Global Youth Service Day (GYSD)

April 21-27, 2008

United Way 2-1-1 would like to invite you to get your students involved with helping others. 

United Way 2-1-1 is hosting our 7th Annual Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) - a week that promotes service among youth.  GYSD is the largest service event in the world!  The goal of GYSD is to mobilize youth to identify and address the needs of their communities through service, recruit the next generation of volunteers, and educate the public about the year-round contributions young people make as community leaders.  Over the past 19 years, GYSD has brought together more than 31 million youth through service in over 100 countries worldwide. Last year alone, over 500 students in Larimer County made a difference in their communities by serving in GYSD projects!  Help us make sure the youth in our community are represented again this year!

Global Youth Service Week will take place from Monday, April 21 through Sunday, April 27, 2008.  United Way 2-1-1 is looking for youth and educators interested in taking part in organizing a service project at some point that week.  Participants can work within their schools or connect with local organizations to tackle problems they see in their community.  

**Please register your projects with us so that we can recognize that contributions you are making in our community.

• Click here for the GYSD Project Registration Form 

N&GYSD Project Planning Resources & Tools

• GYSD Project Ideas

• Click here to download a free GYSD Planning Toolkit

• Service-Learning Project Examples for Elementary School

• Service-Learning Project Examples for Middle School

• Service-Learning Project Examples for High School

• Sample Service-Learning Projects

• Search the National Youth Leadership Council database of service-learning projects

Join SCIT's Global Youth Service Day Project

The Student Community Involvement Team (SCIT) of United Way of Larimer County is organizing a youth volunteer day on Saturday, April 26 from 9am-12:30pm.  Youth ages 12-18 are encouraged to participate.  Sign-up to volunteer with your peers at a local nonprofit.  Participating agencies include Catholic Charities Northern and the Lee Martinez Farm. All participants will receive free breakfast, lunch and a commemorative t-shirt.

To register please contact Julie Phillips at (970) 407-7054 or jphillips@uwaylc.org.

Attend a Screening of Invisible Children

The Student Community Involvement Team (SCIT) of United Way of Larimer County has organized two screenings of the film Invisible Children to celebrate the global nature of this service event. 

Monday, April 21 - 7:00pm (doors open at 6:30pm)

Harmony Library

4616 S. Shields, Fort Collins

Suggested donation - $5

Monday, April 28 - 7:00pm (doors open at 6:30pm)

Lyric Cinema Cafe

300 E. Mountain, Fort Collins

Suggested donation - $5

For more information about Invisible Children go to www.invisiblechildren.com

For more information about the events listed above or general questions about Global Youth Service Day please contact:

Julie Phillips

Volunteer Center Specialist

(970) 407-7054

jphillips@uwaylc.org