2005 YP Jam: Building Leaders for Life
Plan ahead and bring a team of youth and adults to the 2005 YP Jam: Building Leaders for Life, July 6-7, 2005 at Franklin College. This exciting and dynamic first class event will help grow young leaders and active citizens who give time, talent and treasure for the common good. If you have suggestions for workshops, speakers, or activities, please send them to ypii@aol.com.

National Philanthropy Day, November 15, 2004
We hope you will choose to be active in celebrating this year's National Philanthropy Day, and we encourage you to work with other organizations in your community to promote it. The philanthropic community is strong yet varied, and each individual voice is equally important on this day of recognition and reflection.

These activities are planned for Philanthropy Day in Indianapolis:
3:45 - 5:00 p.m. Philanthropy Week Kickoff
Join leaders from the government, corporate and nonprofit sectors for a reception and presentation, as we kick off Philanthropy Week in Indiana and celebrate National Philanthropy Day.
One America Tower, Main Floor Auditorium
(Formerly AUL -- Illinois St. at Ohio)
200 North Illinois Street
Reservations are NOT necessary and the event is open to the public. 

The 2004 Philanthropy Awards Dinner - "Recognizing Giving Hearts" (presented by the Indiana Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals)
5:30 p.m. Reception; 6:30 p.m. Dinner and Awards
Indiana Roof Ballroom, Indianapolis
See the brochure (pdf) for additional information about this event and for registration information.

$$$ Dollar Drives and Fund Development! $$$
The Dollar Drive is an excellent way to involve young people in giving, create synergy and recognition around youth giving and making a positive difference in local communities. It is a campaign encouraging every youth in a community to give a dollar to causes they care about. Dollar Drive materials can be downloaded from our Web site. If you would like a printed copy of the Dollar Drive Toolkit, please email ypii@aol.com. If you are interested in establishing a Dollar Drive, YPII will come to your community to offer training on how to establish one. To request Dollar Drive training, please contact ypii@aol.com.

WIN UP TO $1,000 IN START-UP FUNDS FOR SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE DAY PROJECTS BY BECOMING A "YSA YOUTH VENTURER"
Youth Service America and Youth Venture are teaming up again to further strengthen the youth service movement. In conjunction with National Youth Service Day, April 15th-17th 2005, funding will be offered to enable young people to engage in community service and make a difference in their world every day. Ten awards of up to $1,000 in start-up funds will be available to young people (ages 12-20) who want to create sustainable new, civic-minded organizations, clubs or businesses ("Ventures").

Applications are available at www.youthventure.org. Applications must be received by 12:00 PM on November 22, 2004.

NEW PUBLICATION PROMOTES YOUTH PHILANTHROPY
The Center for Youth as Resources (CYAR) has partnered with the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) to publish a new booklet entitled Making Change for the Better: The Importance of Youth Giving. The booklet will be officially released in honor of National Philanthropy Day, scheduled for November 15th. YPII will have copies available for those in Indiana who would like them.  If you have questions about the booklet, contact Shuan Butcher at sbutcher@cyar.org or 202-261-4131.

18TO35.ORG'S NEW ACTION CENTER AND NEW LOOK
www.18to35.org has a revamped Web site and a new Action Center. www.18to35.org is the policy research arm of America's youth movement. The Action Center provides updates on the site and via email on the state and federal policies that affect 18-35 year olds.

www.18to35.org is a non-profit, non-partisan policy organization dedicated to engaging young adults in the political process. In short, 18to35 gets out the voice of young adults. For more information, visit: http://www.18to35.org

TRAINING DOLLARS SOUGHT
YPII is inviting any grantmakers to help underwrite trainings across Indiana that promote giving and serving.  YPII receives requests regularly to help provide trainings to local community organizations around the various topics of youth philanthropy: setting up a youth philanthropy program, Youth Philanthropy 101, Fund development, Endowment building, etc.  We are always working to raise dollars for trainings so that we can meet more training requests.

Are you interested in providing funds for trainings?  Do you have any leads on who we might contact for training dollars?  Your generosity would be most appreciated.  If you have information, please contact Eileen Ryan at eryan@ypin.org or call (317) 630-5200.

See www.ypin.org to learn about upcoming youth events.

2004 ELECTION: THE LATEST POLLING DATA ON YOUNG VOTERS
According to CIRCLE's analysis of the latest polling data, young people's interest in this year's presidential election was at its highest since 1992. Additionally, there are approximately 41 million eligible 18-29 year old voters in 2004 making up one-fifth of the voting eligible population; this includes 28 million 18-25 year olds. Since 2000, 14 million young people have turned 18 and are now eligible to vote. Download CIRCLE's new Fact Sheet "The 2004 Presidential Election and Young Voters" from http://www.civicyouth.org. 
 
The 2004 election had high youth turnout.

• 4.6 million more 18-29 year olds voted than in 2000.
• Youth turnout was up 9 percentage points.

For more information, read the CIRCLE's Release on Youth Voting in 2004, which can be downloaded from http://www.civicyouth.org.

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For more information, contact:
Jerry Finn (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

...growing lifelong philanthropists who give of their time, talent, and treasure for the common good.

Supporters of the Vision
Center for Youth as Resources, Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, Clowes Fund, Community Foundation of Southern Indiana, Community Partnerships with Youth, Emmis Communications, Indiana Association of School Principals, Indiana Association of United Ways, Indiana Commission on Community Service and Volunteerism, Indiana Dollars for Scholars, Indiana Grantmakers Alliance, Indiana Humanities Council, Indiana Youth Institute, Indiana Pacers Foundation, Indiana Association of Cities and Towns Foundation, Indiana Youth Commission for Service and Leadership, Indiana Youth Services Association, Indianapolis Colts, The Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis, Johnson County Youth Services Bureau, Legacy Fund of Hamilton County a CICF affiliate, Marion County Commission on Youth, The Mary E. Ober Foundation, Moore Foundation, Women's Fund of Central Indiana a CICF Fund, Youth As Resources-United Way of Central Indiana and 4-H/Youth Development.