Each year, millions of children and youth around the world work together with schools, youth organizations, nonprofits, community and faith-based organizations, volunteer and national service programs, government agencies, faith communities, and other individuals to address the world’s most critical issues and change their communities on Global Youth Service Day.
National & Global Partners
National Partners are national organizations based in the United States, often with state or local chapters or affiliates, who promote GYSD, mobilize their members or chapters to participate, or support the work of GYSD through collaborative programming with YSA. Global Partners are international organizations, including U.S. based organizations, often with offices or affiliates around the world. Global Partners promote GYSD and disseminate information through their networks, encourage participation in GYSD by their members or affiliates, and contribute their experience and connections to increase the scale and impact of GYSD.
International Partnerships
Regional Partners
Regional Partners are regional offices of international organizations, regional organizations or networks, or national organizations that work with a network of organizational partners in their region of the world. Regional Partners are responsible for promoting and coordinating GYSD in their region, mobilizing partner organizations and Country Partners in their region to engage at least 10,000 youth volunteers, engaging media and government officials, and coordinate project registration and reporting. 10 Regional Partners receive planning grants of $5,000.
Country Partners
Country Partners serve as the lead convener and organizer of Global Youth Service Day in their country. Working with the Regional Partner for their region, Country Partners promote GYSD, engage partners and local project organizers, mobilize youth volunteers, engage lead high profile events, and engage local media and government officials.
Local Organizers
Local Organizers are local NGOs, schools and universities, youth programs, government agencies, faith communities, families, and individuals around the world who plan, register, and implement a GYSD project.
U.S. Partnerships
National Partners
National Partners are national organizations, often with state or local chapters or affiliates, who promote GYSD, mobilize their members or chapters to participate, or support the work of GYSD through collaborative programming with YSA.
GYSD & Semester of Service Lead Agencies
US Lead Agencies, supported with planning grants funded by State Farm, are state or local organizations that convene all GYSD partners in their city or state, coordinate projects that engage at least 600 youth volunteers, and engage local media and elected officials. In 2012, there are 100 U.S. Lead Agencies.
Sodexo Lead Organizers
Sodexo Lead Organizers, supported with planning grants funded by the Sodexo Foundation, work with partner organizations to engage at least 600 youth volunteers in learning about and addressing the issue of childhood hunger in their communities, beginning during Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week (November 14-20) and continuing through Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) (April 20-22, 2012).
MLK Day Lead Organizers
MLK Day Lead Organizers, supported with planning grants funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service, engage at least 3,000 youth and adult volunteers on MLK Day and encourage volunteers to continue to serve. Many MLK Day Lead Organizers will also organize GYSD activities.
YSA Grantees
YSA Grantees are schools or organizations that have received a grant from YSA for a Semester of Service or Global Youth Service Day project. YSA will distribute over $1 million to over 700 grantees for GYSD 2011.
Local Organizers
Local Organizers are anyone who plans, registers, and implements a GYSD or Semester of Service project.
