Free National & Global Youth Service Day Materials Available

Posted by on March 24, 2006

Free National & Global Youth Service Day Materials Available

Youth Service America is pleased to offer free materials to help you plan your service project for the 18th Annual National & Global Youth Service Day (N & GYSD), April 21-23, 2006.

Planning Tool Kits, Service-Learning Curriculum Guides, and Classroom Posters are now available in print and on-line. Download these materials or order free printed copies at http://www.ysa.org/nysd/resource/nysd_resources_parent.cfm. All materials are also available for downloading in Spanish.

* The Planning Tool Kit is a comprehensive guide to help project planners identify their projects, recruit volunteers, generate media attention, raise funds, and more.
* The Service-Learning Curriculum Guide contains eight lessons to develop students’ project management skills while planning projects for N & GYSD. The Curriculum Guide is appropriate for educators and community leaders.
* Classroom Posters are a colorful tool to recruit volunteers, plan projects, and decorate project sites. The back contains project planning activity sheets for teachers and students that you can photocopy and disseminate.

Use these materials to plan your service project for N & GYSD and all your service projects throughout the year. To learn more about N & GYSD and access other resources to help you plan your project – including project grants, tip sheets, effective practices, and more – visit http://www.YSA.org/nysd