Rotary District 7500
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards
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Rotary District 7500 Rotary Youth Leadership Awards
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~Nicole Walstein, Theresa Salerno, Bridget Briscione~ Resources For additional information, please go to www.RYLA7500.org and click on Real World RYLA! American Red Cross: The Youth Office works to help students enhance self-reliance, develop concern for others, and make commitments to community service. Program themes include Volunteer Services, Leadership Development, Youth/Adult Partnerships, School-Based Partnerships, and International Awareness. Link: www.redcross.org/services/youth/edu/index.html AmeriCorps: AmeriCorps is a network of national service programs that engage more than 50,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet critical needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment. Members serve through more than 2,100 nonprofits, public agencies, and faith-based organizations. They tutor and mentor youth, build affordable housing, teach computer skills, clean parks and streams, run after-school programs, and help communities respond to disasters. Link: www.americorps.org
Boys and Girls State (American Legion/American Legion Auxiliary): The American Legion Boys State and American Legion Auxiliary Girls State are selective educational programs of government instruction for high school students. Each participant becomes a part of the operation of his local, county, and state government. Activities include legislative sessions, court proceedings, law enforcement presentations, assemblies, bands, chorus, and recreational programs. Link: www.legion.org/events/evt_bs.htm and www.legion-aux.org Camp Fire USA: Camp Fire USA is one of the Nation’s leading nonprofit youth development organizations, serving over 650,000 participants annually. They provide all-inclusive, coeducational programs in hundreds of communities across the United States. Their outcome-based programs include youth leadership, self-reliance, after-school groups, camping and environmental education, and child care. Link: www.campfire.org Habitat for Humanity: HFH is a nonprofit, nondenominational Christian housing ministry. HFH welcomes all people— regardless of race, religion, ethnicity or any other difference—to build simple, decent, affordable houses with those who lack adequate shelter. Link: www.habita.org Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership: This program enrolls understanding high school sophomores who meet with recognized leaders in business, government, science, education, and professions. Seminars take place at the community, state, and international levels. Participants are expected to provide at least 100 hours of service. Link: www.hoby.org The Institute of Youth Development: IYD is an organization dedicated to ensuring the best possible future for America’s children by promoting positive choices and behaviors. IYD is unique in its commitment to a comprehensive risk-avoidance message regarding major risk behaviors among youth: alcohol, drugs, sex, tobacco, and violence. Link: www.youthdevelopment.org Interact: This Rotary-sponsored service club gives young people ages 14-18 an opportunity to participate in fun, meaningful service projects while developing leadership skills and meeting new friends. Through service activities, Interactors learn the importance of: developing leadership skills and personal integrity; demonstrating helpfulness and respect for others; and advancing international understanding and goodwill. Link: www.rotary.org/programs/interact/index.html International Youth Foundation (IYF): IYF is working close to 70 countries and territories to improve the conditions and prospects for youth people where they live, learn, work, and play. IYF has helped millions of young people gain access to the life skills, education, job training and opportunities critical to their success. Link: www.iyfnet.org Junior State of America: Through school-based chapters, regional conferences, and academic summer programs, this student-run organizations helps youth learn how to actively participate in public affairs. Link: www.jsa.org Key Club (Kiwanis Educating Youth): Key Club is a coeducational service organization for high school students, organized and sponsored by local Kiwanis clubs. A self-governing organization, it elects its own officers, determines its own service activities, and establishes its own dues structure. Some objectives include: developing initiative and leadership; serving the school and community; and developing a more intelligent, aggressive and serviceable citizenship. Link: www.keyclub.org/index.htm National Honor Society: The National Honor Society (NHS) and National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) recognize outstanding high school and middle level students. More than just an academic honor roll, NHS, and NJHS honor those students who demonstrated excellence in the areas of leadership, service, and character (and citizenship for NJHS). School-based chapters often sponsor tutoring and other service activities. Link: www.dsa.principals.org.nhs Points of Light Foundation and the Volunteer Center National Network: The Foundation’s mission is to engage more people more effectively in volunteer service to help solve serious social problems. The Foundation works closely with the Volunteer Center National Network. These organizations, which are found in over 500 communities, match volunteer with community groups seeking help. Link: www.pointsoflight.org Students Against Destructive Decisions: SADD is a youth organization that promotes teen empowerment and uses peer influence to spread the message of positive decision-making. The SADD organization is comprised of thousands of high school and middle school chapters that embrace a “No Use” policy and help educate other students about potentially destructive decisions regarding underage drinking, impaired driving, drug use, violence and suicide. Link: www.saddonline.com United Nations Association of the United States of America: Model United Nations is an authentic simulation of the U.N. General Assembly and other multilateral bodies, catapulting students into the world of diplomacy and negotiation. Participants have to learn about international issues and then work with other “delegations” to try to solve them. Link: www.unausa.org YMCA Teen Leadership Programs (Youth and Government): YMCA programs help teens learn how to express themselves, come together for a common cause, and be active and informed citizens. Leaders Clubs involve teens in community service projects, and the Youth and Government programs involves students in hands-on activities that teach them about state government. Link: www.ymca.net/programs/teens/Teens.htm YouthActionNet: A dynamic website created by and for young people, YouthActionNet spotlights the vital role that youth play in leading positive change around the world. Launched in 2001, YouthActionNet serves as a virtual gathering place for young people looking to connect with each other – and with ideas for how to make a difference in their communities. Link: www.youthactionnet.org Youth Service America (YSA): YSA is a resource center that partners with thousands of organizations committed to increasing the quality and quantity of volunteer opportunities for young people in America, ages 5-25, to serve locally, nationally, and globally. YSA’s mission is to strengthen the effectiveness, sustainability, and scale of the youth service and service-learning fields. Link: www.ysa.org Youth Venture: Youth Venture helps to empower young people ages 12-20 by providing them all the tools necessary to create civic-minded organizations, clubs, or businesses. They strive to reach and support any young person nationwide who has a dream about how to make a difference and the dedication to make it happen. Link: www.youthventure.org Real World RYLA Tuesday, 9:00-10:00AM "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead "Yet the fact is that the society is not running itself nicely... because the rest of us need all the energy, brains, imagination and talent that young people can bring to bear down on our difficulties. For society to attempt to solve its desperate problems without the full participation of even very young people is imbecile." - Alvin Toffler "There’s a radical – and wonderful – new idea here… that all children could and should be inventors of their own theories, critics of other people’s ideas, analyzers of evidence, and makers of their own personal marks on the world. It’s an idea with revolutionary implications. If we take it seriously." - Deborah Meier
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