GYSD Updates from Youth Service America
Youth volunteers help everyone
Young people are addressing critical challenges in communities across the state -- including right here in southeastern Michigan.
And they're doing it through youth service. Service is the act of giving your time and talents to others. Young people around the world expanded the impact of the youth service movement by participating in the 2010 Global Youth Service Day, that took place April 23-25.
From The Detroit News: http://www.detnews.com/article/20100510/OPINION01/5100303/1008/OPINION01...
GYSD in Chesney Park
Members of Chesney Park Youth camp volunteered to clean up the skate park at Chesney Park as part of the Global Youth Service Day. We had over a dozen neighborhood youth and adults help out for this event on April 25, 2010. Trash bags were donated by Keep America Beautiful - Topeka/Shawnee County Chapter; rakes, shovels, and brooms were loaned out by the Washburn University Facilities dept. and by neighborhood residents.
To see the great photos, visit http://chesneypark.webs.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=8839877.
HOPE ACADEMY AWARDED $1,000 TO LEAD A SERVICE-LEARNING CAMPAIGN
HOPE ACADEMY received a $1,000 award to launch a service-learning project that addresses [service issue]. Funded by State Farm Companies Foundation and allocated by Youth Service America (YSA), the project launched on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, January 18, and culminated on Global Youth Service Day, April 23-25, the largest service event in the world.
To read the complete article, visit http://www.rsdla.net/Media/NoticesAll/NoticeSingle/10-05-08/Hope_Academy....
Global Youth Service Day: Pascagoula Opportunity students address environmental concerns
Students at the Pascagoula Opportunity Center celebrated Global Youth Service Day on April 23. The event was part of a Disney Friends for Change grant awarded to the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Gulf Coast-New Hope program.
The New Hope group was one of 75 applicants to receive a $500 Disney's Friends for Change grant supporting youth-led environmental initiatives for Global Youth Service Day, the largest service event in the world, April 23-25.
To read the complete article, visit http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-living/2010/05/global_youth_s....
Solomon Syllah Sports Center Observes Global Youth Service Day
The Solomon Syllah Sports Center and Library over the weekend observed Global Youth Service Day with a grand march around central Monrovia and climaxed the day with a two-day basketball tournament with teams from various central Monrovia.
To read the complete article, visit http://www.theinquirer.com.lr/story.php?record_id=2652&sub=1.
Program Receives Boost With Garden
Long Beach Better Learning After School Today (BLAST) program at the Northpointe Housing Community has some help to encourage sustainable healthy eating habits to curb childhood obesity.
The youth mentoring program recently received a $500 HEROES grant from UnitedHealth and Youth Services America.
To read the complete article by Leslie A.M. Smith, visit http://www.gazettes.com/articles/2010/05/07/community_news/doc4be4480cae....
Youngsters recognized for service on Global Youth Day
Young people from all over Albany County spent time cleaning parks and tending to local gardens during a celebration of youth service.
Albany County, Town of Colonie and City of Cohoes Youth Bureaus helped host a local celebration for the 2010 Global Youth Service Day on Saturday, April 24, 2010.
To read the complete article, visit http://spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1272311596.
South Tahoe youth to join thousands for Global Youth Service Day
South Lake Tahoe youth will join thousands of communities across the country and throughout the world in celebrating Global Youth Service Day. Established in 1988, GYSD is the largest service event in the world and is now celebrated in over 100 countries.
To read the complete article, visit http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/article/20100423/NEWS/100429870.
Hoover students lend a hand on Global Youth Service Day
The dogs, cats and rabbits up for adoption at the Animal Rescue League of Iowa got a special treat when nine Hoover High School sophomores visited them Friday.
The students were participating in Hoover's first Global Youth Service Day, and they showed up bright and early at the ARL to make cookies a la Roofus and pet party mix, among other delicacies the animals like to snack on.
To read the complete article by Janet Klockenga visit http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20100429/NEWS/4290306/Hoover-st....
Cub Scouts collect food for Panther Packs
Six members of Cub Scout Pack 32 and their siblings have collected food and money for the Ferrum Elementary School's "Panther Packs" program.
The scouts collected enough food to last for two to three weeks for the food program, said Marcie Altice, Ferrum's principal.
The students also collected $50 in donations for the program.
To read the complete article, visit http://www.thefranklinnewspost.com/article.cfm?ID=16216.
