Literacy Grants for Youth Leaders ages 5-25

Considering my background, there was no way I couldn't post this. Literacy is only becoming more important in our electronic, text (not just the kind you find on a phone) heavy world. Sometimes you'll only know a person by messages you read, and they'll only know you by the words you write in return. Do it well. - M

Posted on September 16, 2009	print e-mail ShareThis
Deadline: October 30, 2009

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

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 through 25, who offer innovative ways to increase literacy skills and appreciation for reading among their peers.

Youth Leaders for Literacy will award thirty young people from across the United States with grants of $500 each and $500 in books from thePearson Foundation. 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, which will launch on the 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, 2010.

Visit the YSA Web site for complete program information.

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Link to Complete RFP