State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Award

Posted by on October 10, 2003

State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Award

Youth Service America and State Farm are proud to present the State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Award. The award is now available to teachers/professors, youth (ages 5-25), and school-based service-learning coordinators to implement service-learning projects for National Youth Service Day 2004, April 16-18.

National Youth Service Day, the largest service event in the world, mobilizes youth as leaders to identify and address the needs of their communities through service and service-learning, supports youth on a lifelong path of service and civic engagement, and educates the public, the media, and policymakers about the year-round contributions of young people as community leaders.

One hundred grants of $1,000 are available to youth, teachers/professors, and school-based service-learning coordinators. To apply, take advantage of our NEW ON-LINE APPLICATION by visiting http://www.ysa.org/awards/profile/login_parent.cfm. For printed copies of the application, send a written request and a self- addressed stamped envelope to: Good Neighbor Service-Learning Award, C/o Written Request, Youth Service America, 1101 15th Street, NW, Suite 200, Washington, D.C. 20005. Submit a complete application postmarked by December 8, 2003.

To learn more about this grant and National Youth Service Day, please visit our website at http://www.YSA.org/nysd to access resources to help you develop a great service project and prepare a quality grant application.