State Farm® Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants

From the Youth Service America website... deadline for applications is Nov. 9:

Youth Service America (YSA), a leader in the youth service and volunteer movement, will once again offer the State Farm® Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants to support projects that culminate on Global Youth Service Day, April 23-25, 2010. School and community educators across the United States and Canada (select provinces) can apply for up to $1,000 in funding for youth-led projects.

Service-learning is a teaching and learning strategy integrating meaningful community service with academic study and reflective practice to enrich learning, build civic engagement, and strengthen communities. State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning grant applicants are encourage to develop projects that launch on Martin Luther King Day of Service, January 18, 2010, and culminate on the weekend of GYSD, an annual campaign that celebrates and mobilizes the millions of children and youth who improve their communities each day of the year through service and service-learning.

Visit the YSA website to learn more and take an eligibility quiz.