Internships, Fellowships, Scholarships and Grants
State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants Available for Youth Service Day Projects
Deadline: October 17, 2005
With support from the State Farm Companies Foundation ( http://www.statefarm.com/foundati/citizenship.htm ), one hundred $1,000 grants are available from Youth Service America ( http://www.ysa.org/ ) for teachers, youth, and school-based service-learning coordinators to implement service-learning projects for National Youth Service Day, April 21-23, 2006 ( http://www.ysa.org/nysd/ ).
State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants enable youth and educators to bring the positive benefits of service-learning to more young people across America. Service-learning is a teaching method that combines meaningful service with curriculum or program-based learning. Schools and organizations use service-learning as a tool to help youth build stronger academic skills, foster civic responsibility, and develop leadership skills.
Applicants must be a certified teacher or professor who currently teaches in a public, private, faith-based, charter, or higher education institution within the fifty states or the District of Columbia; or be a school-based service-learning coordinator whose primary role is to coordinate service-learning projects in a school or university; or be a youth between the ages of five and twenty-five. Applicants must be U.S. residents.
Visit the YSA Web site for grant guidelines, application, and an FAQ.
