Play plants seed of giving

Play plants seed of giving: "elling entertaining tales to youngsters aged five to 12 is what Story Theatre does best, and now artistic director Jim Leard has created a new play for small fry -with a big theme.

The Victoria company, which has specialized in delivering fables, fun and frolics to kids for the past 30 years, calls the new show Stepping Up, inspired by the idea of philanthropy and volunteering."

Jax Girl Collects Shoes To Help Japan - Jacksonville News Story - WJXT Jacksonville

Jax Girl Collects Shoes To Help Japan - Jacksonville News Story - WJXT Jacksonville: "JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Usually during spring break, kids spend time at the beach or playing with their friends, but one local girl is doing something much greater, she is collecting shoes for earthquake victims in Japan.

Six-year-old Midori Matsushima wanted to do something to help the people of Japan, and while she was doing it, she wanted to get others involved, too."

Delta Hospice helps youth learn about philanthropy

Delta Hospice helps youth learn about philanthropy: "Since 2007, the Delta Hospice Society has been pleased to support local students learning about philanthropy as part of the Toskan Foundation's Youth Philanthropy Initiative.

The initiative challenges Grade 10 students to engage in creating social change and growing compassionate communities."

�3000 boost for The Bungalow thanks to Youth Philanthropy Initiative - Local Headlines - Mearns Leader

�3000 boost for The Bungalow thanks to Youth Philanthropy Initiative - Local Headlines - Mearns Leader: "A STONEHAVEN care home has received a welcome funding boost, thanks to the efforts of three community-minded Mackie Academy pupils.

Fifth year students Arran Shoker, James Duncan and Joshua Myers formed the winning team in the school’s 2011 Youth Philanthropy Initiative (YPI), a scheme launched three years ago to encourage youngsters to engage with charities in their area and make a positive contribution to the community."

Lockport students help feed hungry Will Co. seniors - Herald News

Lockport students help feed hungry Will Co. seniors - Herald News: "LOCKPORT — Students at St. Dennis School collected enough money last week to provide meals to three seniors for an entire year through the Meals on Wheels program."

NYU alternative break trips continue tradition of service abroad | NYU's Daily Student Newspaper

NYU alternative break trips continue tradition of service abroad | NYU's Daily Student Newspaper: "A group of NYU students made their way on an 10-hour trip to Punta Gorda, Belize, for a ProWorld experiential learning trip. On the day of their arrival, locals welcomed them with dancing and music, a fitting introduction to a week spent teaching topics such as diversity and conflict resolution to high school and middle school students and building septic tanks. In their downtime, the NYU group spent some time soaking in the sun on beautiful Sea-Glass Beach."

High School Group Honored with International Youth Philanthropy Award | PNNOnline.org

High School Group Honored with International Youth Philanthropy Award | PNNOnline.org: "The Minnesota Student Energy Project, a group created by students to raise awareness of energy conservation and reduce energy consumption at their high school, is the recipient of the 2011 Changing Our World/Simms Award for Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy, Ages 5-17, presented by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP)."

Growing Younger: Youth Recruitment in an Aging Nonprofit Sector

Growing Younger: Youth Recruitment in an Aging Nonprofit Sector: "A rapidly aging Canadian workforce, coupled with a decline in birth rates, creates a looming challenge for employers across job sectors — that of replacing retirees.

In the nonprofit world, where limited funds and job insecurity are inevitable, the mean age of employees has reached an unparalleled 43.3. Despite increased competition among young graduates in the workforce, recruiting young staff for nonprofits has become particularly difficult — and exceedingly pressing.

Last summer the HR Council for the Nonprofit Sector released a report entitled Growing Younger: Tapping into the Talents of Early Career Employees, which examined the dearth of young people applying to nonprofits. It cited a 2009 Ipsos Reid study that found only 2% of the 16 to 27-year-old Canadians surveyed viewed the nonprofit sector as a desirable field."

Ferbane student to embark on Calcutta charity work - Community - Offaly Express

Ferbane student to embark on Calcutta charity work - Community - Offaly Express: "Together he and his team will provide over 30,000 hours of service through a ten week programme in India and Kenya. They will provide teaching assistance to over 100 teachers improving the education of over 2,000 children in the developing world. Justin will be a member of the team travelling to the DAS (Development Action Society) training centre in South East Kolkata (Calcutta)."

Nonprofit Asks Local Teens to Showcase Their Good Deeds - Naperville, IL Patch

Nonprofit Asks Local Teens to Showcase Their Good Deeds - Naperville, IL Patch: "Giving DuPage is kicking off its first video contest and encouraging teenagers to share their love for volunteerism on camera. Students can submit videos through April 8 explaining why they volunteer, where they volunteer and what they like about it."

BHS girl named Young Philanthropist of the year | Bermuda NEWS

BHS girl named Young Philanthropist of the year | Bermuda NEWS: "BHS student Mariangela Bucci has been named the 2011 Young Philanthropist of the year for her work in the community.

Both her school and her mother nominated the 17-year-old student who has worked heavily with environmental group Greenrock, where she initiated the Green Harvest Project."

Young Missoula philanthropists aid Brazilian orphans

Young Missoula philanthropists aid Brazilian orphans: "Their stories so moved the Missoula Youth Philanthropy Club that its five members, themselves teenagers, made it part of their mission to ease their pain.

'You hear these stories about kids, but it's a lot different seeing it and experiencing it,' said Loyola High School sophomore Kaile Sauro, a Philanthropy Club member who returned early this week from a 10-day mission to the orphanage."

Local Teen Helps Families Of Autistic Children In Va. - News - WAMU 88.5 FM American University Radio

Local Teen Helps Families Of Autistic Children In Va. - News - WAMU 88.5 FM American University Radio: "Local Teen Helps Families Of Autistic Children In Va.
Jonathan Wilson

February 21, 2011 - In Virginia, a teenager at Thomas Jefferson High School is doing her part to make a difference in the lives of autistic children, with a technology millions of people carry around in their pockets each day."

Student government donates to nonprofits - Northwestern College

Student government donates to nonprofits - Northwestern College: "Northwestern College’s Student Government Association (SGA) has donated $5,000 to area nonprofit organizations. The funds represent savings on the college’s energy bill during the SGA-sponsored ConServe initiative last year."

Philanthropy efforts of young teen recognized | coloradoan.com | The Coloradoan

Philanthropy efforts of young teen recognized | coloradoan.com | The Coloradoan: "In fact, Leah spends so much of her time inspiring, encouraging and helping other kids who also have diabetes that she recently was selected as Colorado's top youth volunteer in the 2011 Prudential Spirit of Community awards program."

Teens Donate More, Volunteer More, Create Social Enterprises | Social Enterprise

Teens Donate More, Volunteer More, Create Social Enterprises | Social Enterprise: "Post-Millennial kids are taking action on causes dear to their hearts. Very aware of major global issues, such as the recession, and extremely familiar with technological trends, the still-materialistic teens are mobilizing support for philanthropic issues via social media, raising money on Facebook, and even creating their own organizations.

'The number of kids creating their own organizations and taking action for causes they care about is skyrocketing,' said Nancy Lublin, New York-based CEO of DoSomething.org, a non-profit that helps get youths"

William & Mary -�Conference to educate, inspire next generation of social innovators

William & Mary -�Conference to educate, inspire next generation of social innovators: "More than 150 students, faculty and community partners from Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland and New Jersey will converge upon William & Mary Feb. 11-12 for the inaugural Active Citizens Conference, the first student conference of its kind to be held at the College."

Young Volunteers Are New Generation Of Savvy Entrepreneurs

Young Volunteers Are New Generation Of Savvy Entrepreneurs: "For a growing crop of teen and college philanthropists, typical young adult behavior takes a different twist.

Harvard sophomore Julie Zauzmer celebrated her 20th birthday by working the overnight shift at a homeless shelter, Boston.com reports."

Local teens looking to give $10,000 to nonprofits - Quad Cities Online

Local teens looking to give $10,000 to nonprofits - Quad Cities Online: "Bettendorf, Iowa -- Students from 10 Quad City-area high schools are accepting applications from nonprofits as they prepare to distribute $10.000 to charitable organizations serving Rock Island and Scott counties."

Teen Funders Seeking Grant Proposals

Teen Funders Seeking Grant Proposals: "For the 10th year in a row, Rose Youth Foundation will award grants to organizations in the seven-county Denver/Boulder community. In May 2011, Rose Youth Foundation will grant $60,000 to support:"

A Big Thought turns to action as Dallas-area children lead service projects | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | News: Education

A Big Thought turns to action as Dallas-area children lead service projects | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | News: Education: "A child might experience something that Big Thought has helped to happen along the way or caused to happen, but when they go home they say, 'Oh, Mom, Dad, I made an X-Y-Z,' ' Big Thought president and CEO Gigi Antoni said. 'It's hard to connect sometimes our work to us because we're in a lot of ways invisible down on the ground.'

That's beginning to change.

Big Thought teamed with the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee to create SLANT 45, an education-through-public-service initiative that organized more than 44,000 children in more than 446,000 hours of community service in 2010."

What Messi, Xavi and Iniesta can teach the UK about charitable giving | Musa Okwonga | Independent Eagle Eye Blogs

What Messi, Xavi and Iniesta can teach the UK about charitable giving | Musa Okwonga | Independent Eagle Eye Blogs: "There is certainly an appetite for learning about giving in UK schools. In 2007, with support from the investment bank Credit Suisse, we introduced the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative (YPI), a Canadian programme, to ten schools in London. YPI, which was devised by Julie Toskan-Casale, the founder of MAC Cosmetics, has a simple premise. In each YPI school, students aged between 14 and 16 form teams of three or four, and go into their local communities, visiting and researching charities who are addressing issues that they feel strongly about. Having done so, they return to school and give impassioned presentations in front of their peers, advocating for the charities whose causes they have taken up. The winning team, decided by a panel of judges, receives an award of �3,000 on behalf of their charity. YPI is an initiative to which pupils have taken with great relish; it is now in over 100 UK schools, and by the summer, over 40,000 participants will have distributed over �700,000 to local charities. Recently, too, the family trust of Sir Ian Wood, one of Scotland’s wealthiest businessmen, has taken over the direction of YPI in Scotland, in the aim that it will be in 1 in 8 of all schools there within three years."

Watertown Daily Times | Philanthropy Council spurs youths to give more of selves

Watertown Daily Times | Philanthropy Council spurs youths to give more of selves: "The Northern New York Community Foundation's Youth Philanthropy Council learned more this year than just to which organizations it would award its allotted $5,000."

Future Leaders In Philanthropy Everything About The Project And Aims

Future Leaders In Philanthropy Everything About The Project And Aims: "Future Leaders in Philanthropy is also known as FLIP. It is basically a joint project between Credit Suisse and the Bonita Trust with an aim to encourage gifted 16 to 19 year olds who attend school in Gibraltar to give something back to society. FLIP believe that Todays Young Talent will be Tomorrows Future Leaders. Students
are taught to confront and recognise their social responsibility within the world and involve themselves in a variety of charitable projects."

Caddo Magnet senior recognized for philanthropy | shreveporttimes.com | Shreveport Times

Caddo Magnet senior recognized for philanthropy | shreveporttimes.com | Shreveport Times: "His work there has paid big dividends because Chimp Haven, a sanctuary for retired chimpanzees, nominated Daniel for the Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy Award as its 2010 recipient."