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October 12, 2012
Volume 19, No. 41
Circulation: 41,000
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Take Hunger Personally with a Sodexo Foundation Youth Grant
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More than 16 million children live in food insecure homes, not always sure where their next meal will come from.
That's why YSA and Sodexo Foundation are calling on young people to "take hunger personally" and join the fight to end childhood hunger. Sodexo Foundation Youth Grants of $500 grants are available for youth-led service projects that bring together young people, families, Sodexo employees and other community members to address childhood hunger.
U.S. young people, ages 5-25, are eligible to apply. Projects will take place on or around Global Youth Service Day, April 26-28, 2013. Applications are due by midnight January 31, 2013.
Learn more and apply at www.YSA.org/grants/sodexoyouth
YSA Grants Deadlines Approaching!
There are just a few days left to apply for two YSA Grants programs:
Learn more in the Grants & Awards section below or at www.YSA.org/grants
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News From the FielD
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The Warrior's Heart: Mission Planning Guide
 Building off the enormous success of The Heart and The Fist, Eric Greitens' new book The Warrior's Heart brings his adventures to life for teens, sharing stories of friendship, struggle, and hard-earned wisdom. Eric's personal stories will inspire readers to live every day with compassion and courage. As a humanitarian, he helped aid workers heal orphaned children in Rwanda and lived in camps alongside Bosnian refugees. As a warrior, he excelled at the hardest military training in the world and teamed up with fellow SEALs to hunt al Qaeda terrorists in Iraq. As part of the book, Youth Service America is pleased to collaborate with Eric on a special Mission Planning Guide for youth who want to change the world... and their adult champions, teachers, and mentors. Read the book and check out the free, downloadable version of the Mission Planning Guide! Your mission, and your own adventure, awaits. http://bit.ly/STqSA3
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Share Our Strength's Great American Bake Sale 
With 1 in 5 kids in America struggling with hunger, Share Our Strength need your help!. Hosting a Great American Bake Sale is a fun and easy way to raise funds to help make No Kid Hungry a reality by connecting hungry kids to the meals they need where they live, learn and play. http://bit.ly/oqJxGy Throughout October, Domino® Sugar and C&H® Sugar will donate $25 to No Kid Hungry for every person that registers for Great American Bake Sale up to $25,000. Then, in November, they'll match every Bake Sale dollar contributed up to $75,000. Sign up today and get all the tools you need to start planning your bake sale. http://bit.ly/oqJxGyFind templates for flyers and media alerts, stickers, tips for pricing your baked goods and taking excellent photos and much more in the Bake Sale Resource Center. http://bit.ly/RCEFae
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ServiceVote 12 for '12: Engaging Youth in the 2012 Elections Special Series
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How about that vice presidential debate last night? With just under 4 weeks to go until Election Day, YSA continues this special 12-part series leading up to November 6.
YSA offers the ServiceVote 12 for '12 - twelve ideas of how young people can serve this election season (and only one of them requires you to be 18!) Get all the ideas, related resources, and let us know how you're getting involved at www.YSA.org/ServiceVote
Each week until Election Day, we'll feature one way young people can get involved during the election, and share partner programs, resources, and events.
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 The Campus Vote Project Toolkit helps college students work with administrators and local election officials to make the process of voting easier and overcome barriers students often face to voting that students often mention such as residency laws, registration deadlines, and strict voter ID requirements. www.campusvoteproject.org
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ServiceVote 12 for '12:
Become a citizen journalist and make your voice heard during the election.
Use the power of the media to share your perspectives on the election, the candidates, and the issues you care about.Write letters to the editor, post blogs, create videos, share your views on social media, and spread your message! Get resources at www.YSA.org/ServiceVote#9
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 The CEEP website features Engaging Your Campus in the 2012 Elections - 6 Ways to Act Checklist and 33 Things You Can Still Do to Engage Students in the Election. For these resources and many more, visit www.campuselect.org
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Grants & Awards 
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State Farm® Good Neighbor YOUth In The Driver Seat Grants
Deadline: October 15
Learning to drive is one of the most exciting milestones in a teen's life. To support teens and their teachers in this rite of passage, YSA and State Farm® are offering $1,500 YOUth in the Driver Seat Grants to implement a service-learning program that encourages safe driving habits, community service and student achievement. www.YSA.org/grants/YOUthInTheDriverSeat
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UnitedHealth HEROES Grants
Deadline: October 15
YSA and UnitedHealthcare are inviting schools and other community-based nonprofit organizations to Step into Service by applying for UnitedHealth HEROES grants. Grants of up to $1,000 are available for youth-led service-learning projects which aim to combat childhood obesity through walking, running or hiking programs. Watch a webinar that explains the grant program and guides applicants through the application process. For more information, visit www.YSA.org/HEROES
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America's Most Fearless Changemakers
Deadline: October 15
Finding Fearless is a nationwide campaign to fund America's Most Fearless Changemakers, presented by the Case Foundation in partnership with Microsoft and REI. Participants will have the opportunity to compete for $670,000 in grants and prizes. $10,000 grants from the Case Foundation will be awarded to each of the top 12 highest scored submissions. The next 8 runners-up will receive grants of $1,500 each. And, all 20 winners will receive a $25,000 software grant from Microsoft and a $100 gift card from REI! http://bit.ly/UNPuMz
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GenerationOn Club Start Up Grants
Deadline: November 15
GenerationOn is offering 50 start-up grants of $300 each to support generationOn Kids Care Clubs (ages 5-10) and generationOn Service Clubs (ages 11-18) that register by November 15, 2012. Grantees must complete and report back on at least one service project by May 31, 2013. GenerationOn Clubs are an ideal way to rally caring youth and their adult allies in service around issues they see every day. Registered clubs have access to numerous free resources around issue education and project planning. To learn more and apply, visit http://bit.ly/OrPtKf
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Everyday Young Heroes
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Ben Baxter & Morristown Community Soup Kitchen Youth Council
Morristown, NJ
YSA recognizes Ben Baxter, a student at Bernardsville Middle School in Morristown, New Jersey, and the Morristown Community Soup Kitchen Youth Council. As a recipient of a Sodexo Foundation Youth Grant, Ben led his classmates in "Couponing Cubed." He reflects on his project in a guest blog on YSA.org:
"At a Morristown Community Soup Kitchen (CSK) Youth Council meeting, a peer suggested the idea of collecting coupons to extend the purchasing power of donated funds. Although I was the lead in this effort, our team of ten Bernardsville Middle School students collaborated on the EXTREME COUPONING idea to get more 'bang for our buck.'" Their project was featured on Teen Kids News. Read the rest of Ben's blog and watch the Teen Kids News segement at www.YSA.org/blog/2012/10/10/extreme-couponing-end-childhood-hunger  | Teen Kids News: Extreme Couponing on GYSD
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For their commitment to ending childhood hunger in their community, we honor Ben and the Morristown Community Soup Kitchen Youth Council as Everyday Young Heroes. 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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Resources & Trainings
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MLK Day Webinar: Strategies for Success: Connecting Your Project to Economic Opportunity
Wednesday, October 17 at 3:00pm Eastern
The first 2013 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service webinar presented by CNCS will include an overview of available resources for project planning and development and will include ideas that support economic opportunity including:
* Helping Veterans Translate Military Skills to the Business World
* Assisting First-time College Students with Completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
* Addressing Hunger and Nutrition: Nutrition Programs, Summer Feeding, and Other Food Security projects
* Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program
* Educating Communities About Healthy Futures
Register at http://bit.ly/Otubff
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NYLC Webinar: Youth Programming at Habitat for Humanity
Wednesday, October 17 at 12:00pm Central
Join Cody Logsdon, Youth Volunteer Engagement Manager at Habitat for Humanity on Wednesday, October 17 for a discussion on how Habitat for Humanity has incorporated young people into their programming, and how you can get involved. Habitat's youth programs seek to engage young people ages 5 to 25 and involve them as leaders in the work of Habitat for Humanity. Habitat for Humanity offers online resources such as lessons and activities, grants and awards, and a Youth Leadership Conference. This webinar will share an overview of Habitat for Humanity's work, what programs and resources Habitat has to offer, and how you as a youth or someone who works with you can get involved. Register at: http://bit.ly/Qhu5Wz
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No Kid Hungry, Every Kid Healthy
No Kid Hungry, Every Kid Healthy is a great turn-key program that helps students to begin to develop life-long healthy eating habits while raising funds to make sure that children less fortunate can grow up healthy too. Students choose one or more "Every Kid Healthy Activities" during the program. Coordinators will receive a package with helpful hints for organizing the event, a t-shirt, handouts for every student and posters for the school. Curriculum and recipes are available to reinforce the healthy eating message for both teachers and parents. http://bit.ly/RmvfSS
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The Right Stuff: Outcomes and Indicators for Youth
A Shared Vision for Youth: Common Outcomes and Indicators, published by the Forum for Youth Investment and the National Collaboration for Youth, identifies a common set of youth outcomes and indicators providing a comprehensive framework to guide programs, organizations and communities. That framework is built on Ready by 21 principles, including the target of making sure youth are healthy and safe, connected and productive. Download at http://bit.ly/RlxB17
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Service Calendars
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Conferences & Events
YSA's Youth Service Institute
October 17-19, 2012 - Houston, TX
Summer Changes Everything National Conference
October 22-24, 2012 - Pittsburgh, PA
People to People International Global Youth Forum
November 7-11, 2012 - Chicago, IL
24th Annual National Service-Learning Conference
March 13-15, 2013 - Denver, CO
National Conference on Volunteering & Service
June 19-21, 2013 - Washington, DC
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Seasons of Service
October 2012
Domestic Violence Awareness Month - October
Intergeneration Month - October
National Teen Driver Safety Week - October 14-20
Ally Week - October 15-19
World Food Day - October 16
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty -
Lights on Afterschool - October 18
Food Day - October 24
National SAVE (Students Against Violence Everywhere) Day - October 24
Teen Read Week - October 14-20
America's Safe Schools Week - October 21-27
Make a Difference Day - October 27
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Song of the Week
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Bomshel - "Power of One"
"One grain of sand can turn the tide
One single spark can light the night
One simple dream
One gentle word
One act of love from someone
Can start a chain reaction
It all begins in the heart
In the power of one..."
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The Editor
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 Mike Minks Director of Outreach and Innovation
Editor-in-Chief @michaelminks |
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