The Cavalier Daily :: Alternative Fall Break works with community nonprofits

The Cavalier Daily :: Alternative Fall Break works with community nonprofits: "Currently in its second year, the Alternative Fall Break program had a successful pilot year and anticipates an even greater turnout ahead. Started as a partner program to Alternative Spring Break, Alternative Fall Break provides University students with an opportunity to make something of their break and build connections within the local community."



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Kansas Group—Youth Making a Difference—Earns International Youth Philanthropy Award - About AFP - AFP

Kansas Group—Youth Making a Difference—Earns International Youth Philanthropy Award - About AFP - AFP: "Kansas Group—Youth Making a Difference—Earns International Youth Philanthropy Award
(Arlington, VA)  Youth Making A Difference (YMAD), a program of the South Central Community Foundation (SCCF) in Pratt, Kan., that involves engaging youth from seven counties in philanthropy and grant-making, has received the 2015 Bob Carter Companies Award for Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy, Group, given by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). "



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Meet the teenage chess champ who plays for charity—as a Jawa

Meet the teenage chess champ who plays for charity—as a Jawa: "his week, Stephen Eisenhauer starts high school. But few other ninth-graders can beat his summer vacation story: While the rest of us were grilling out for Labor Day, Eisenhauer donned a set of robes and glowing eyes and spent the weekend playing chess as Dragon Con's own Chess Jawa."



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Youth Making a Difference earn national award - News - Kiowa County Signal - Kiowa County, KS - Kiowa County, KS

Youth Making a Difference earn national award - News - Kiowa County Signal - Kiowa County, KS - Kiowa County, KS: "Youth Making a Difference will receive its honor at the second annual National Philanthropy Day® Honors event on Nov. 12th in New York City at the 92nd Street Y, a historic cultural center at 7:30 p.m.
For the past 12 years, 114 high school students have gone through the YMAD program, inviting grant applications, reviewing documents and making nearly $250,000 in grants to a wide variety of charities. In 2014 alone, 27 members reviewed 98 grant applications and awarded $26,000 to organizations in South Central Kansas."



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Youth Making a Difference receives national award - News - PrattTribune - Pratt, KS - Pratt, KS

Youth Making a Difference receives national award - News - PrattTribune - Pratt, KS - Pratt, KS: "outh Making A Difference (YMAD), a program of the South Central Community Foundation in Pratt, Kan., that involves engaging youth from seven counties in philanthropy and grant-making, has received the 2015 Bob Carter Companies Award for Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy, Group, given by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP)."



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