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December 20, 2012
GREAT NEWS! YSA will serve as a national partner in Lady Gaga's Born Brave Bus Tour, January-March 2013. Throughout the Born Brave Bus Tour, local Global Youth Service Day representatives will spotlight our shared belief that youth...
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December 19, 2012
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December 17, 2012
It brings me so much comfort and joy during this holiday season knowing that the next few weeks will be filled with families, groups of friends, and communities all over the world honoring holiday traditions. My extended family and I will be...
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December 10, 2012
Editors Note: This blog entry was submitted on behalf of YSA's VP of Education, Susan Abravanel.
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November 15, 2012
In just two years, YSA and Sodexo Foundation have engaged more than 50,000 young people in service that benefited a million people around the issue of childhood hunger. They organized smart, innovative community service projects, and systemic,...
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November 8, 2012
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November 8, 2012
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, hunger and homelessness, now more than ever, will be on many of our minds this Thanksgiving season. Since 1985 the National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Student Campaign Against...
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October 18, 2012
YSA is proud to announce the 2012 Harris Wofford Award Winners: Shaun Verma, Joshua Johnson, Houston Mayor Annise Parker, Cities of Service and TIME &TIME for Kids. Presented at the ninth annual Youth Service Institute (YSI) and sponsored by...
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October 10, 2012
Footage and news segment courtesy of Teen Kids News. www.teenkidsnews.com.
Editor's note: Guest blogger Ben Baxter is a student at Bernardsville Middle School in Morristown, New Jersey. As a recipient of a Sodexo Foundation Youth Grant, he led his...
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September 30, 2012
Editor's note: This blog was submitted by YSA Education Manager Sarah Guy.
This past summer was filled with some of my best summer reading in a while: Maya Angelou’s Heart of a Woman, my first rereading of To Kill a Mockingbird since 6th...
