Second Annual Governor's Conference on Service and Volunteerism
The Second Annual Governor's Conference on Service and Volunteerism, "Volunteers Building Strong Communities: Growth, Leadership, and Collaboration"  will be held October 6 and 7, 2004 at the Radisson Hotel City Centre in downtown Indianapolis.  The conference will be co-hosted with the Indiana Department of Education's Service Learning section, the Corporation for National and Community Service, and Indiana Campus Compact.  The registration fee for both days is $90. For further information and to register, please visit www.IN.gov/iccsv/.

Constitutional Rights Foundation's Robinson Mini-Grant Program (in honor of the late Maurice R. "Robbie" Robinson)
CRF will award mini-grants of up to $500 for K-12 service-learning projects designed to address serious community issues. Each of these superb projects addresses a larger social need, such as: poverty, hunger, environment, mentoring children and youth, crime and safety issues, and aging. Students will develop problem-solving skills which they can use later in life. They will also learn citizenship skills by practicing them. For additional information, please contact Katie Moore katie@crf-usa.org, Robinson Mini-Grant Program, Constitutional Rights Foundation, 601 South Kingsley Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90005, email: katie@crf-usa.org, (213) 316-2104, Fax (213) 386-0459.

Planning Team for 2005 YP Jam:
Are you interested in being an active member in shaping the 2005 YP Jam?  YPII is seeking volunteers to be members of the 2005 YP Jam Planning Team. Volunteering will involve attending approximately 2-3 statewide YPII meetings and attending the 2005 YP Jam. Please contact Jerry Finn at YPII@aol.com if you are interested.

The YP Jam is an exciting annual conference in which young people across the state learn and develop new ideas about addressing serious community needs.

     GRANTMAKERS = CHANGEMAKERS

Jennifer Zeisler will kick off the Indiana Grantmakers Alliance 2004 Fall Conference on September 15th with a dynamic message on....Grantmakers = Changemakers.

Jennifer has been involved in grantmaking since 1994 when she joined the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation as part of the Youth Advisory Committee (YAC). This joint effort between the Kellogg Foundation and the Council of Michigan Foundations, known as the Michigan Community Foundations' Youth Project (MCFYP), ignited the concept of youth grantmaking. Jennifer worked both at the local level and at the state level including leading the effort to change the state law regarding youth serving on Boards. For the past two years she has been involved with the Youth Philanthropy Initiative of Indiana and has worked at the Clowes Fund. Ms. Zeisler represents the change agents of the future.

COLTS "COMMUNITY ALL-STARS PROGRAM"

Colts and NFL Team Up to Provide Youth Volunteers with Service Grants

The Indianapolis Colts and the National Football League have joined forces to honor youth volunteer initiatives in the state of Indiana.  This program will supply assistance grants to individuals and/or youth groups who plan and execute a hands-on community enhancement or volunteer project. 

Indiana youth and/or youth groups can submit nominations for the award by visiting www.colts.com until October 15, 2004 at 5 p.m.  Nominations must be postmarked by October 13, 2004 and mailed to the Indianapolis Colts, Attn: Community All-Stars, 7001 W. 56th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46254.  A total of $5,000 in grants will be awarded.  Individual grant requests may not exceed $200.  Grants will be announced and awarded by November 15, 2004.

STATE FARM GOOD NEIGHBOR SERVICE-LEARNING GRANT

Youth Service America announces the availability of the State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grant to enable youth and educators to bring the benefits of service-learning to more people. One hundred grants of $1,000 each are available to teachers, youth (ages 5-25), and school-based service-learning coordinators to implement service-learning projects for National Youth Service Day, April 15-17, 2005, the largest service event in the world. The focus is to mobilize youth as leaders to identify and address the needs of their communities through service and service-learning, support youth on a lifelong path of service and civic engagement, and educate the public, the media, and policymakers about the year-round contributions of young people as community leaders.

Visit www.YSA.org/nysd to learn more about this grant, National Youth Service Day, and to find resources that will help you develop an outstanding NYSD project and prepare a quality grant application. The application deadline is October 18, 2004. To apply, go to: www.ysa.org/awards/partnerag/sf05/overview_parent.cfm.

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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.