(NAME-MCE) Youth Leaders for Literacy Grants Available

[Christina Wessell Batcheler]

Youth Leaders for Literacy
 
Youth Leaders for Literacy is an initiative of the National Education
Association and Youth Service America to help youth direct their
enthusiasm and creativity into reading-related service projects. The NEA
will be awarding 20 grants of $500 each to youth-led literacy projects
that begin March 3, Read Across America Day and end April 25-27, Global
Youth Service Day. Go to www.nea.org/readacross/ volunteer/index.html
<http://www.nea.org/readacross/%20volunteer/index.html>  for more
information and to access the application.  Deadline: October 26, 2007.
 
-- Christina Wessell Batcheler
Christina Wessell Batcheler  -  Director of Communications 
Youth Service America (YSA) 
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Join Us: 
20th annual Global Youth Service Day in the United States events take
place April 25-27, 2008 - www.YSA.org/NYSD <http://www.ysa.org/NYSD> 
 
Internationally, Global Youth Service Day events take place in more than
100 countries April 25-27, 2008 - www.GYSD.org <http://www.gysd.org/>