UnitedHealth HEROES mini-grants

Mini-grants of up to $1000 are available for service-learning projects addressing childhood obesity.

UnitedHealthcare and Youth Service America are excited to offer the UnitedHealth HEROES service-learning grant program for youth-led community education projects in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Tennessee, and in the following specific areas: selected counties of South Florida, Illinois (Chicagoland and Peoria), and New York (Long Island, New York City, and Syracuse).

We encourage semester-long projects that launch in February, and celebrate Global Youth Service Day, April 24-26, 2009.

Deadline: January 15, 2009.

Learn more about eligibility and the application process at servenet.org.