Our troop, Burbank Girl Scout Junior Troop 718, decided to earn our Girl Scout Bronze Award by designing a project that promotes environmental-friendliness and can help make a positive impact in our community.

We decided for our Bronze Award we wanted to do something to help the environment. Our project’s goal was to promote environmental friendliness throughout our community. Our troop held a recycling drive for cans and plastic bottles and we colleclted and recycled over 370 pounds of recyclable material. The money we earned from our recycle drive was used to purchase eco-friendly bags that we customized and plan to give out to our community as a message for EVERYONE to remember the three R’s – Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle!

We will be passing out our FREE reusable bags this Sunday, April 25 as a participant in our city's "Green Zone" event at Downtown Burbank's Art Festival.

We hope to continue to serve our community as well as our planet by addressing environmental issues and to do our part to make the world a better and greener place!

The girls from Troop 718-6
The Rising Stars of Burbank
Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles

Hello Everyone.

My name is Nekruz Mamadalizoda and I am a foreign exchange student from Tajikistan representing the "World Heritage Organization" .

Today, April 23, 2010, which is a Global Youth Service Day, I completed a "Small Step Toward Big Change" project. Me, my fellow interact club members from Gateway High School and students from leadership class gathered together and picked up the trashed all around the school( Inside & outside ).

The number of volunteers were approximately 30-32. The majority of them were in 12th grade. (Seniors) They were all enthusiastic and willing to contribute to the school by completing this project.

In addition to picking up the trashes all around the school, we also managed to demonstrate a good example of keeping our community clean all the time. We could indeed demonstrate that there are some people around us nowadays who care about living in a clean environment. Other students and even teachers were wondering why we were doing that, which is not our job, but my only answer for them would be: "We are one big family in this world, and it is our responsibility to keep it clean."

I really enjoyed this project and being in charge of such a wonderful project was a great privilege for me.

From the depth of my heart, I would like to thank all the volunteers that participated in this project, school administration for giving me permission and most importantly the "World Heritage Organization" for encouraging me to complete this outstanding project.

By only one project, it is, obviously, impossible to keep our environment clean. Thus, I encourage and ask you all to take a step, even if it is a small one, toward contributing to the cleanness of our environment.

All it is going to take is a little bit time and effort. BUT THE RESULT, INDEED IS WORTH IT.

WE ARE ONE BIG FAMILY IN THIS WORLD AND IT IS OUR

RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP THIS PLACE CLEAN ALL THE TIME

Hello.I am Sherbet Suranbekova and I am second year student in Jalalabat State University in Kyrgyzstan. Also I am volunteer at Bokonbaev School. I help any related lessons Global Conections and Exchange (GCE)Program.
My 7 girls: Elina Madanbekova, Shahida Shamshidinova, Janylai Baizakova, Nurjan Turdumatova, Aijan Uralbekova, Nurzat Polotbek kyzy, Aichurok Kalil kyzy in "Tech Age girls" project at Bokonbaev School organized clean-up day for GYSD in Bazarkorgon,Kyrgyzstan. They first outreached the students and had many seminars at school. After that they colected students and cleaned parks, streets, and they grew flowers in school's yard on April 23, 2010. After cleaning up day our village and school looks clean. Also my students want and will organize another project not only on GYSD.

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Over 121 youth and adult sponsors, representing over 15 school groups will spend Saturday doing multiple city wide clean up projects. Pojects will include cleaning creeks and trails, planting flowers at the court house and local senior center, and painting bleachers at the city park. The event will be celebrated afterwards with food and a word from the major. This is our third year and hopefully our largest yet.

The new Columbus Interfaith Youth Group under the umbrella of the Interfaith Center for Peace is holding their first joint service project bringing together youth and their mentors from several organizations and residents of the Near East Side to “Spruce Up” the neighborhood. This project is in collaboration with the Columbus City, “Keep Columbus Beautiful” initiatives for April 2010, Earth Day.

On Saturday, April 24, the youth will grab litter, uproot weeds, remove trash and offer their help to area residents’ and area churches outdoor projects including planting flowers, tilling gardens and painting fences.

After the spruce up, hundreds of pinwheels will be planted in the neighborhood. Since April is also “Child Abuse Prevention” month, Franklin County Children Services has partnered with Ohio Children's Trust Fund and other counties across the state to promote Pinwheels for Prevention. This campaign is designed to enhance awareness about child abuse and neglect.

Participating Organizations:
Interfaith Center for Peace
First Unitarian Universalist Church,
Ohio Muslims,
Muslim Family Social Services,
Art of Living,
Covenant Presbyterian Church,
Noor Islamic Cultural Center,
Promise Land Believers Fellowship,
International Gospel Center,
Youth Advocate Services,
Isha Foundation,
HIP HOP,
Harmony Project

The Interact club of La Chorrera organize a costal cleanup at Playa Leona community to face and reduce environmental problems.

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Students will weed and clean up schoolyard wildlife habitats.

Northwest Middle School students will participate in community service learning days by grade level on May 17, 18, and June 4, 2010. All students will participate in a variety of community service activities around the area! We are pioneers in this endeavor and very excited. Reflection is important to impact the students before, during, and after the service experience. S.M.A.R.T. Team at NWMS has teamed up with the Community Service Planning Team to conduct a Lunch and Learn at the school on Friday, April 23, 2010. Team members set up a table in the lunch commons with large papers each asking a question to contemplate prior to going into the community to serve. Students wrote their answers about what talents they have to help others, how they think their day of service will effect others, whether they prefer to do service work alone or as a team and why, and what responsibilities they have as a young citizen on the charts. Answers where thoughtful and awesome and will be summarized for morning announcements the week following the Lunch and Learn as well as immediately prior to and following the service learning days. NWMS is a caring community and wants to share with others!

Ankara Guides and Scouts organized a treeplanting event in the grounds of Gazi Üniversity Golbasi Campus with Guides and Scouts from Anadolu kartallari, Ankara University, Barış, Boran, Doganay, Kale, and Simsek scout groups of Ankara.
1780 pine trees planted and information stands arranged asfollowing
Ankara University group: houshold Accidents and prevention, Barış: A scout magazine, Boran: Recycling of kitchen oil, Doğanay: JOTA, Kale: They invited students from an elementary school and Anadolu kartalları invited a gruop of children from a local chapter of Education volunteers Organization.

There will be another tree planting for over tweo hundred trees which will be dedicated to All guising and scouting countries soon

Some posters exhibited to children on community service and they signed up to submit their volunteer services since 1 September 2009 and to fulfill certain hours depending their age group to get their badges certificates from youth and sports department of Ankara office of governer and asimple present

There was some poster exhibits for GYSD andvolunteering for Envitonment, Clean up the World, Environmental Scout Camps, WOSM Environment Award

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Prior to Global Youth Service Day, SMA Islam Al-Azhar 3 holds an Earth Week. It focuses on developing awareness of the climate change and encouraging the students to take actions to fight against. On the 24th of April ten classes of grades ten and eleven visit ten different sites to implement their service projects - orphanage, slum ,school, home for senior citizen, rest home for street children etc. Their activities are around how to promote awareness of global warming by video or slide show,playing games,planting trees,teaching hygiene,donating educational equipment, etc.

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Volunteers will clean up areas in the Coliseum Business District. Breakfast snacks will be provided. Clean up tools will be provided. Please contact Eboni at:
edavis@coliseumcentral.com to register for the event.

At this event we are volunteering for a nicer Sárvár, therefore we are planning to collect the waste and work on the environmental protection.

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At the volunteer day our community is focusing on paper collection and waste collection. We would like to raise awareness about the importance of the environment to the youth. If we will have enough time we would also like to paint and renovate the playground in the neighborhood and to state how important community work is on a volunteer basis.

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Global Potential provides urban youth from low-income communities with the skills and perspective that enable them to make positive change in their lives, communities, and the global community. In July, Global Potential youth embark on a 6 week journey of community service in a rural village in the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and Haiti. On April 24, our youth from all over Brooklyn are coming together to kick-off their year of community service, while learning about Nicaragua. Volunteers will discuss the projects they will undertake, make concrete plans, and discuss these plans with a country advisor.

Keep Forrest Beautiful enthusiasts will meet at Forrest Elementary School to weed, clean, plant flowers, and otherwise beautify the school. Volunteers are welcome! Meet at the front entrance to the school, if possible bring your own gardening tools labeled with your name. Donations of flowers would be welcomed.

For more information, contact Suzanne Brown, Keep Forrest Beautiful Coordinator, 896-6710 or 945-0702.

On the volunteer day we are going to paint benches, plant flowers, visit senior citizens of the village, collect clothes for the poor and also collect waste at the public spaces. We are planning to organize competitions for primary school students.

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Middle School students will research the appropriate type of tree to plant on our school playground for shade. They will plant the tree and take care of it until it matures.

Pinceklub and neighborhood restoring.

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On April 24th we are going to clean up the neighborhood of the Landorhegy, an area of Zalaegerszeg. We would like to educate the youth about the environmental protection and how to live a responsible life with respect on the nature.

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Program in Celebration of services and renewed committment to helping others.

Acknowledgement of community participation in recent fund raising events for Haiti Relief. Presentation of $1,000 donation to Red Cross and recognition of elementary students' dedication in raising funds.

"How Can I Help?" Role Playing presentation by high school students to elementary students suggesting ways in which students can improve the community: environmental stewardship through recycling efforts,planting trees and flowers,sharing our garden produce, and helping neighbors, helping friends.

Wrap-up with curriculum-aligned tutorial math games led by high school students, celebrating having fun and helping others.

A follow-up "How Have I Helped?" is planned in May with continued encouragement to serve our community.

Er are going to paint the place where we store our bikes and we are going to paint the parts of the building what are necessary. Planting and planning a big spring clean.

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With the NGOs we are planning to plant trees and plant flowers for a nicer environment.

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This is a great opportunity for the students to do volunteer work for their community.

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All 249 people will participate at the event. These are the students of the primary school. This is going to be a whole environmental day and a big spring clean.

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We would like to clean up the whole outdoor region of the village and this is the big spring clean.

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Organizing an exhibition on the environmental protection.

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Ability competition where the students can meet the characteristics of a responsible life and how to live next to the nature.

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We consider ourselves as an environmentally friendly school and therefore we are very proud of our students. We are organizing a competition related to climate change and how to protect the environment. The primary school students can win nice prizes.

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The program is the renovation of the two playgrounds situated at the village and also some work in the park, like planting flowers.

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Living by an important natural heritage of Hungary we found it important to clean up the mess of others and to collect the waste selectively and to do something for our beautiful environment.

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