Social-change activists in the U.S. and Canada under age 25 may be nominated for the Do Something Awards, established to honor young “world changers.”
Individuals, not groups, may be nominated. Four winners will be named in 2010, and each will receive $10,000 or $5,000 as an educational scholarship. One grand-prize winner will receive $100,000 for their group or cause.
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The Regional Education Services Agency (RESA VIII) recently trained teachers in the Botvin LifeSkills Training program. Educators in attendance hailed from Pendleton, Grant, Hardy, Hampshire, Mineral, Berkeley and Jefferson counties.
Teacher feedback was very positive. Comments included: “Using magazine advertisements is a creative way to make students aware of marketing techniques used by companies”; “The LifeSkills curriculum provides a lot of skills needed by adolescents to enhance their ability to make wise decisions”; and “Actually letting the students interact in behavioral rehearsals is a good hands-on way to practice.”
Jane Lynch, Executive Director of RESA VIII, stated “This program is implemented in the grades where students are most influenced with peer pressure. The LifeSkills program is the only curriculum currently being implemented across the entire state in the field of prevention.
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The Heath Behavior News Service has reported a study which found that plainer cigarette packages make smoking less appealing to teenagers.
Melanie Wakefield, Ph.D., who co-authored the Australian study, stated “We found that when branding is progressively removed from a cigarette pack, adolescents not only perceive the packs to be less attractive, they associate the brand with people who have less favorable attributes.”
Using three popular Australian cigarette brands, the researchers looked at how adolescents perceived cigarette packs and what their expectations were about cigarette taste. The packs showed a gradual diminishment of brand information on the front and a progressively larger-sized health warning. Researchers randomly assigned each teen to rate one of 15 pack conditions.
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The Books Across America Award provides funds to purchase books for libraries in Pre K-12 public schools serving economically disadvantaged students.
The program will award approximately 50 awards of $1,000 each. Schools across the country where at least 70 percent of the students are eligible for the free or reduced-price lunch program are eligible to apply.
Click here for more information and to view the full grant announcement.
Preparing grant applications can be a bit challenging. LifeSkills Training offers several grant application tools to help you in applying for local, state, and federal funding.
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The Campbell Soup Foundation is providing grants to local champions that inspire positive change in communities throughout the United States where Campbell Soup Company employees live and work.
The Foundation focuses on the areas of hunger relief, wellness, education and community revitalization.
Award amounts vary. The Foundation limits grants to nonprofit organizations which are tax-exempt.
Click here for more information and to apply for funding.
Deadline: Rolling
Preparing grant applications can be a bit challenging. LifeSkills Training offers several grant application tools to help you in applying for local, state, and federal funding.
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The RGK Foundation awards grants in the broad areas of Education, Community, and Medicine/Health.
The Foundation’s primary interests within Education include programs that focus on formal K-12 education (particularly mathematics, science and reading), teacher development, literacy, and higher education.
Nonprofits are eligible.
Application deadline is December 4, 2009
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Preparing grant applications can be a bit challenging. LifeSkills Training offers several grant application tools to help you in applying for local, state, and federal funding.
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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation currently partners with diversity focused funders and other local grantmakers to fund projects to reduce violence in specific communities such as those defined by race, ethnicity, tribe, gender, sexual identity or rural/frontier location.
Projects must be new, community-based and culturally appropriate, reflecting how language skills, significant cultural differences, education, income and discrimination affect health outcomes. Community members should be engaged in planning and leadership.
Application deadline is January 5, 2010
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Preparing grant applications can be a bit challenging. LifeSkills Training offers several grant application tools to help you in applying for local, state, and federal funding.
http://www.lifeskillstraining.com/grant_writing.php
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The Corning Inc. Foundation supports youth-related projects and organizations, including community-service programs for students, YMCAs, and youth centers in company locations.
Non-profits in company communities are eligible for funding.
Deadline is open. Click here for more information.
Preparing grant applications can be a bit challenging. LifeSkills Training offers several grant application tools to help you in applying for local, state, and federal funding.
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The Mary Byron Project created the Celebrating Solutions Awards to showcase and applaud local innovations that demonstrate promise in breaking the cycle of violence.
Programs that serve as models for the nation, can be offered $10,000 cash awards in recognition of the pioneering efforts.
The program must be part of a non-profit or government agency.
Deadline is November 17, 2009.
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Preparing grant applications can be a bit challenging. LifeSkills Training offers several grant application tools to help you in applying for local, state, and federal funding.
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The Kaiser Foundation is now accepting nominations for its 2010 National Awards for Excellence, which recognize Canadian addiction and mental-health related programs and advocacy in six distinct categories.
The winner in each category will receive C$10,000 to give to the charity of their choice.
Click here for more information and to view each category.
Nominations are due November 20, 2009
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