The iRoc Fitness event will introduce youth ages 10-15 to new sports activities. The youth will be introduced to the YMCA's Fitness Aracade along with other health and wellness activities. The youth will play a number of competitive games including: video games, basketball, dodgeball, volleyball and swimming. We will end the day with a brief seminar about eating healthy and a variety of healthy foods and snacks will be provided. Each participant will receive a "iRoc Fitness" T-Shirt.

Agenda – Cleaning and working on the home of a 74 year old recent widow who was just diagnosed with cancer. The unit will clean up her yard and make a few cosmetic changes that will assist with maintenance. The homeowner will not be present the day of the work-project, because she will be at a chemo appointment.

Tasks to accomplish:

Chop down gum tree (cut up in manageable sizes for disposal)

Remove garden from backyard and apply grass seeds

Clean the gutters of all debris

Clean out underbrush from wooded area

Cut down branches that would come in contact with vehicles entering driveway

Replace broken windows (1 window on the back of the house and one on the back shed)

Remove bushes from the front right of the house

Clean and build a replacement cover for the basement/cellar outdoor access point

Landscape flower boxes

Rake and dispose of gum balls from the yard

Mow the yard

Power-wash the house

On April 23, 2010, a youth service event, “Light Up A Life,” will be held at Friendship Ridge as a celebration of Global Youth Service Day. Each Hopewell High Service Learning Student will be paired with a resident of Friendship Ridge to complete a craft, share lunch, fill out a reflection on each other, play games, and have a memorable day getting to know each other. After the trip to Friendship Ridge, once in the beginning of May, and once at the end of May, the service group will bake 200+ cookies, and assemble 200+ crafts to send to different residents, as a continuation of project “Light Up A Life.” The purpose of this project is to make intergeneration connections between the students and the residents, promote a greater understanding for the elderly in our community while learning about teamwork, developing art skills, and creating caring and compassionate citizens, both young and old alike. Hopewell High School has three groups participating in this project: Hopewell Service Learning, Hopewell Health Careers Club, and Hopewell National Honor Society. Students from each group will be working together to on all portions of this project. SPECIAL RECOGNITION: Hopewell Kuhn’s- for donation of cookie dough; Chick-fil-A Beaver Valley Mall- for a generous donation to feed the residents and student volunteers; Pat Catan’s- for helping create all crafts for the residents and providing a discount for purchasing supplies; Sheffield Deli- for donation of a sandwich ring for the volunteers to eat while volunteering long hours baking cookies.

iCare is the mutil-faceted GYSD service project led by over 230 youth and young adults in the Nortg Central Texas area. iCare will help people in the community through several diffent types of service-leraning projects.

- Fix my Clunker; youth alongside certified mechanics will conduct minor repairs and oil changes for people who otherwise would not be able to get an oil change. The minor car repair are completed when the car owner purchases the parts and we handle the labor.

- Hands across Lancaster; is a service project that will extend a helping hand to the 7 area nursing homes where youth can participate and volunteer to read, sit, or just provide a helping hand to senior citizens in those nursing homes.

- Heartbeat for Health; through a network with the American Heart Association
Obesity prevention services young people will distribute healthy eating infomration to impact and change the eating habit of the at-risk youth in the community. This project will effect over 14,000 children and youth in the community.

- Feed My Sheep; is a hunger-buster coalition where children, youth, and families can get food basket from products and donations collected over the past few months for GYSD.

I (Haylee Hannah) am organizing a car wash at the Coleman Elementary School parking lot on April 24, 2010 from 12-4pm. This car was is to raise funds to support our future education in our community. I have got my community involved with support and donations for the car wash. My motivation for this event was the recognition of school funds not being available. Let's start now in the present to make a brighter future for our community. All funds will go to our schools. Let's stand up and make a change, I know I am getting my good on, are you?

The YAPPERS (Youth Area Philanthropists), the youth board of the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque, recently received a $500 Get Ur Good On grant from Youth Service America to implement a project for Global Youth Service Day on Saturday, April 24.

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On April 24, City Year Washington, DC corps members, volunteers between the ages of 17 and 24, will lead community volunteers and City Year Heroes program participants in the execution of a powerful day of service at Ballou Senior High School in Southeast Washington, DC.
The City Year Heroes program is a 16-week middle school and high school weekend service-learning program. Starting in December, middle school students (Young Heroes) and high school students (City Heroes) come together to work in diverse teams to learn the value and importance of teamwork. Together they establish common ground and break down social barriers. In a city divided by lines of race and class, the Heroes seek to develop a truly diverse group of young people to work together to build a stronger community. Global Youth Service Day will be a perfect opportunity for them to realize their potential and the impact they can have as young leaders.
The hours served on this day will provide Ballou with a more welcoming and aesthetically pleasing atmosphere, creating a healthier physical environment that make students feel welcome and comfortable when they come to learn. The gardens will give students something beautiful to look at and give those who manage it something to take pride in. The planter-benches will give students somewhere to relax and enjoy their improved outdoor space and the murals will inspire students with images of historical change-makers. The service itself will show the high school that there are citizens who are willing to help make a difference and a community that takes care of its neighbors.

Want the chance to volunteer with Miley Cyrus? Miley has partnered with Youth Service America (YSA) to host a contest on behalf of Get Ur Good on, a youth engagement program which she founded. One lucky do-gooder will get to participate on a future service project with the Hannah Montana star!

Get Ur Good On is an online community that uses multimedia platforms, special events, and opportunities for grants and awards to encourage youth to support each other in their mission to give back to the community.

Animal Lovers! Hurry Up Because The Newest Youth Service Group, The Giggle Girls Youth Service, Are Coming To Hanford, California Once Again!! The Last Time We Were In Hanford We Found A Lost Dog That Looked Miss Treated...(A Giggle Girl Pet Peeve!) So We Called The Kings SPCA Who Directed Us To There Animal Control. This Very Nice Lady Came Out Checked On Chico (The Chihuahua's Name) & Told Us He Was Just Fine. We Were Relieved. After Checking On Him We Talked For A Little While & We Asked About Volunteering At The Animal Shelter/SPCA.

My project is involves the purchase of an ADA compliant pool lift and installation of it at the Bridgeport Community Pool, Bridgeport West Virginia to make it accessible for the disabled and elderly.

Earth Day was founded 40 years ago to honor our blue planet. Our planet has been slowly deteriorating due to human impact and we need to end this.

Come to our event to help clean up the lake. Volunteers will receive a chipotle gift card (while supplies last), free reusable bag, and information about service in the community. Once you're done cleaning the lake, consider checking out the booths around the park.

Assisteens, An Auxiliary of Assistance League of Santa Clarita, is a group made up of 7th through 12th graders in the Santa Clarita Valley.

Their "I Care About Me" program has provided health kits to thousands of children in need for the past 17 years. This kit includes a toothbrush, toothpaste, tissues, shampoo and hand sanitizer. The kit is given to school children at the beginning of every school year to help them learn the importance of good hygiene.

From March to April, students in WHEDCo's award-winning Project STEP program will create a film about hunger in our Bronx community and discrimination against immigrants in need of food but lacking proper legal documentation. The service project, Join Hands for the Hungry, will span three days: from Wednesday April 21st to Friday April 23rd. On Wednesday, students will premiere their documentary during WHEDCo's After-School program for parents, teachers, and their classmates. The admission charge will be one dollar or one canned item, both of which will go to WHEDCo's Food Pantry.

The 4-H Million Trees Project (4HMT) recently received a $500 Get Ur Good On grant award from Youth Service America (YSA) to implement a project addressing Global Climate Change. One of 100 grantees from around the world, 4HMT will join the millions of children and youth in more than 100 countries participating in Global Youth Service Day, April 23-25, the largest service event in the world.

In celebration of Global Youth Service Day, Cidney Woodson, her teammates and parents of Trial By Fire Track & Field Club, will be hosting a public screening of What's On Your Plate? What's On Your Plate is a witty and provocative documentary about kids and food politics. Filmed over the course of one year, the film follows two eleven-year-olds, as they explore their place in the food chain and talk to food activist, farmers, and store keepers addressing questions regarding the origin of the food they eat, how it's cultivated, and how many miles it travels from farm to fork.

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Earth Day Every Day is a project by the Alabama Coastal Foundation aimed at raising awareness and facilitating action regarding critical coastal environmental issues. At the Earth Day 2010 celebration in Fairhope, AL, ACF will host a booth and activities for both children and adults. The activities will center around Earth-friendly crafts, while also teaching basic principles such as reducing, reusing, and recycling. Learning and fun at the same time! Best of all, the finished crafts, such as an Earth-friendly grocery bag, can be used to put Earth-friendly principles into use!

We are having a water walk, in which members of our club carry large barrels of water (to symbolize the daily trek of Indian girls) and are sponsored for each hour we walk. This will raise awareness around the community, and help us progress towards our $5000 goal. Teams will compete on the basis of who can carry the water the fastest and spilling the least

Do you have what it takes to create an epic comic in less than 3 hours? Join students from around the area to see who can stand the pressure…

How do you participate?

1) Gather a group of 2 or more. Some people can be in charge of the script, some people can be in charge of the drawing, and some people can be in charge of the speech bubbles…just like at a real comic book publishing house. Register your team here.

Want the chance to volunteer with Miley Cyrus? Miley has partnered with Youth Service America (YSA) to host a contest on behalf of Get Ur Good on, a youth engagement program which she founded. One lucky do-gooder will get to participate on a future service project with the Hannah Montana star!

Legacy Elementary will serve as a drop-off location on Saturday, April 24th for the community to bring plastics to recycle. Parent volunteers will deliver loads of plastic in their trucks and trailers to the main recycling center in the city. Students are organizing this event to help the environment and encourage community members to recycle daily.

I, Melissa Kirk, wish to get a group of volunteers to go to my city's most deprived neighborhood called "The Crest" in Vallejo California and plant 50 fruit trees on April the 24th. I wish to organize this project because of global warming and my passion in preventing environmental disaster. Also, the planting of fruit trees will provide a healthy supply of food all year around for families in need. Vallejo has been hit with a lot of crimes lately and a beneficial and positive project such as this will uplift the spirit of my community.

We are holding an Alternative Spring Break for high school youth in Seneca County, NY. It will take place April 23-24th. Students will give up part of their spring break to help clean up our local State Park and build a house for a family in need through Habitat for Humanity. We will do this by cleaning up debris at the park, as well as repairing picnic tables and cleaning up the camping grounds to make them safe for campers. We will also be working at a local daycare and help to build a new playground.

We would like to start a recycling program at our facility. We would like to start this program on Youth Service Day. We want to have a fun recycling day at the park across from our facility where the community can bring us their items to be recycled and make them aware of the importance of 'Being Green'. Our group will provide fun and interesting ways to recycle and games to help teach children why it is important to recycle. We believe that if the community and the YMCA had recycling containers, children and families would think twice about throwing away or littering trash.

The grass roots D.I.G. project will create awareness and excitement in the community about "Doing It Green," and inspire simple green lifestyle changes that contribute to a more sustainable community. The youth volunteers will utilize informal marketing video interviews with Dubuque citizens to find out how they D.I.G. The interviews will be compiled to create thought-provoking clips which will continue to have an impact during the rest of the year through continued promotion by media outlets and partners.

Party For The Planet (PFTP) brings together many different people and organizations. PFTP will consist of volunteers from the Lincoln Children’s Zoo, Lincoln Public Schools Science Focus Program, and the Natural Leaders Network. PFTP has also gained the support of the Children and Nature Network, Association of Zoos and Aquariums, and the Sierra Club.

First Book URI will be hosting our first ever Rhody Reads Literacy Day on the afternoon of April 24th. Proceeds from our event will go directly to the children of low-income families that we serve in the state of Rhode Island. These children that we provide for aspire to grow into lifelong readers and depend on organizations like First Book URI to receive their first new books that will help them begin their magical journey of reading.

Join PCS and their Partners to help reduce the pollution entering our local streams from storm drains in the street. You can help educate people about storm drains, where they go and what should/should not go in them by helping to mark drains in 7 local communities. This service learning community event is a part of Global Youth Service Day - the single largest youth community service effort in the world.

LOCATION: varies (7 communities in and around the metro-Toledo area are pariticpating. Every effort will be made to assign you to a community closest to you.)

Round Robin Reading is a book swap. Through donations, TACKY has built up a supply of books. Visitors need to bring a gently used book to trade. There will be refreshments and fun.