Grant announcements

Grants & Awards
Sodexo Youth Grants  Deadline Extended: September 18 YSA will award 25 Sodexo Youth Grants of $500 each to support youth-led service projects in the United States that address the issue of childhood hunger during National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week (November 13-20, 2011).  We're looking for projects that engage your peers, friends, families, neighbors, Sodexo employees, and other community members in creative, youth-inspired solutions to ending childhood hunger in your community. Learn more at www.YSA.org/grants/sodexoyouth	Business for Good Competition Deadline: October 15 Harvard Undergraduate Women in Business is sponsoring The Third Annual Business for Good: Sponsored by Northern Trust, a social enterprise business plan competition.  All participants have the opportunity to be mentored during the application process; the winner receives a range of prizes, including a $1,000 grant, exposure to corporate leaders, entrepreneurs, students, and more at the Intercollegiate Business Convention and through HUWIB outlets. http://bit.ly/rqy59N
UnitedHealth HEROES Grants Deadline: October 17 The UnitedHealth HEROES program is a service-learning, health literacy initiative that awards grants to help youth, ages 5-25, create and implement local, hands-on programs to fight childhood obesity. The grants encourage semester-long projects that launch on MLK Day of Service  and culminate on Global Youth Service Day. Schools, service-learning coordinators, non-profits, and students in the health professions located in all 50 states and the District of Columbia are eligible to apply for the $500 - $1,000 grants. Learn more at www.YSA.org/HEROES	State Farm™ Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants Deadline: November 9 State Farm™ is proud to team up with YSA to offer grants of up to $1,000 for service-learning projects in K-12 public schools in all fifty US states and the District of Columbia, and in the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Ontario and New Brunswick. The State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants encourage semester-long projects. Up to 125 grants will be awarded; at least 10-15 grants will support projects addressing teen driver safety issues. Learn more at www.YSA.org/goodneighbor