Deadline: 16-Jan-23
Youth Service America (YSA) is offering project grants to youth changemakers — aged 5 to 25 — to lead awareness, direct service, advocacy, and philanthropic projects that focus on ending childhood hunger in their communities.
“Why focus on hunger?” you may ask. According to the latest estimates, 1 in 8 kids in the US is living in hunger. While this may be the result of kids skipping meals, families, living in food deserts, parents having to choose between buying food and paying bills, or a whole host of other factors, one thing remains the same: 9 million children are going hungry in the wealthiest country in the world.
Funding Information
- $250 or $500 Grants for Global Youth Service Day projects focused on ending childhood hunger in America.
What are they looking for?
- Proposed community service or fundraising projects should be youth-led and focused on addressing childhood hunger;
- Projects may take place in schools, colleges/universities, afterschool programs, youth organizations, nonprofits, or faith-based organizations;
- Projects must take place during Youth Service Month (April 14-May 14, 2023) with some activity on Global Youth Service Day (April 28-30) strongly encouraged;
- Youth applicants should engage youth not typically asked to serve (youth with disabilities, youth who are struggling in school, youth from low-income or underserved communities, etc.) as volunteers;
- Youth applicants must live in the United States, and activities must benefit children and families in the United States.
- Because those experiencing hunger require both short-term and long-term support, they are especially interested in projects that have a sustainability component and/or introduce long-term solutions to ending hunger. They are also looking for ideas that bring together all members of the community from young people and their families to Sodexo employees and leaders in the community.
For more information, visit http://ysa.org/grants/sodexo/