Welcome to OCC Youth Service

Welcome to the OCC Youth Service Blog!
This blog will function to update you on youth service news, events, resources and information. It is also a way for those of us who are working with youth service in the K-16 levels to share ideas, programs and solutions.
For the first posting I would like to suggest some links to useful youth service websites and newsletters. If you have a favorite youth service site to share please feel free to post!
Thank you,
Jen

Resources;
http://servenet.org/
Includes The National Service Briefing, a newsletter outlining articles, news and events related to youth service. Here are some highlights;

YOUTH SERVICE AMERICA SEEKS PRESENTERS FOR THE 2007 YOUTH SERVICE INSTITUTE

Join Youth Service America in San Diego for the Youth Service Institute: “Surfing the Wave of Change” on December 12-14, 2007. The Youth Service Institute will focus on four target areas of service and service-learning success;

Addressing critical global issues through strategic service
Increasing the impact of youth service: effective methods
Engaging youth audiences not typically asked to serve (disadvantaged youth, youth with disabilities, younger children, and others)
Planning effective projects: the nuts and bolts
YSA is looking for presenters to share innovative and successful approaches that address one or more of these components. The Call for Presenters deadline is September 28, 2007. For the CFP, visit http://ysa.org/Portals/0/ysi/ysi07presenters.pdf. To learn more about the Institute, visit http://ysa.org/GYSD/YouthServiceInstitute/tabid/181/Default.aspx

AMPLIFY YOUTH VOICE BY ATTENDING A YOUTH NOISE SUMMIT

Youth Noise Summits are workshops for students including time to share skills, network, and have fun. Summits are free two-day events about creating grassroots change in local neighborhoods. High school and college students who are passionate about finding real solutions to local problems are invited to attend. This fall, summits will be held in San Francisco, San Jose, Minneapolis, and Orlando. To learn more, visit http://youthnoise.com/summit/?utm_source=noisenews&utm_medium=email_083007

Do you know a young hero who should be profiled in the National Service Briefing?

Nominate a young person between the ages of 5-25, who you think deserves to be profiled as a young hero. To submit a Young Heroes nomination, please send the name, age, city, and state of the young person you are nominating, as well as a brief description of their involvement in service to change their community. Self-nominations are accepted. Send nominations to nsbinfo@ysa.org with the subject line NOMINATION.

Grants

GRANTS TO SUPPORT SUMMER OF SERVICE ACTIVITIES

The Corporation for National and Community Service has announced the availability of up to $900,000 for grants to support summer of service activities. Summer of service activities are defined as high quality, supervised, volunteer activities in multiple locations during the summer (out-of-school) months. The participants will be middle school youth (typically 10 to 14 years old) from disadvantaged circumstances in urban and rural areas. The purpose of this competition is to stimulate new or expanded service-learning opportunities in the summer programming of youth-serving organizations that already serve large numbers of youth from disadvantaged circumstances at multiple sites. Service learning opportunities are designed so that the youth meet unmet needs in their communities. To learn more, visit http://www.cns.gov/for_organizations/funding/nofa_detail.asp?tbl_nofa_id=51

STATE FARM GOOD NEIGHBOR SERVICE-LEARNING GRANTS

With the generous support of the State Farm Companies Foundation, Youth Service America is offering the annual State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grant for youth across the United States and Canada (select provinces). These grants of up to $1,000 support youth (ages 5-25), teachers, or school-based service-learning coordinators in implementing service-learning projects for Global Youth Service Day 2008. To learn more, download an application and grant guidelines at http://www.YSA.org/awards or email Goodneighbor@ysa.org. The deadline to apply is October 16.