Funding Idea for youths wanting to help with Peak Oil Awareness

Submitted by nw_randallscott on July 5, 2006 - 12:00pm.

If any of you have kids or grand kids, here is an idea to get them money to help get the word out to other youths:

http://www.nea.org/grants/ythventure.html

Youth Venture Funding
Create a New, Civic-Minded Organization!

Get up to $1,000 in start-up funds for sustainable National & Global Youth Service Day projects by joining the YSA Youth Venture Program! The U.S. Department of Justice, Youth Service America (YSA), and Youth Venture, Inc. are teaming up to make every day National & Global Youth Service Day.

Thirty awards of up to $1,000 in start-up funds will be available to young people (ages 12-20) who want to create new, sustainable, and civic-minded organizations, clubs, or businesses (“ventures”). These ventures must be youth-led and designed to be a lasting asset to the community. YSA Youth Venture teams are required to plan a National & Global Youth Service Day project every year that their venture is operational.

Applications must be received by 5:00 p. m. EST on July 24, 2006. It is encouraged (but not required) that all applications be submitted electronically via e-mail.

For application help sheets and more information about YSA Youth Venture, please visit www.youthventure.org/ysa.

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Here is another

Submitted by nw_randallscott on July 5, 2006 - 12:01pm.

Community Service Projects: Climate Change
The Red, White & Green Youth Action Campaign

A new joint project of the nonprofit and nonpartisan Civil Society Institute and Youth Service America, is providing 60 grants for young people in the United States, ages 15-25, to create community service projects that address climate change.

The $500 grants will support young Americans as they develop their voice and impact public policy on the critical issue of climate change.

Applicants are expected to develop and implement a service-learning project about climate change that engages their community AND candidates running for election in November 2006. Projects should be youth-led, and the service must take place between October 1 and November 30, 2006.

Applications are accepted by airmail only and must be postmarked no later than Thursday, September 1, 2006.

For more information about the Red, White & Green Campaign, visit: www.redwhiteandgreen.org or www.ysa.org/awards.