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Taking Action on Health- Lead Agencies and Community Wellbeing
As organizations and youth pick the projects they want to execute on Global Youth Service Day (GYSD), the community needs they strive to address tend to fall into one of six categories: Health,...
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Bringing Joy to Hospital Patients on Global Youth Service Day
Siena, 14, recognized that while it can be difficult to be a teenager, it’s even harder to be a teenager that spends a large portion of time as a patient in a hospital. Inspired by her best friend’s...
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Athens High School Gets Healthy for Global Youth Service Day
At Troy Athens High School, two students are taking their passion for yoga and transforming it into a means of sharing pathways to better health through their service. Troy Athens High School, located...
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Egg Harbor Township School District Kicks off Community Day with Garden Projects
With the hope of connecting schools, families and the community for youth success, Egg Harbor Township School District will kick off its new ‘Community Day’ program by building an outdoor...
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Bringing Back the Butterflies for GYSD
Benjamin, 14, is one of YSA’s 2016 Disney Summer of Service Grantees. His project, “Bringing Back the Butterflies”, was created to help the local species of monarch butterflies by planting milkweed. As...
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Montessori Education Centre-Charter School Combats Hunger and Homelessness...
Service learning is at the heart of a Montessori community. Maria Montessori believed that education should include the development of social responsibility, and that the most effective learning is...
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Youth Protecting Human Rights on Global Youth Service Day
As organizations and youth pick the projects they want to execute on Global Youth Service Day (GYSD), the community needs they strive to address tend to fall into one of six categories: Health,...
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Global Youth Service Day School Challenge – 15 “Easy and Free!” Projects
Are you an educator that is looking for a meaningful GYSD project to plan with your students? If so, check out these 15 “Easy and Free!” projects: Hunger and Poverty Food Drive Help your students run a...
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Arizona’s Rise to #1 for GYSD
In 2015, Carla Friedman, Youth Program Manager at the Arizona Governor’s Office reflected on her experience as a State Farm Lead Agency and advisor for the Governor’s Youth Commission. Carla and the...
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YSA and Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation Announce 2017 Youth Grantees
Did you know that one in five children in America are at risk of hunger? This is a problem that can be solved by youth across the country, including this year’s Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation Youth...
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How would you use $150 worth of books to inspire your students?
First Book and YSA have teamed up to create a unique collection of books that make reading an adventure, and encourage students ages 6 to 12 to think about how they can use their own skills and...
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Introducing the 2017 Street Team!
All across the world, there are youth planning service projects for Global Youth Service Day (April 21-23, 2017) to celebrate the impact that youth can have year-round! These youth have identified a...
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“GYSD is about being a part of something bigger”
Anna Safronova, 24 years old, and an Atlas Corps Fellow and alumna of American Councils’ FLEX program, shares her Global Youth Service Day experience. What is your spark? I think my spark is inclusion...
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GYSD: A Time to Reflect, Demonstrate, Recognize, Celebrate, and Sustain
Even if you don’t have time to plan a service project, you can still be a part of GYSD by celebrating youth leadership in your community. The goal of the very first GYSD in 1988 (then called A Day in...
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Autism Awareness 365
Jill’s House Service Club from left to right: Vicky (mentor), Joe, Zach, Scott (mentor), Brady, and Peter For Global Youth Service Day, a group of amazing students at Jill’s House in Vienna, Virginia...
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Taking Action on Health- Lead Agencies and Community Wellbeing
As organizations and youth pick the projects they want to execute on Global Youth Service Day (GYSD), the community needs they strive to address tend to fall into one of six categories: Health,...
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Bringing Joy to Hospital Patients on Global Youth Service Day
Siena, 14, recognized that while it can be difficult to be a teenager, it’s even harder to be a teenager that spends a large portion of time as a patient in a hospital. Inspired by her best friend’s...
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Athens High School Gets Healthy for Global Youth Service Day
At Troy Athens High School, two students are taking their passion for yoga and transforming it into a means of sharing pathways to better health through their service. Troy Athens High School, located...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Egg Harbor Township School District Kicks off Community Day with Garden Projects
With the hope of connecting schools, families and the community for youth success, Egg Harbor Township School District will kick off its new ‘Community Day’ program by building an outdoor...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bringing Back the Butterflies for GYSD
Benjamin, 14, is one of YSA’s 2016 Disney Summer of Service Grantees. His project, “Bringing Back the Butterflies”, was created to help the local species of monarch butterflies by planting milkweed. As...
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