YSA (Youth Service America) and CNCS (the Corporation for National and Community Service) support around 16 MLK Day Lead Organizers to coordinate Martin Luther King Day of Service (January 21, 2013) activities.
The major objective of the MLK Day Lead Organizers program is to involve youth and adult volunteers on Martin Luther King Day of Service by encouraging families especially veterans and military families to serve together. Together, youth age between 5-25 and their families will focus on some of the nation’s most crucial issues as education, health, environment, economic opportunity and disaster relief. MLK Day may also offer a starting point for a Semester of Service and/or involvement in national days of service and other volunteer activities throughout 2013.
The program is open to all 50 states and the District of Columbia, with grants to support Organizers and Schools grantees in 16 different cities/states. This program is especially looking for applicants in the following metropolitan areas: New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Boston, Atlanta, Washington, DC, Houston, Detroit, Phoenix, Seattle-Tacoma, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Sarasota, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Denver, Cleveland-Akron, Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, and Sacramento. Other major metropolitan areas will be considered, as will organizations working statewide in any state.
Past participants in MLK Day of Service Lead Organizer program have leveraged their position to strengthen their programs, form new partnerships, expand their volunteer base, garner media attention, gain support from local public officials, and secure additional funding.
Program Timeline:
•July 15, 2012 – Application Deadline
•August 20, 2012 – Applicants notified of grant status
•January 21, 2013 – MLK Day of Service, Semester of Service launches
•April 26-28, 2013 – Global Youth Service Day
Grant Deadline: July 15, 2012
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