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9-26-08

Dear Youth Development Network Friends,

Newsworthy:

Important YDN Announcement!~ "Another Programs Story"

The Second Official YDN Training will be held on October 15th from 11am to 1pm. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Oregon will be joining us for a Q and A session followed by more breakout workshops by local professionals. Please SAVE THE DATE and join us. Lunch will be provided free of charge.

Stay tuned for more info on this event. Location TBA.

Also minutes from the last YDN meeting on Sept. 17th will be sent out soon. This will have important information regarding the new YDN wiki Test Site as well as grant stuffs and partnerships.

OLD NEWS

Application Process Open for Target Field Trip Grants
Deadline: November 1, 2008

The Target Field Trip Grants program will award U.S. educators grants of up to $800 each to fund a field trip for their students.
Target Field Trip Grants may be used to fund trips to art museums, cultural events, civic experiences, and environmental sites. Up to five thousand grants will be awarded across the United States.
Grants will be awarded to educators, teachers, principals, paraprofessionals, and/or classified staff.
Applications must be submitted electronically between September 2, 2008, and November 1, 2008. Visit the Target Web site for further information and to register and complete the application form.
RFP Link: http://sites.target.com/site/en/corporate/page.jsp?contentId=PRD03-002537

Grant Program to Fund Fresh Produce Programs at Elementary Schools
Deadline: November 7, 2008

The Love Your Veggies grant program ( http://www.loveyourveggiesgrants.org/ ) is sponsored by the makers of Hidden Valley Salad Dressings in partnership with the School Nutrition Foundation ( http://www.schoolnutrition.org/ ) and is supported by Produce for Better Health Foundation ( http://www.5aday.org/ ). The program will award grants to elementary schools (grades k-6) across the United States in support of programs that help provide students with increased access to and consumption of fresh, healthy foods made available through an on-campus vegetable consumption program.
The program will award ten grants of $15,000 each. Each grant award will support an elementary school in developing a program offering fresh vegetables and fruits lasting through the 2009-10 school year.
Grant awards will be based on proposals that demonstrate need, sustainability, innovation, and potential for community involvement. Funding must be spent on any of the following: fresh produce (vegetables and fruits); a vegetable station (such as a dedicated salad bar); kitchen equipment (primary usage must relate to the proposed program); program staffing (cafeteria personnel, lunch-room staff, etc.); nutrition education supplies; or food safety training.
Visit the program's Web site for complete guidelines and an application form.
RFP Link: http://www.loveyourveggiesgrants.org/apply.php

NEW NEWS

Local Events:

“Family Fun Day” at Crater Lake National Park on Saturday, September 27 from 1 PM to 3PM, with free admission, special programs, and free root beer floats for the first 500 visitors. More information about the event is available at www.craterlaketrust.org.

Local Projects:
The Children's Museum is in need ofVOLUNTEERS
Theyare starting theirFall schedule and are in need of volunteers for these areas!

Currently: Floor Watchers Friday 11:00am-1:00pm, Saturday 11:00-2:00pm

As soon as 'After School Camp' Starts Up (Mid October)

Monday - FridayFloor WatchersBetween 3pm and 5pm
Monday - Friday Toddler Room Watcher 5pm - 6pm
Thursday's 'Crafts with Kids' Helper 3:45pm-4:45pm
No School Days and Snow DaysVolunteers needed ALL shifts 7:30am-6pm
1/2an hour to 2 hours... What ever time you have to give

Contact Christa Below for more information on how you can get involved. Also see attached info.

Christa Crone-Launius
Volunteer Board of Directors, President
The Children's Museum of Klamath Falls
711 East Main Klamath Falls OR 97601
541-885-2995
www.cmkf.org

Books & Sneaker Drive to the End of September!
Stearns Elementary Book & Sneaker Drive is in need of books for their library. They are also in need of proper gym shoes to start their new PE program. Please drop off any Donations at Rogue federal credit Union 3211 Washburn Way. Thank You for your help!

Klamath & Lake Community Action Services

Family Support and Connections is now accepting applications for Volunteer Family Mentors. Family mentors spend 1-2 hours per week with a family as a role model. They develop a relationship with the whole family and work with them to learn their own strengths and how to overcome life's obstacles. Family Support and Connections supplies training and support throughout the entire mentoring process. To apply for a position as a volunteer family mentor please contact Susan Heitkamp at 541-883-5695

Economy got you Down? Kick Start Profit, Productivity and your Passion . . .

Join us for a humor filled hour that will inspire owners, managers, and staff alike. . . .

The Klamath County Chamber of Commerce and Citizens for Safe Schools is pleased to host a luncheon featuring guest speaker Sam Glenn, the "Authority on Attitude." His presentation will focus on getting the best from your attitude, including ways to find opportunity, strength, and purpose in adversity. His message is designed to give you tips to thrive both personally and professionally.
For the past twelve years, Sam has shared his "Kick In Your Attitude" message with more than 2-million people. His presentations are filled with humor and end with a unique multi-media show and chalk art demonstration. Sam has authored twelve books, including Who Put a Lizard in my Lasagna?
The luncheon will be held Friday, October 3rd from 12 to 1:30 p.m. at the Oregon Institute of Technology. Cost is $25 for Chamber members and $35 for non-members. For more information or to purchase tickets, please contact the Chamber office at 884.5193.
For more information contact the chamber at (541) 884-5193.

~or~

Citizens for Safe Schools Banquet/Silent Auction
Saturday, October 4, Running Y Conference Center
Celebrity Chalk Artist, Author and Speaker Sam Glenn www.samglenn.com will be presenting at the Citizens for Safe Schools’ 9th annual CHARACTER COUNTS! banquet and silent auction. No host cocktails at 5:30p.m. with dinner and program from 6-9p.m. Tickets are $45 per person or $350 for a table of eight. Proceeds to benefit CFSS youth programs www.citizensforsafeschools.org For tickets or more information call 541-882-3198 or e-mail cturner@co.klamath.or.us

Online Resources:
Fall is a good time to embark on a new project.
Here are some suggestions from National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth (NCFY):
Learn How To Start—and Run—a Youth Program
NCFY’s Guide to Starting a Youth Program http://ncfy.acf.hhs.gov/publications/guidetostarting/index.htm will point you to Web sites that can help you get started, apply for funding, find best practices, and evaluate your program’s effectiveness.
Evaluate Your Out-of-School Time Program
From the Harvard Family Research Project comes a revised edition of its Measurement Tools for Evaluating Out-of-School Time Programs, http://www.hfrp.org/publications-resources/publications-series/out-of-school-time-evaluation-snapshots/measurement-tools-for-evaluating-out-of-school-time-programs-an-evaluation-resource . The publication describes tools programs can use to measure their effectiveness, continuously improve, and be accountable to the children they serve. Learn more about evaluation in NCFY’s Guide to Starting a Youth Program.
Find Funding
NCFY has helped youth-serving agencies across the country identify potential private and public funding sources for their programs. We can help you, too! If you need to know who funds, say, afterschool activities in Oklahoma, mentoring programs in Alaska, or service learning in South Dakota, call (301) 608-8098 or e-mail us using our online form , http://ncfy.acf.hhs.gov/contact/ .
Goal Setting Lessons and Activities
Elementary School
Goal Setting for Kids http://teachertipstraining.suite101.com/article.cfm/goal_setting_lesson_plan
This lesson plan idea will help you teach your students how to discern between goals and wishes.
Middle School
Goals, Goals, Goals! http://learnnc.org/lp/pages/3306
Use this lesson to take a hands-on, literal approach and really show students how goals work.

Setting and Achieving Goals http://www.goodcharacter.com/BCBC/Goals.html
Teach middle schoolers all about setting and achieving goals with a mix of discussion questions, writing assignments, and activities.
High School
Hang in There! http://www.character-education.info/resources/lesson_plans_example_lesson.htm
Teach your high school students how to commit to goals and endure what comes their way as they try to reach them.

In Search of Diligence http://www.goodcharacter.com/ISOC/Diligence.html
A variety of writing exercises, activities, and discussion questions will help teach students that diligence is an important trait when it comes to achieving goals.
Goals - Measuring Your Progress http://www.lessonplanspage.com/OMeasuringYourProgressAfterGoalSettingBookChapter512.htm
Use this discussion guide to get students talking about how to set goals and how to work towards them.

EnCompass is pleased to announce the official launch of the EnCompass Institute and a brand new website! The new website will give you an exact picture of the ongoing development of the Institute, up to date information on programs and events, a comprehensive view of what the Institute will look like when it opens in the fall of 2010. Of course, there is all sorts of other great information, including valuable information about Natural Learning Rhythms, videos of to watch, and ways that you can get involved. Check it all out right now at http://www.EnCompassInstitute.org

Funding Resources:

Youth Service America Invites Applications for Global Youth Service Day Minnie Grants
Deadline: October 30, 2008

The Walt Disney Company ( http://corporate.disney.go.com/outreach/) and Youth Service America ( http://www.ysa.org/ ) are accepting applications for grants of up to $500 to support child-led service projects.
Disney Minnie Grants support children (between the ages of 5 and 14) in planning and implementing service projects in their community. Teachers, older youth (15-25), and youth-serving organizations are also eligible to apply if they engage younger children in planning and implementing the project. A significant part of the service must take place on Global Youth Service Day 2009, April 24-26. Applicants are particularly encouraged to address environmental issues and seek to empower children as young citizens through their projects.
Applications are welcome from all countries. Applicants from India, China, and Russia are especially encouraged to apply.
While grant program information is available in Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish, applications will only be accepted in English (an online translation tool is available at the YSA Website). Past Disney Minnie Grantees are also eligible to apply.

Application materials are available at the YSA Web site.
RFP Link: http://ysa.org/AwardsGrants/tabid/58/Default.aspx

Do Something Youth Grants
Do Something http://www.dosomething.org/grants
Application Due Date: Various Deadlines
Want to make change, but lack the funds? We can help. We have tons of grants just for teens, see them all. Animal Action Grants, $500, deadline: Sept. 30th; Green Grants, $500, deadline: Sept. 30th; Plum Grants, $500, deadline: none; Club Start-up Grants, $250
Youth Garden Grants
National Gardening Association and the Home Depot http://www.kidsgardening.com/YGG.asp
Application Due Date: November 1, 2008
NGA awards Youth Garden Grants to schools and community organizations with child-centered garden programs. In evaluating grant applications, priority will be given to programs that emphasize one or more of these elements:

educational focus or curricular/program integration
nutrition or plant-to-food connections
environmental awareness/education
entrepreneurship
social aspects of gardening such as leadership development, team building, community support, or service-learning.

Who should apply: Schools, youth groups, community centers, camps, clubs, treatment facilities, and intergenerational groups throughout the United States are eligible. Applicants must plan to garden with at least 15 children between the ages of 3 and 18 years. Previous Youth Garden Grant winners who wish to reapply may do so, but must wait one year (e.g., if you won in 2008, you can apply again in 2010) and have significantly expanded their garden programs.

2009 Nestlé Very Best in Youth Competition
Nestlé
Application Due Date: November 20, 2008
Nestlé has been a proud sponsor of the Very Best In Youth program for more than nine years. Created to spotlight the best in youth leadership, the program identifies teens whose efforts are making a profound impact in lives other than their own.
· Nestlé helps young people who want to make a difference realize their dreams by donating $1,000 in the name of each winner to the charity of his/her choice.
· Nestlé awards the winner a trip for them and a parent or guardian to Los Angeles for the Nestlé Very Best In Youth awards ceremony. The trip includes round trip coach air travel, hotel accommodations for three nights plus spending money.
· Winnersare featured in a special publication.
· Each entrant will receive a certificate of achievement from Nestlé and samples of Nestlé products.
http://www.nestle-verybestinyouth.com/AboutVBINY.aspx

Public and School Libraries Invited to Apply for We the People Bookshelf Grant Opportunity
Deadline: January 30, 2009

The National Endowment for the Humanities ( http://neh.gov/ ) and the American Library Association's Public Programs Office ( http://www.ala.org/publicprograms/ ) have announced that applications are now being accepted for the sixth annual We the People Bookshelf project. Part of the NEH's We the People program, the bookshelf program encourages young people to read and understand great literature while exploring themes in American history.
This year's theme, "Picturing America," explores the premise that a nation's literature, as well as its visual art, can be a window into its character, ideals, and aspirations. The We the People Bookshelf on Picturing America will be a literary complement to the NEH's Picturing America (http://www.picturingamerica.neh.gov/ ) program -- a free education resource that provides reproductions of forty pieces of great American art to schools and public libraries to help educators teach American history and culture.
Public and school (K-12) libraries are invited to apply for the program. In spring 2009, NEH and ALA will select four thousand libraries to receive seventeen books for young readers, plus three works in Spanish translation, as well as bonus materials for readers of all ages. Libraries selected will be required to use the bookshelf selections in programs for young readers in their communities.

Visit the NEH Web site for complete program details and a list of this year's bookshelf titles
http://www.neh.gov/news/archive/20080902.html

Stay tuned for more great YDN news!

Regards,

Corey Christensen

Klamath-Lake Youth Development Network Coordinator

Citizens for Safe Schools

Oregon Mentors

Americorps*VISTA

541-274-1564

541-882-3198

ydnklamath-lake@co.klamath.or.us

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