K.N.O.W.L.E.D.G.E. Youth Organization

Youth Leaders for Literacy Grants Available to Young Volunteers Who Inspire and Encourage Reading

(Deadline: October 30)

Youth Service America is partnering with the National Education Association to once again offer Youth Leaders for Literacy grants to children and youth, ages 5-25, who offer innovative ways to increase literacy skills and appreciation for reading among their peers. Youth Leaders for Literacy will award 30 young people from across the U.S. each with $500 grants and $500 in books from the Pearson Foundation. Youth can submit their applications through October 30, 2009. Successful projects will be youth-led and address an established literacy need in the applicant's school or community. The projects will follow the framework of YSA's Semester of Service initiative, launching on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service in January and culminating on Global Youth Service Day, April 23-25. An activity should also occur during the NEA's Read Across America Day on March 2. Begin the application by completing the eligibility quiz at: www.cybergrants.com/ysa/yll/quiz

New York Life Youth in Governance 4-H Club Project

          Congratulations! We are pleased and proud to notify you that K.N.O.W.L.E.D.G.E. Youth Organization has been accepted in the New York Life in Governance 4-H Club Project with Ohio State University Extension in Cuyahoga County. As you are aware, this is an exciting initiative that will provide our youth with tremendous learning opportunities that will assist them in developing into caring, confident and contributing citizens.