gysd 2011 prelim report

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Presenting Sponsor

Preliminary Report


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Thank You to YSAs Sponsors!


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Global Youth Service Dayrecognizes and celebrates the contributions

children and youth, ages 5-25,make to their communities 365 days a year.

Each year in April, millions of youngpeople around the world lead and

participate in service projects.

They work with families, schools,community and faith-based

organizations, and businesses toimprove communities.


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Links Days of Service

9/11 Day of ServiceMLK Day of ServiceGlobal Youth Service Day

Focuses on importance of

Duration and Intensityby engaging students for

at least 70 hours

over several weeks or months

Connects

academic learningwithmeaningful

community issues

Follows IPARD/C

service-learning process:Investigation, Preparation & Planning, Action

Reflection, Demonstration/Celebration


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StrongerCommunities

StrongerCommunities

Community

Need

Community

Need

Academic EngagementWorkforce Readiness

Academic EngagementWorkforce Readiness

Teaching

and Learning

Teaching

and Learning


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GYSD 2011 by the Numbers2,500+ projects

and eventsregistered onGYSD.org from50 states, DC

and102 countries

50+ Global Partners

10 Regional Partners

65 Country Partners

160+ U.S. National Partners

100+ U.S. Lead Agencies &Lead Organizers

53,000 uniquevisitors to GYSD.org

167% year-to-yearincrease in GYSD

Facebook likes


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U.S. States & Countries withHighest Number of Projects

Top 10 Countries Hungary (106 projects) Kyrgyzstan (72 projects)

Lebanon (24 projects) Kenya (22 projects) Cameroon (19 projects)

Mongolia (19 projects) Pakistan (14 projects) Nigeria (12 projects) Uganda (11 projects) Ghana (10 projects)

Top 10 U.S. States Minnesota (173 projects) Texas (167 projects)

Pennsylvania (119 projects) Michigan (107 projects) Ohio (97 projects)

California (87 projects) Louisiana (65 projects) Virginia (58 projects) Iowa (56 projects) Arizona (53 projects)


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YSA Grants Exceed $1 MillionAnnually for First Time

$1,007,290 in YSA Grants were distributed to

821youth, schools and organizations

who engaged at least

436,339 youth volunteers on GYSD (and counting!)


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Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants125 $1,000 grants supported

service-learning projects in K-12 public schools

that engaged at least 20,275 youth volunteers.

Abington, PA Senior High School studentstaught participants from 12 area highschools about global water challenges andhow to save water in their own communities.

Hardwick, VT Union High School studentsworked with county and district legislators todraft and introduce legislation restrictingadults from smoking in a vehicle where

youth under age 17 are present.

Dolbie, TX Middle School studentsin the Communities in SchoolsService Club mentored 3rd gradersat a nearby elementary school.


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GYSD Lead Agency Grants79 $2,000 grants supported

citywide or statewide coordination of GYSD


Oregon Volunteers, Montana Governors

Office of Community Service, ServeNebraska, Iowa Commission on VolunteerService, Michigan Community ServiceCommission, and Louisiana Serve

Commission all ran mini-grant programs tosupport projects across their states.

NYC Service partnered with Up2Us to host a

Young People's Leadership Summit where600 youth participated in a day of service-learning and team building.

The Minnesota Alliance With Youthhosted a GYSD celebration withentertainment and on-site serviceprojects at the Mall of America.


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UnitedHealth HEROES Grants

333 $500 or $1,000 grants supported

childhood obesity projects that engaged

at least 83,853 youth volunteers.

Camp Gator organized a mentoringprogram pairing University of Floridastudent-athletes with at-risk children.

Students in After School All StarsHawaii organized a HealthyCooking Show and lesson plan to

present to elementary students.

Youth from Kid Power Inc. inWashington, DC connected

environmental science withgardening and health through aCitizen Farm project.


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Sodexo Lead Organizer & Youth Grants

10 $2,000 Lead Organizer grants

and 25 $500 Youth grants

supported childhood hunger awareness projects

that engaged at least 6,199 youth volunteers.Pillsbury United Communitiesorganized a multicultural food driveto collect culturally relevant food for

two food shelves in Minneapolis thatserve a diverse population.

Youth from the Kentucky YMCA YouthAssociation visited one of severalcommunity agencies, learned about the

organization and its hunger programs,and served on-site.


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Disney Friends For Change Grants50 $500 grants supportedwaste, habitat, climate, and water projects


Galesburg-Augusta PrimarySchool students in Galesburg,

MI helped clean a swamp torestore the watershed neartheir school after an oil spill lastyear in the Kalamazoo River,one of the largest oil spills everin the Midwest.

Youth in Turkeydressed up as water

droplets and handedout fliers to raiseawareness about theimportance of waterconservation in theircommunity.


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STEMester of ServiceGrants

35 grants up to $5,000 supported teachers who engaged atleast 3,482 middle school students in STEM classes

improving the environment or disaster preparedness.

Students at the DetroitService Learning Academy

created a program to provide200 elderly individuals withblackout kits so they will besafe and prepared during

frequent power outages.

Students at Lincoln IB WorldSchool in Fort Collins, CO

researched uranium mining. Usingwater quality data collected fromthe Cache la Poudre River, theydetermined the effects of miningand facilitated a ConversationCaf session to engage and informmembers of the community.


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MLK-Semester of ServiceLead Organizer Grants13 $3,000 grants supported

citywide or statewide coordination of

MLK Day and GYSD as part of a Semester of Service.

Students in Cleveland, OH worked with theNeighborhood Leadership Institute to host 15"fireside chats" in neighborhood centersthroughout the city on MLK Day to help

identify issues and projects for their Semesterof Service.

For MLK Day, the YMCA of GreaterCincinnati hosted a youth leadershipforum for students from five areahigh schools to kick-off a Semester

of Service utilizing the Fulfill theDream leadership curriculum.


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GYSD Regional Partner Grants

10 $5,000 grants supported

regional coordination of Global Youth Service Day

and engaged at least192,000 youth volunteers in 102 countries.

Foundation for Democratic Youthorganized 200 Global Youth ServiceDay projects in Hungary, engaging29,156 youth volunteers insubstantive projects that addressed

various issues includingenvironmental conservation, care forthe elderly and disabled, hunger andhomelessness, and engaging

orphans and youth in the juvenilejustice system.

In South America, 5,654 universitystudents from Argentina, Bolivia,Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Haiti,Honduras, Mexico Nicaragua,Panama, Paraguay, Peru, theDominican Republic, and Uruguaybuilt 1,253 emergency transitionalhousing units with Un Techo Para MiPais for low-income families who have

lost their homes as a result of naturaldisasters.


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Youth Leaders for Literacy Grants

Youth in Stevens Point, WI partneredwith Literacy for Little Ones, a readingproject at St. Michaels Hospital

serving approximately 700 newbornsand their parents annually. Eachnewborn at the hospital received abook package that includes one babybook and a letter encouraging parents

to read to their newborn, as well astips on reading to babies.

30 grants of $500 supported

literacy and reading projects that

engaged at least 4,388 youth volunteers,

starting on Read Across America Day.

Students in FortWayne's UrbanLeagues Urban

Teen Readersprogram read tofour pre-k/kindergartenclassrooms on a

weekly basis forfive weeks.


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Special Olympics Get Into It Grants22 grants of $500 to $2,000 supported projects

addressing childhood obesity co-led by

students with disabilities and students without disabilities.After-School All-Stars LasVegas hosted a sports clinic inwhich All-Star students werepaired with Special Olympicsparticipants and completed afitness activities led by studentathletes from the University of

Nevada-Las Vegas.

The "Meet-in-the-Middle"group of special education andgeneral education students at

Dueitt Middle School in Spring,TX organized a fitness flashmob encouraging students toget fit and taught youth in other

schools how to stay healthy byplaying video games.


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YSA Resources

Semester of Service Calendar &Semester of Service Strategy Guide

13,000 calendars distributed 9,000 printed SOS Guides distributed 5,000 SOS Guides downloaded

Global Youth Service Day Poster &Global Youth Service Day Toolkit

21,000 posters distributed 14,600+ GYSD Toolkits downloaded


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Special PartnershipsJoint Days of Service


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GYSD Government Outreach


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GYSD Government OutreachGYSD U.S. Senate Resolution

Senate Resolution 156 Designates April 15-17, 2011 asGlobal Youth Service Day

Introduced by Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) 10 Original Co-Sponsors

9th year GYSD resolution introduced in Senate

GYSD U.S. House Resolution House Resolution 210

Supports the goals & ideals ofGlobal Youth Service Day

Introduced by Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) 16 Original Co-Sponsors

3rd year GYSD resolution introduced in House

Governor ProclamationsAlabamaAlaskaArizona

ArkansasDistrict of Columbia

FloridaGeorgia

Iowa

IllinoisMaryland

MississippiMissouri

MinnesotaMontanaNebraska

New HampshireOregon

PennsylvaniaSouth Carolina

TexasVermont

WisconsinWest Virginia


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GYSD In the News

Bloomberg Business Week TIME for Kids

Indianapolis Star Washington DC Examiner Arizona Daily Star Reuters Los Angeles Times Newsday

Newark Star-Ledger Raleigh News-Observer Richmond Times-Dispatch Lexington Herald-Leader Wichita Eagle

The State Columbia, SC Virginian-Pilot Norfolk, VA Dallas ABC-TV Dallas CBS-TV Atlanta NBC-TV Houston FOX-TV

Las Vegas FOX-TV ESPN

Hundreds of newspapers, blogs, TV, and radio stationscovered GYSD, including:


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Special GYSD Events

Miss America 2011,Teresa Scanlan,

participated in aUnitedHealthHEROES GYSDproject in Queens,appearing on Fox &

Friends and WPIX-TV(NYC CW affiliate).

Former President Bill Clinton keynoted a GYSDevent at the Clinton Presidential Library in LittleRock, AR hosted by City Year Little Rock / NorthLittle Rock, Little Rock Serves (a Cities of Service

program and a GYSD Lead Agency), and theAlliance for a Healthier Generation.


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Whats Next?

GYSD 2011 Final ReportReleased by July 1

The GYSD 2011 Final Reportwill include:

Detailed program summaries including scale and diversity

measures, youth outcomes, and community outcomes

State-by-state summaries featuring participating

organizations and highlights

Country-by-country summaries featuring participatingorganizations and highlights


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Whats Next?

Global Youth Service DayApril 20-22, 2012

Global Youth Service DayApril 15 17, 2011

9/11 Day of ServiceSeptember 11, 2011

King Day of ServiceJanuary 16, 2012

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