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Youth Philanthropy Initiative of Indiana
E-Chronicle of Youth Philanthropy
July 2006 |
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YP Jam 2006: iGive-iServe: The Dance of Community Action
You still have time to register! The Jam will be held at Franklin College on July 13-14, 2006. This year's Jam focuses on a variety of action-packed, highly motivational, and educational activities. The registration fee for each Youth Jam participant is only $75. Scholarships are available - please call Eileen Ryan for more information (317.630.5200).
Three cash awards will be offered to Indiana organizations doing outstanding youth community service. Download the YP Jam 2006 brochure (PDF) or call for printed brochures.
Online registration is encouraged at www.ypin.org
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Young Hoosier Philanthropist: Nikieia Fitzpatrick
When teen Nikieia Fitzpatrick recognized that younger children needed help reading, she started a Reading Club for youth in grades 2-4
at the Boys & Girls Club of Northwest Indiana. The program was so successful that it has now expanded from its original two days, to five days a week. Fitzpatrick, a student at Edison Jr./Sr. High School in Lake Station, Indiana, says, "I believe a strong impact was made by letting children's minds open to what the pages of a book contain. With this program they see that they're not just pages in a book, but a whole new world they haven't yet explored." Nikieia was a 2005 recipient of the Power of Children Award from the Children's Museum.
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Legacy Foundation YPC Awards Grants
After meeting for more than a year, the Youth Philanthropy Council of the Legacy Foundation recently awarded over $2,000
in its first round of grants to local non-profits in Lake County. The Youth Philanthropy Council is comprised of teens representing various Rotary Clubs in Lake County, and was initiated through fundraising efforts in matching funds with Moore Foundation/YPII Rotary Challenge Grant. For more information about this new program, contact Jan Smyth, program officer at www.legacyfoundationlakeco.org
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YouthNoise Presents New Website
YouthNoise has re-launched its website
and is offering greater depth, organization, and opportunities for young people to get active. YouthNoise is also compiling a repository of all the terrific service projects youth are creating, launching or completing, and will provide a searchable database of the projects so they may be replicated. Contact YouthNoise with your own great youth project, so everyone can see the great work this millennial generation is doing in Indiana!
Start-Up Funds for Sustainable Projects
Win up to $1,000 in start-up funds for National & Global Youth Service Day projects by joining the YSA Youth Venture program. Thirty awards of up to $1,000 in start-up funds will be available to young people (ages 12-20) who want to create innovative, new, sustainable and civic-minded organizations, clubs, or businesses ("ventures"). The deadline for applications is 5:00 p.m. EST on July 24th, 2006.
Visit YSA Youth Venture Funding for more information and to download an application.
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For more information about YPII, contact:
Jerry Finn, Program Manager
jfinn@ypin.org
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Eileen Ryan, Program Director
eryan@ypin.org
Youth Philanthropy Initiative of Indiana
32 E. Washington Street, Suite #1100
Indianapolis, IN 46204
www.ypin.org
317-630-5200 |
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Partner Network
The Youth Philanthropy Initiative of Indiana (YPII) is a network of over 40 organizations with the common goal of engaging youth in giving and serving. See a list of YPII's partners at www.ypin.org/partners.htm |
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