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November 9, 2012
Volume 19, No. 45
Circulation: 41,000
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Kids Call Kids to Action:
No Kid Hungry
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Connect with YSA
  
YSA Funding Partners
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News From the FielD
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National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week: November 10 - 18National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week promotes ending homelessness & hunger in America through community action. To get involved:
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Serve on Veterans Day - November 11
Honor our veterans, members of the military, and their families this Veterans Day. YSA encourages you to get involved with the following organizations:
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Join Schools for No Kid Hungry
Is your school signed up for Schools for No Kid Hungry? Join the movement to end child hunger in America and win cool prizes for your school by raising money or taking part in the No Kid Hungry, Every Kid Healthy Challenge! The program is a great way to get your students engaged and also teach them about hunger and nutrition. 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 also available. www.nokidhungry2.org/schools
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10 Ways to Get Ur Good On This Autumn
Autumn is the season of thankfulness and reflection. There are many reasons to be thankful, but there are equally important reasons to help those less fortunate. Each year more than 1.6 million children under the age of 18 will experience homelessness. Autumn also provides the opportunity to be kind to your friends and family. World Kindness Day is in November and encourages youth to look beyond race and religion. http://bit.ly/S1XUsT
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ServiceVote 12 for '12: Engaging Youth in the 2012 Elections Special Series
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Youth Voter Turnout Strong; Determined Outcome in Key Swing States
CIRCLE released an exclusive turnout estimate showing that 22-23 million young Americans (ages 18-29), or at least 49%, voted in Tuesday's presidential election, according to national exit polls, demographic data, and current counts of votes cast. Young people represented 19% of the voters in the election, with President Obama winning the majority of those votes over Governor Romney by 60% to 37%. In Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia, if Romney had won half the youth vote, or if young people had stayed home all together, he would have won those key battleground states. A switch of those 80 electoral votes would have also changed the presidency, electing Romney as president. http://bit.ly/YTnZQK
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Tell YSA How You Engaged Youth This Election Season
Let us know how you engaged youth this election season. Did you work with youth to register voters, engage candidates, or get out the vote? Did you host a mock election or a debate watch or a town hall? Did you use one of the resources or participate in one of the programs featured in the NSB?
Whatever you did, let us know at www.YSA.org/ServiceVote
You can also e-mail us with your story of how you engaged youth in the election and links to any photos or videos to servicevote@ysa.org
We'll feature the best stories in new resources we'll work on for the 2014 and 2016 elections!
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Grants & Awards
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Stephen J. Brady STOP Hunger Scholarships
Deadline: December 5
Sodexo Foundation is accepting applications through December 5 for the Stephen J. Brady STOP Hunger Scholarships. These scholarships recognize students (kindergarten-graduate school) working to end domestic hunger with $5,000 for college and $5,000 to help those in need. http://bit.ly/Rc7meR
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Sodexo Foundation Youth Grants
Deadline: January 31
AMore 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. www.YSA.org/grants/sodexoyouth
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Christopher Columbus Awards
Deadline: February 4
The Christopher Columbus Awards is a national, community-based science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) program for middle school students. The program challenges the students to work in teams of three to four, with an adult coach, to identify a problem in their community and apply the scientific method to create an innovative solution to that problem. Eight finalist teams and their coaches will receive an all-expense-paid trip to Walt Disney WorldŽ to attend National Championship Week and compete for cash prizes and the $25,000 Columbus Foundation Community Grant, plus a $200 development grant to further refine their idea. http://bit.ly/PeFhFr
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Healthy and Sustainable School Food Journalism Awards
Deadline: February 28
The Healthy and Sustainable School Food Journalism Competition is designed to bring the hard facts about school food to entire school communities - in the students' own words. Articles submitted for consideration must be about the need for healthy, sustainable school food and must have been published in a school newspaper. U.S. high school students ages 13 to 18 can enter. Best-selling author and food activist Michael Pollan will judge the finalists and select the winners! First prize: $1,500. Second prize: $1,000. Third prize $500. Fourth Prize (x3): $300...Plus, $200 for your journalism class and the opportunity to have your work publicized on Earth Day's website. http://bit.ly/SlxkPk
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Everyday Young Heroes
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Victoria Poston
Calvert City, KY
YSA recognizes 17-year-old Victoria Poston of Calvert City, Kentucky as an Everyday Young Hero for using her passion and enthusiasm to aid in hunger relief efforts through volunteerism and an Empty Bowl Project.
Recognizing that one in six Americans is at risk of hunger, Victoria set out to help the hungry. Victoria, along with other members of the community, utilized both print and social media to organize and execute an Empty Bowls Project in their community. Victoria showed true leadership and strength when key members of the planning committee were absent and the project needed to move forward, ensuring that bowls were donated and food vendors were secured. She was able to have contributions from American evangelist, Beth Moore, singers, Toby Mac and Jamie Grace, and the Murray State University's Men's Basketball team. MSU Coach Steve Prohm even signed a bowl that Victoria painted herself! In order to execute a successful event, Ms. Poston held regular meetings and encouraged the community to volunteer. Because of her hard work, over 25 food vendors donated to the Empty Bowl Project and $13,122 was raised for community kitchens in Marshall County! For her dedication to fighting hunger in the United States, we honor Victoria 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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Resources & Trainings
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YSA Semester of Service Trainings
This spring semester, give your students an opportunity to make a difference by identifying and solving a real problem in their community as they develop the skills and knowledge they need for college, career, and workforce readiness! YSA's Semester of Service™ is an extended service-learning framework designed to be integrated within YOUR curriculum, incorporating hands-on, experiential learning with significant service activities. At these free trainings, you'll learn more about YSA's Semester of Service, resources for educators, grants for students, and ways that YSA can help you improve student achievement while strengthening your community. Use the links below to register you and up to 10 colleagues for these free, two-hour trainings.
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MLK Day Webinar: Creating a Communications Plan
Wednesday, November 14 at 3:00pm Eastern
Planning a great project is just one part of a successful MLK Day. It's also important to get the word out about your project and events. By using both traditional and social media, you can publicize your event and raise awareness about your organization and the issues your project tackles. Learn how to create a communications plan and about all the resources available to help you increase media attention and public awareness for your MLK Day project. http://bit.ly/RId5L9
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San Francisco
Wednesday, November 14 - 4pm to 6pm
Register at: http://conta.cc/Q9cMuj
Chicago
Friday, November 16 - 4pm to 6pm
Register at: http://conta.cc/SzG0ke
Orlando
Tuesday, November 28 - 3pm to 5pm
Register at: http://conta.cc/X3OzqY
Washington, DC
Tuesday, December 4 - 4pm to 6pm
Register at: http://conta.cc/ToSZ4H
Atlanta
Monday, December 10 - 4pm to 6pm
Register at: http://conta.cc/PVjILy
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MLK Day Webinar: Connecting Your Project to Economic Opportunity.
The first 2013 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service webinar presented by CNCS included an overview of available resources for project planning and development as well as project ideas that support economic opportunity. http://bit.ly/Z8QdWY
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Song of the WeeK
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Will.i.am - "Yes We Can"
 "It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation.
Yes we can. It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail toward freedom.
Yes we can. Yes we can.
It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores
And pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.
Yes we can. Yes we can.
It was the call of workers who organized;
Women who reached for the ballots;
A President who chose the moon as our new frontier;
And a King who took us to the mountain-top and pointed the way to the Promised Land.
Yes we can to justice and equality."
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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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