World Hunger Leadership Challenge

Posted by on February 24, 2014

World Hunger Leadership Challenge Accepting Student Entries for Service Learning Grants
DEADLINE: APRIL 11, 2014

Administered by the USA TODAY Charitable Foundation and the Lift a Life Foundation, with support from the Yum Foundation, the World Hunger Leadership Challenge is designed to encourage middle and high school students to develop leadership skills by starting a service-learning project that addresses hunger issues. Teams of students from public, private, and charter middle schools or high schools are invited to enter the challenge.

Each team must create and execute a service-learning project that attempts to solve a local, statewide, or national hunger-related issue (i.e., help an existing charity or create a project whose mission is to address or solve hunger related problems locally or nationally); develop an action plan to achieve the goal; and demonstrate leadership. Each entry must include a written summary or video overview of the project and quantifiable results (i.e., number of meals served, cans collected, hours of service donated, Facebook “likes,” or families served from an urban garden).

First-, second-, and third-place prizes of  $25,000, $5,000, and $1,000, respectively, will be awarded, up to a total of $750,000. Winners will be announced on or about May 14, 2014.

To be eligible, entrants must be located in the United States or Guam, be a full-time middle or high school student, and be between the ages of 13 and 18. Each team must comprise at least three students and a sponsoring teacher or adult adviser.

See the World Hunger Leadership Challenge Web site for complete challenge guidelines and application procedures.

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