organization that administers AmeriCorps grants throughout the state and is responsible for coordinating volunteers and donation management in times of disaster. Ms. Spencer was appointed to the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation in 2006, and awarded the President's Call to Service Award in 2005 due to her dedication to finding innovative solutions to Florida's community challenges. She is the current Chair of the American Association of State Service Commissions. http://bit.ly/q01NxH
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Submit a Proposal to Present at the 2012 National Conference on Volunteering & Service - June 18-20, 2012 in Chicago
The National Conference on Volunteering and Service is the leading gathering of its kind, bringing together more than 5,000 service leaders to discuss the challenges we all face and work together to create solutions through the power of people. Convened by Points of Light, the annual event will be held in Chicago, June 18 - 20, 2012. Do you have an innovative idea or experience you'd like to share with others passionate about addressing the critical issues of our time? Points of Light is accepting proposals for workshops. Proposals are due by 11:59 p.m. ET, December 5, 2011. For more information about the topics above, speaker benefits or to submit a proposal, please visit: http://bit.ly/pC3poO
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Grants & Awards
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UnitedHealth HEROES Grants
Deadline Extended: October 23
The UnitedHealth HEROES program is a service-learning, health literacy initiative that awards grants to help youth, ages 5-25, create and implement local, hands-on programs to fight childhood obesity. The grants encourage semester-long projects that launch on MLK Day of Service and culminate on Global Youth Service Day. Schools, service-learning coordinators, non-profits, and students in the health professions located in all 50 states and the District of Columbia are eligible to apply for the $500 - $1,000 grants. Learn more at www.YSA.org/HEROES
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Deadline: November 9
State Farm is proud to team up with YSA to offer grants of up to $1,000 for service-learning projects in K-12 public schools in all fifty US states and the District of Columbia, and in the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Ontario and New Brunswick. The State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants encourage semester-long projects. Up to 125 grants will be awarded; at least 10-15 grants will support projects addressing teen driver safety issues. Learn more at www.YSA.org/goodneighbor
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Project Ignition Grants
Deadline: November 15
The National Youth Leadership CouncilŪ and State FarmŪ are pleased to announce the availability of $2,000 Project Ignition grants for public high schools to support their students in addressing teen driver safety through service-learning. Public high schools in the United States and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Ontario and New Brunswick are invited to apply for the 2011-2012 grants. 25 schools will be chosen to receive $2,000 grants to implement their campaigns from January to April of this school year. Ten of these schools will be selected to receive additional support. http://bit.ly/pKcD1c
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MLK Day Lead Organizer Grants
Deadline: November 18
YSA and CNCS are proud to support up to 16 MLK Day Lead Organizers with $4,000 planning grants to coordinate Martin Luther King Day of Service (January 16, 2012) activities. This grant program is open to nonprofit organizations, K-12 schools, and colleges & universities in all 50 states and DC. Grantees will be required to engage at least 3,000 volunteers in community service or service-learning projects on MLK Day, build or strengthen partnerships with at least 5 partner organizations, and address one or more strategic issue areas. Learn more: www.YSA.org/grants/MLKDay
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Everyday Young Heroes
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Brooklyn Wright
Powder Springs, GA
YSA recognizes nine year old Brooklyn Wright of Powder Springs, Georgia as one of our Everyday Young Heroes for her work to promote environmental conservation through her litter prevention program. Brooklyn was frustrated with seeing trash on her playground at school and decided to do something to educate her peers. She wrote a book called "The Adventures of Earth Saver Girl: Don't Be a Litterbug," which centers on Brooklyn's superhero, Earth Saver Girl. This is the first book of a series of books Brooklyn plans to write to educate youth about going green, protecting our animals, having compassion for each other and getting out to play. Brooklyn also created an interactive litter prevention program where she travels to schools and events to educate youth about litter prevention and going green, and hosts an interactive website where kids can pledge not to be litterbugs, answer polls and quizzes, play games and download coloring pages. Her program continues to grown and Brooklyn now has her own annual eco fun day called A Day with Earth Saver Girl. For her efforts to inspire her peers and her creativity in promoting environmental conservation, we honor Brooklyn as an Everyday Young Hero. To nominate a young person who has improved their community through service to be recognized as an Everyday Young Hero, please visit www.ysa.org/awards/hero. |
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Special Feature: 2012 MLK Day of Service Grants
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MLK Day of Service Grants
The Corporation for National and Community Service recently announced $700,000 in MLK Day grants for six organizations: Service for Peace, Points of Light Foundation, the Cesar Chavez Foundation, the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, HOPE Worldwide, and Youth Service America. Each of these six grantees is required to subgrant 80% of their funding to local MLK Day projects. All MLK Day Grant programs featured in this section are funded by CNCS funds. While you can apply for any or all grants, you cannot receive more than one of these grants for the same project. Each of these grant programs is required to award at least half of their grants to "out-of-network" (non-affiliate) grantees, so you do not need to be affiliated with any of these organizations to apply for their grant program.
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Cesar Chavez Foundation Grants
Deadline: October 21
These grants are available in five targeted states: Arizona, California, New Mexico, Oregon and Texas. Projects need to involve at least 75 community volunteers in service learning projects that support educational achievement by at risk students during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday weekend on January 14-16, 2012, and at least 100 community volunteers in service learning activities during the subsequent months of February through August, 2012. Successful service learning projects will also include at least two (2) educational institutions as project partners, with a preference for linking elementary, middle and high schools with higher education such as community colleges and universities. CCF expects to make awards between $5,000 and $25,000, with an average award of $10,000. http://bit.ly/phMnMN
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HOPE Worldwide "Protecting Our Neighbors" MLK Day Grants
Deadline: October 28
HOPE Worldwide is now accepting proposals for the 2012 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service for fire prevention education activities. Grants will be awarded in the amounts of $1,000, $2,500, $5,000, $7,500 or $10,000, depending on the number of volunteers projected. The 2012 "Protecting Our Neighbors" fire prevention education campaign will reach neighbors most at-risk of residential fires. Projects should focus on neighborhoods with recent high incidents of residential fires or statistically at-risk populations. Volunteers should promote practical and simple safety habits; the value of smoke alarms in working condition; and/or the need to create and practice a fire escape plan. http://bit.ly/o6sPqb
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2012 MLK Collegiate Challenge Mini-Grants
Deadline: October 28
Wisconsin Campus Compact, in collaboration with Michigan Campus Compact, Missouri Campus Compact, North Carolina Campus Compact and Oregon Campus Compact, is pleased to offer mini-grants to institutions of higher education in all 50 states for the 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. To identify a funding opportunity for the 2012 Day of Service please visit the MLK Day Collegiate Challenge site: http://bit.ly/n1ZUeP
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Points of Light MLK Day Grants
Deadline: November 7
Two $30,000 Leadership Grants and four $15,000 Signature Grants are available. $30,000 Leadership Grants require engagement of 10,000 volunteers and 500 volunteer leaders during January 2012 and a large scale signature event that honors the life and legacy of Dr. King (minimum 500 people), preferably including America's Sunday Supper. The event must occur on MLK weekend with a preference for Monday, January 16th. $15,000 Signature Grants require 5,000 volunteers and 250 volunteer leaders as well as a large scale signature event that honors the life and legacy of Dr. King (minimum 250 people), preferably including America's Sunday Supper. http://bit.ly/nDpnd0
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Quote of the Week
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"With all the challenges that our country is facing right now, we don't just need you for the future; we actually need you now. America needs young people's passion and their ideas. We need your energy right now. I know you're up to it because I've seen it. Nothing inspires me more than knowing that young people all across the country are already making their marks. They're not waiting. They're making a difference now. "
- President Barack Obama, 2011 Back-to-School Speech
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The Editors
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 Mike Minks Director of Outreach
and Innovation
Editor-in-Chief @michaelminks |  Danielle Miranda Manager of Outreach
Associate Editor |  Mike Man Manager of Outreach
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