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In 1999, Youth Service America partnered with Sears and the Backstreet Boys to develop the first-ever YSA Grants program – the “Larger than Life Awards.” 36 winners received a $ 2,000 grant to fund a project for National Youth Service Day 2000, four tickets to a Backstreet Boys concert and the opportunity to meet the Backstreet Boys backstage. YSA now distributes over $1 million in grants each year.

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GYSD (Global Youth Service Day) is a coordinated annual event that brings together young volunteers from arround the world.

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Global Youth Service Day is an event which started in United States , 1988 as ,, A Day in the Life of Youth Service " after 2000 National Youth Service Day goes global as an international program with more than 100 countries participants.

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Global Youth Service Day is a global observance but not a public holiday.

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GYSD's primary sponsor is State Farm with contributing sponsorship from Disney and the Inter-American Development Bank.

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GYSD celebrates and encourages young people around the world to make a positive impact by sharing their time and efforts to improve their communities.
This event hang on people of different genders, nationalities and religions to work together for a better world.

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Prodan Daniel
GYSD is organized in more than 100 countries over the world each April to help mark the celebrations, and engage millions, making it the largest annual celebration of young volunteers.🌎🌱♻️

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Global Youth Service Day is the largest youth service and civic action event in the world and the only one that celebrates and builds the capacity of all youth ages 5-25

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Youth Service America is the lead organization for GYSD and provides tools for planning projects and other great information for volunteers young and old.

Each week, the YSA Team selects one young person to receive this Everyday Young Hero Awards . The Hero receives a congratulatory letter, a certificate of recognition, and is highlighted in YSA’s newsletter and on social media, raising the profile of his or her good work.

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The goals of GYSD are to:

1)BUILD the capacity of an international network of organizations.

2)EDUCATE the public, the media, and policy-makers about the year-round contributions of young people as community leaders around the world.

3) MOBILIZE youth and adults to meet the needs of their communities through volunteering.

4)LEARN and share effective practices in youth service, youth voice, and civic engagement in the world today.

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Western Dairyland Fresh Start and the University of Wisconsin are some of the leading organizations that sponsor GYSD. These organisations offer a wide variety of projects and possibilities for young volunteers.

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GYSD is usually observed on a weekend in April, beginning on Friday and ending on Sunday. Thousands of young volunteers around the world participate in GYSD each year.

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Established in 1988, Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) celebrates and mobilizes the millions of young people who improve their communities through service. GYSD is the largest service event in the world and the only one dedicated to the contributions that children and youth make 365 days of the year.
It is only day of service dedicated to children and youth volunteers working together - and with schools, youth organizations, nonprofits, community and faith-based organizations, national service programs, government agencies, and adult mentors - to address the world’s most critical issues and change their communities.

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The first website was launched in 1995, to provide information about National Youth Service Day.

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More than 2,000 youth organizations around the world participate each year.

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•Global Youth Service Day is not just another day of service,but a campaign that is growing stronger year after year to highlight the role of people as powerful assets for their communities and for their countries!
𝙂𝙔𝙎𝘿-Gʟᴏᴡ Yᴀʀᴇʟʏ﹐Sᴛᴀʏ Dᴀɪɴᴛʏ!

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Youth Service America is the lead organization for GYSD and provides tools for planning projects and other great information for volunteers young and old. GYSD started as “A Day in the Life of Youth Service” in 1988, became National Youth Service Day in 1990, and expanded to be Global Youth Service Day in 2000.

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GYSD has the goal to mobilize youth to identify and address the needs of their communities through service and service learning.

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GYSD is an event that lasts only 3 days each year ,but has an great effect on the environment and on the community. This event is sponsored by State Farm with contributing sponsorship from Disney , the Inter-American Development Bank and other companies around the world. They all want to contribute to the saving of our society,our planet.Let's contribute ourselves!!!

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GYSD is an event that lasts only 3 days each year ,but has an great effect on the environment and on the community. This event is sponsored by State Farm with contributing sponsorship from Disney , the Inter-American Development Bank and other companies around the world. They all want to contribute to the saving of our society,our planet.Let's contribute ourselves!!!

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Rusu Nicoleta
Global Youth Service Day:originally launched and known as National Youth Day in thr United States.More than 2000 youth organizations around the world participate each year.

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On GYSD,  young volunteers are addressing challenges in health, education, human rights, public safety, and the environment, some of them by volunteering with their local United Way.

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This year the GYSD is celebrated starting on April 17 and lasts till April 19

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Ceapa Daniel
For Global Youth Service Day, children and youth are encouraged to develop projects to help their communities. Youth Service America has lots of free resources in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian!

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During Global Youth Service Day, youth around the world organize community service projects to address the needs of their local communities through service, to be recognized for their contributions, and to be a part of a global youth service movement.

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Global Youth Service Day is a special day in more than 100 countries where a lot of people go out and start doing different volunteer activities, this day leads to the improvement and development of the community.

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Global Youth Service Day:originally launched and known as National Youth Day in the United States.But now more than 2000 youth organisations around the world participate each years . Fantastic ! Only THREE days of volunteering are changing our environment !

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Since GYSD focuses on young people, many of them are also students, include teachers and administrators on the planning committees  to provide insights on schedules, liability issues, and recruitment of students. General Motors is proud Sponsor of Global Youth Service Day.The Bubel-Aiken Foundation, DisneyLand, and the Inter-American Development Bank also make this intitiative possible.

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In October 1988, YSA sent photographers out across the United States to capture images of “A Day in the Life of Youth Service”, and the public was stunned at the depth and breadth of the energy, commitment, idealism, and creativity of children and youth serving their communities.  President Ronald Reagan issued a letter of support for this extraordinar initiative.

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Activities are organized in more than 100 countries each April to help mark the celebrations, and engage millions, making it the largest annual celebration of young volunteers.