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Youth Philanthropy Initiative of Indiana
E-Chronicle
January 2006
....your link to happenings in the youth philanthropy arena across the
state.
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GIVING AND SERVING PROMOTES DEVELOPMENTAL ASSETS
Service learning projects, especially those designed and led by students, provide youth with positive activities while promoting healthy youth development. That's according to "Kids As
Planners: A Guide to Strengthening Students, Schools and Communities through Service-Learning." This new guidebook provides teachers and youth workers with a process for designing, implementing and evaluating effective service-learning projects - including how projects can meet existing educational standards and character education programs. Order: http://www.servicelearning.org/lib_svcs/lib_cat/index.php?library_id=6450
Free, lesson plans that correlate to Indiana's
educational standards and integrate giving and serving into classroom work are also available at www.learningtogive.com. |
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2006 YP Jam: iGIVE-iSERVE: COMMUNITY ACTION IN BLACK AND WHITE
July 13th & 14th, 2006*
An exciting action-packed theme will focus YP Jam 2006 in new areas this year on July 13-14th at Franklin College. Last year's participants asked for more opportunities to network, so we're adding focus groups, round table discussions, family groups, and expanded
community service to this year's fun-filled and educational experience! Brochures will be available soon, so please send a note to jfinn@ypin.org and let us know how many you'll need (an electronic brochure will also be available). If you are interested in joining the planning team, please let us know!
*Please note that these are the correct dates for the YPII JAM 2006. Different dates were listed in a previous E-Chronicle.
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CHANGE THE WORLD . . . WITH YOUR COMPUTER Millions of personal computers often sit idly on desks and in homes worldwide on a daily basis. But by donating your unused computer time, you can begin to change the world for the better. For example, what if each of the world's estimated 650
million PCs could be linked to focus on humanity's most pressing issues? To make this vision a reality, Points of Light Foundation has become a partner of World Community Grid, joining the IBM Corporation and a group of more than 80 leading companies, associations, foundations and academic institutions. Points of Light Foundation is encouraging its members to find out more and contribute their idle PC time to World Community Grid at www.worldcommunitygrid.org
SEASONS OF SERVICE AND SPECIAL EVENTS
January 2006 National Mentoring Month - www.whomentoredyou.org
January 16, 2006 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day / MLK Day of Service - www.mlkday.org
April 21-23, 2006 National & Global Youth Service Day - www.YSA.org, www.gysd.net
$40 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR SERVICE-LEARNING PROJECTS Approximately $40 million in grant funds will be available, subject to congressional appropriation, to support service-learning projects in a variety of settings. The grant funds will be divided between school-based, community-based, higher education, and tribal and U.S. territory programs. The funding is for the 2006-2007 school year, with possible continued funding for two more years. Learn and Serve America supports and encourages service-learning throughout the United States, and enables over one million students each year to make meaningful contributions
to their community while building their academic and civic skills. Find information and application instructions at www.learnandserve.gov/for_organizations/funding/nofa.asp
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DISNEY MINNIE GRANTS AVAILABLE NOW FOR YOUTH SERVICE DAY PROJECTS
Youth Service America and Disney are offering the Disney Minnie Grants for youth across the globe. The grants of $500 are for youth (ages 5-14), or
the teachers, schools, and organizations that engage them, to implement community service projects on National & Global Youth Service Days, April 21-23, 2006. For the application and to find tools and resources regarding how to apply and win a grant, please go to: http://www.ysa.org/awards/award_grant.cfm#nowavailable or e-mail MinnieGrant@ysa.org. The postmark deadline is January
13, 2006.
CELEBRATE CIVIC LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP - MINI-GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR PEER TEACHING ABOUT CORE AMERICAN ISSUES
Youth for Justice, the national coordinated law-related education (LRE) consortium, invites 100 middle and high school classes across the United States to teach others about the fundamental ideas of American democracy through the Third Annual National Teach-In celebration of National & Global Youth Service Day and National Law Day. The first 100 classes to register will receive a mini-grant of $200
which may be used to buy materials to conduct their teach-in, provide law-related education resources for their class or school library, host a teach-in conference with another school, or donate to a school club or charity. The deadline to register is: January 31, 2006. For more information: http://www.ysa.org/awards/award_grant.cfm#nowavailable
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For more information, contact:
Jerry Finn, Program Manager (812) 923-2065
The Youth Philanthropy Initiative of Indiana (YPII)
32 East Washington Street, Suite 1100
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
317.715.6709, YPII@aol.com, www.YPIN.org
Do you have a story that you would like to submit for the E-Chronicle? Send your story to Sarah Geis at sgeis@indianagrantmakers.org |
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...growing lifelong philanthropists who give of their time, talent, and treasure for the common good.
Supporters of the Vision
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana, Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, Community Partnerships with Youth, Emmis Communications, Indiana Association of Cities and Towns Foundation, Indiana Association of School Principals, Indiana Association of United Ways, Indiana Dollars for Scholars, Indiana Grantmakers Alliance, Indiana Humanities Council, Indiana Pacers Foundation, Indiana Youth Services Association, Indiana Youth Institute, Indianapolis Colts, The Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis, Junior Achievement of Central Indiana, Inc.,
Leadership Fort Wayne, Legacy Fund Community Foundation, a CICF affiliate, Learning To Give-Indiana, Mary E. Ober Foundation, MCCOY, Moore Foundation, Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, South Madison Community Foundation Youth Commission, Y-Press, Youth As Resources/United Way of Central Indiana, Youth as Resources of Wayne County, YMCA of Greater Indianapolis, Youth Connections, and 4H Youth Development
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