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This Sunday, Share the Celebration of Miley Cyrus' Sweet 16 with YSA's Service Stars! |
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Youth Service America, Disney and Miley Cyrus (aka Hannah Montana) combine forces to celebrate amazing young people improving their communities in a Hollywood-style bash, planned for Sunday, Oct. 5 - more information is available at www.disneyparks.com/miley. Miley's Sweet 16 will shine a spotlight on Youth Service America, an organization that seeks to improve communities by increasing the number and diversity of young people, ages 5 to 25, serving as volunteers. (For more information, visit www.YSA.org.) In keeping with Miley's passion for youth volunteerism, Disney Parks will make a significant contribution to Youth Service America. With the organization's involvement in "Miley's Sweet 16 – Share The Celebration," Miley said she hopes that other young Americans will be encouraged to volunteer in their own hometowns. ...
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Youth Service Institute 2009 in Orlando |
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Save the date! Youth Service Institute 2008 will be October 26 - 28 2008 in Orlando, Florida! Across the Street, Around the World youth are improving their communities through service and service-learning. Whether teaching a child to read or raising money to send bed nets to Africa to eradicate malaria, there’s no issue — large or small — not being addressed. Youth service is a proven strategy for improving communities across the globe and practitioners are continually growing, learning, and implementing better practices for community and youth development. Mark your calendars to join Youth Service America in Orlando, FL for the 2008 Youth Service Institute October 26-28. The Institute will present opportunities for participants to strategize critical ways to think AND act both locally and globally. It is the ideal environment for individuals and organizatio ... |
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Global Youth Service Day: April 25-27 2008 |
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Global Youth Service Day 2008
April 25-27
Twentieth Anniversary Marked With Projects In More Than 100 Countries
State Farm Returned for Seventh Year as U.S. Sponsor
Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) is the largest service event in the world, organized by Youth Service America and a consortium of U.S. and international organizations with National Lead Agencies in participating countries. GYSD is an annual global event that highlights and celebrates the year-round contributions of youth to their communities through volunteer service.
During Global Youth Service Day, young people organize highly visible community service projects to address local and global needs. Events took place on April 25-27, 2008 (save the date for GYSD 2009: April 24-26!)...
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GYSD 2007 Final Report |
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http://www.gysd.net/doc/GYSD 07_FinalReport_sm.pdf |
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National Service Briefing Volume 15 Number 13 |
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The National Service Briefing
A weekly publication of Youth Service America
Published for the service and service-learning field since 1994
Table of Contents
This Week's Stories
Stories of Everyday Young Heroes
Job Opportunities
Grants
Conferences & Events...
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New Service-Learning Module on MALARIA |
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With teenage volunteering having doubled over the last 20 years, Youth Service America and its partners are encouraging students, ages 5-25, to tackle the most strategic health, education, human service, and environmental problems facing their communities and the planet. We will provide them with public mobilization campaigns, grants and incentives, and tools, information, and training.
In that spirit, the UN Foundation and Youth Service America are collaborating on a new service-learning mod... |
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New Publication: Engaging At Risk Youth in Service |
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Youth Service America announces a new publication entitled Effective Practices for Engaging At-Risk Youth in Service. The guide is designed to provide an overview of the underlying theory and effective practices for engaging at-risk youth in service by examining the roles young people can play in serving their communities. The audiences for this publication are public officials, youth service and service-learning practitioners and teachers, researchers, and others whose mission is to plan and implement community service programs for youth with diverse experiences and backgrounds.
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