President's Environmental Youth Award

President's Environmental Youth Award

Deadline: March 1

Each year the PEYA program honors a wide variety of projects developed by young individuals, school classes (kindergarten through high school), summer camps, public interest groups, and youth organizations to promote environmental awareness. Up to two winners will be selected from each of 10 regions - one for Grades K-5 and one for Grades 6-12. Each award-winning project will receive a Presidential plaque.

FCYO Learning and Exchange Fund

FCYO Learning and Exchange Fund

Deadline: February 6

The FCYO Learning and Exchange Fund will award small grants to youth organizing groups for learning opportunities with peer organizations and/or social justice strategy/training consultants that will strengthen organizational capacity and support the development of relationships among youth organizers

C-SPAN 2017 StudentCam Competition

C-SPAN 2017 StudentCam Competition

Deadline: January 20

StudentCam is C-SPAN's annual national video documentary competition that encourages students to think critically about issues that affect our communities and our nation. This year students in grades 6-12 are asked to create a short (5-7 minute) video documentary on a topic related to the new 2017 competition theme, "Your Message To Washington: What is the most urgent issue for the new president and Congress to address in 2017?" C-SPAN will award prizes to 150 student documentaries, and 53 teacher advisors.

AFS Project: Change Travel Scholarships

AFS Project: Change Travel Scholarships

Deadline: January 17

Tell AFS-USA your idea for a volunteer project that could have a meaningful impact abroad. Get votes from your family and friends on your idea, and you could win one of 10 full scholarships to spend 2 weeks with AFS making the winning project come to life. All U.S. 8th to 12th grade students are eligible to enter.

Martin Luther King DAY volunteer

NEWS FROM THE FIELD

MLK Day of Service: January 16, 2017 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service is Monday, January 16, 2017. It is the only federal holiday observed as a national day of service - a "day on, not a day off" - and is an opportunity for people from all walks of life to work together to help solve our most pressing problems. You can learn about the day, get planning tools & resources, register your event, and more at www.MLKDay.gov MLK Day is the recommended kick-off event for a Semester of Service that continues through Global Youth Service Day in April. Semester of Service is one of YSA's programs for schools to authentically and meaningfully engage students and help them learn, lead, and achieve through service. Learn more and get your free resources - including the Semester of Service Teacher Toolkit - at www.YSA.org/semester 7 Ideas for MLK Day of Service 2017 Sign up to receive daily challenges to strengthen your community during DoSomething.org's National Week of Action January 16-21. Use the day to celebrate National Mentoring Month. Honor mentors in your community, recruit new mentors, provide training to mentoring programs or encourage mentor pairs to serve together. Host a Sunday Supper to encourage people to share a meal and discuss issues that affect their communities, to increase racial and cultural understanding, and to promote unity. Help your students understand Dr. King's vision with free, easy-to-use resources created by the Corporation for National and Community Service and Scholastic. Find a volunteer opportunity in your community to join. Reuse your boxes from all your online shopping for the holidays, or any other cardboard box you may have, to donate your unwanted household items. Visit GiveBackBox.com to generate and print a label to mail your donations to Goodwill for free. Disney, ABC and First Book invite you to join the fourth annual "Magic of Storytelling" campaign between now and March 31 to share the magic of books with kids in your community.

Apply for a Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation Youth Grant

                          

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Apply for a Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation Youth Grant   Did you know that 1 in 5 children in America are at risk of hunger? This is a problem that can be solved, with your help! YSA and Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation are looking for 125 of the most innovative and sustainable ideas from young people across the United States about how they can help end childhood hunger in their communities. If you have an idea to end childhood hunger in your community, apply for a $400 Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation Youth Grant by January 15 to help bring your idea to life during Global Youth Service Day in April.

Apply for a Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation Youth Grant by 1/15!

Miss the Dec. 13 North Branch meeting? Check out the summary

Greetings, The Department of Planning and Development just posted a summary of the community meeting that took place on Dec. 13, 2016, regarding Mayor Rahm Emanuel's Industrial Corridor Modernization Initiative in North Branch.Click here to view the summary (PDF). DPD will offer another update when the next meeting date is finalized. Please contact DPD@cityofchicago.org with any questions. Thank you. Department of Planning& Development, City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle St. #1000, Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 744-4190 website