UnitedHealth HEROES (Deadline: October 22)

UnitedHealth HEROES (Deadline: October 22) UnitedHealth HEROES is a service-learning, health literacy initiative designed to encourage young people, partnering with schools and nonprofits, to create and implement local hands-on programs to fight childhood obesity. Educators, nonprofit leaders, and students are encouraged to apply for grants of up to $1,000 to engage youth in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Youth participants raise awareness around their work by culminating their service projects on Global Youth Service Day (GYSD), April 15-17, 2011, an international day of service that occurs in all 50 states and in more than 100 countries. Applications must be submitted online before midnight October 22, 2010. Grant recipients will be notified in December and January. To obtain an application, visit www.YSA.org/HEROES.

Youth Change Maker Award (Deadline: September 17)

Youth Change Maker Award (Deadline: September 17) Operation REACH's Gulfsouth Youth Action Fund, a youth philanthropy initiative that engages youth as leaders and empowers them with the resources to make strategic investments in their peers and their communities, is seeking nominations for the 2010 Youth Change Maker Awards. These prestigious awards honor outstanding young people, ages 7 through 25, who have shown exemplary leadership in recovery, education, entrepreneurship and community service initiatives in the Gulfsouth region. Self-nominations are accepted. Finalists will be recognized and winners announced during the Youth Change Maker Awards Dinner on October 16, 2010 in New Orleans. Each Youth Change Maker Award recipient will be honored with a $500 donation to a non-profit organization or project of his or her choice. The deadline for nominations is September 17, 2010 at 5:00pm. Forms can be downloaded atwww.operationreach.org.

Jay-Z Scholarship Foundation

Criteria:
In order to be considered for candidacy and remain eligible for the scholarship we ask that the following criteria be met:

• You must be a U.S. Resident
• You must provide proof of acceptance into any accredited post-secondary education institution.
• This includes and not limited to technical & vocational programs, community colleges and universities.
• You must maintain a 2.0 GPA.
• You must fulfill all community service requirements set by the guidelines of the foundation.
• It is required that you actively mentor recently accepted scholarship recipients upon completion of your first year in the program.

****Candidates can not knowingly be related to any Roc-A-Fella employees or any affiliates of Roc-A-Fella companies.

For more information or to make a tax deductable donation please contact:
Olga Goldovskaya, P.O. Box Radio City station, NY, NY 10019

Nestle Drumstick Heroes Contest (Deadline: September 15)

Nestle Drumstick Heroes Contest (Deadline: September 15) Nestle will highlight exceptional youth in communities across the country with the Drumstick Heroes contest. Fifty children between the ages of 6 and 17 are eligible to win a summer celebration package, complete with enough Nestle Drumstick Sundae Cones for a party of 50 friends. To nominate an outstanding child or teen, submit the completed entry form, along with a short story (150 to 300 words) describing why the individual deserves to be honored as a Drumstick Hero. All entries must be received by September 15, 2010. For details on this opportunity, please visit www.drumstick.com/promotions/heroes.aspx

State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants (Deadline: October 15)

State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants (Deadline: October 15)

State Farm is proud to team up with Youth Service America to offer grants of up to $1,000 for youth-led service-learning initiatives is all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and in the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Ontario, and New Brunswick. Eligible programs will engage youth in service-learning, an effective teaching and learning strategy that promotes student learning, academic achievement, workplace readiness, and healthy communities.

State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants encourage semester-long projects (following YSA's Semester of Service framework) that launch on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service (January 17, 2011) and culminate on Global Youth Service Day (April 15-17, 2011).

Eligible candidates include teachers, service-learning coordinators and students in a public school, or staff and youth in a community-based organization working with a public school.

YSA encourages all applicants to become familiar with the online application before beginning the request process. YSA wil host two application webinars, September 7 and October 7, for applicants to learn more about developing a successful project. To register, please email Amanda McDonald at amcdonald (at) ysa (dot) org.

Applications must be submitted by midnight, October 15, 2010. Learn more and access the application atwww.YSA.org/goodneighbor

UnitedHealth HEROES Service-Learning Grants (Deadline: October 22, 2010)

UnitedHealth HEROES Service-Learning Grants (Deadline: October 22, 2010)

Youth Service America and UnitedHealth Group are encouraging youth to create and implement programs around childhood obesity in their local communities.

UnitedHealth HEROES is a service-learning, health literacy initiative designed to encourage young people, partnering with schools and nonprofits, to create and implement local hands-on programs to fight childhood obesity. Educators, nonprofit leaders, and students are encouraged to apply for grants of up to $1,000 to engage youth in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Now in its third year, the UnitedHealth HEROES grants have funded 361 programs, engaged more than 20,000 youth, and contributed more than 436,000 volunteer hours. Youth participants raise awareness around their work by culminating their service projects on Global Youth Service Day (GYSD), April 15-17, 2011, an international day of service that occurs in all 50 states and in more than 100 countries.

Applications must be submitted online before midnight October 22, 2010. Grant recipients will be notified in December and January. To obtain an application, visitwww.YSA.org/HEROES.

Applicants can find additional information about the grant, service-learning, and childhood obesity atwww.YSA.org/HEROES, including "First Responders: Youth Addressing Childhood Obesity Through Service-Learning," a step-by-step manual that helps youths, parents, teachers, and other volunteers deploy YSA service-learning models to fight childhood obesity in their communities.