FamilyFun Volunteers Contest

The entry deadline is November 30, 2009.

Do you and your kids volunteer to help others?

Tell FamilyFun and your family could win up to $5,000 to donate to the charity of your choice! With judging help from HandsOn Network, FamilyFun magazine and Disney are giving away four grand prizes of $5,000 and five first-place prizes of $500 to each winner¹s favorite charity.

Go to http://familyfun.go.com/magazine/2010-familyfun-volunteers-contest-797298/ for more information.

Summer of Service Grants

Applications are due on December 10, 2009

Summer of Service grants will support collaborative efforts to implement community-based service-learning projects during the summer months. Programs will engage middle school students (students who will be enrolled in grades 6 through 9 in the school year following the end of the summer) in community-based service-learning projects that are intensive, structured, supervised, and designed to produce identifiable improvements to the community. This opportunity should provide youth, particularly those from disadvantaged circumstances, with service-learning experiences that will motivate them to become more civically engaged and aspire to obtain higher education. Program participants must complete at least 100 hours of service within the summer program. For this competition, service activities should address environmental and/or disaster preparedness issues relevant to the community served.

For more information:
www.learnandserve.gov/for_organizations/funding/nofa_detail.asp?tbl_nofa_id=75

Prudential Spirit of Community Awards

Deadline is November 2, 2009.

The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program is the United States' largest youth recognition program based exclusively on volunteer community service. The program was created in 1995 by Prudential in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) to honor middle level and high school students for outstanding service to others at the local, state, and national level.

The program's goals are to applaud young people who already are making a positive difference in their towns and neighborhoods, and to inspire others to think about how they might contribute to their communities. Over the past 14 years, more than 260,000 young Americans have participated in the program, and nearly 90,000 of them have been officially recognized for their volunteer work.

For more information:
http://spirit.prudential.com/view/page

Improved Nutrition: Solutions through Innovation

Deadline for entry: November 25th, 2009

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and Ashoka’s Changemakers believe that good nutrition for the entire world’s population is within our reach. They are searching for the most innovative entrepreneurial ideas that will ensure all people have access to the vital nutrients and the critical information that will help them thrive. Here’s how you can take part in our competition, "Improved Nutrition: Solutions through Innovation:"

Nominate an innovative solution or organization.

Early entries, received by November 4th, will be eligible to win a digital camera.

For more information:
www.changemakers.com/en-us/nutrition

Nickelodeon’s The Big Green Grants program

Applications are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis throughout the year.

This program is a unique funding initiative that teams up kids and adults to help bring resources to their community. Each Green Grant will provide up to $5,000 for resources to schools and community-based organizations to support environmentally-friendly projects that educate and inspire kids to (1) take care of the environment; (2) be active and live healthier; and/or (3) engage in community service.

For more information:
www.bghevent.com/grant/index.htm

RePost: HEROES Grants Support Youth-Led Innovative Solutions to Childhood Obesity

Application Dealine: October 22, 2009

Educators, service-learning coordinators, and students in the health professions are eligible to apply for the UnitedHealth HEROES service-learning project grants. Service-learning is a teaching and learning strategy that combines meaningful service to the community with school-based curriculum or program-based learning.

Grant recipients will receive up to $1,000 in support for service-learning projects that focus on childhood obesity, engage youth ages 5-25 in the planning and implementation process, and take place during Semester of Service 2010 (MLK Day, January 18, to Global Youth Service Day, April 23-25).

How to Apply:

* Please begin by completing our Eligibility Quiz: www.cybergrants.com/pls/cybergrants/quiz.display_question?x_gm_id=3187&x_quiz_id=3018&x_order_by=1
* If you are eligible, you will be given access the application materials.