Young people in our community want to make a difference, and YR’s Make A Difference Grants give them that opportunity! Individual youth or a group can apply for a grant of up to $750 for a youth-led community service project. A trained committee of students from the Teen Advisory Council screen the applications and submit them to the Board of Directors for final approval.
Youth involved in these service-learning grants reinforce their academic learning, build cognitive and social skills, develop future job skills, and increase their self-esteem. Most importantly, Make A Difference Grant recipients have fun volunteering while learning that they can make a profound difference in the lives of others in their community.
MAD grant funding is available to any school, church, business, service club, youth-serving agency, or nonprofit organization that works with youth from kindergarten through 12th grade who are interested in developing and implementing a youth-led community service project.
See the 2016-17 application for more details - available here and on the YR website!
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