Youth/Youth in Philanthropy
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Description: Youth as Resources (YAR) is a philosophy and a program that recognizes youth as valuable community resources and engages them as partners with adults in bringing about positive community change. The three principles of YAR are youth-adult partnership in governance, youth as grantmakers, and youth-led service .
Description: The First Book National Book Bank is the first centralized system enabling publishers to donate large quantities of books to the non-profit sector for distribution to children from low-income families participating in community-based programs nationwide. Founded to utilize the large volume of children's books publishers generously offer First Book for donation each year, the First Book National Book Bank delivers books through First Book's established supply pipeline to children from low-income families across the country. The First Book National Book Bank serves as a distribution system to national and local non-profit organizations reaching the broadest spectrum of children in need. This site helps visitors get involved in distribution programs and promotes program growth.
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Toward An Understanding of Youth In Community Governance 
Author: Zeldin, Shepherd (4 more by this author); Linda Camino, Matthew Calvert
Description: For more than a decade, many researchers and practitioners have endorsed a positive youth development approach which views adolescents as active contributors to their own development and as assets to their communities. As part of this shift, youth are increasingly being invited to engage in community governance. Youth are making strong contributions to advisory boards and planning councils, and are integrally involved in key day-to-day functions such as program design, budgeting, outreach, public relations, training, and evaluation.
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Description: Global Youth Service Day 2013 is April 26-28. This site contains resources related to the 25th anniversary of Global Youth Service Day, April 26-28, 2013.
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LEARNING TO GIVE: Teaching the Importance of Voluntary Action
Description: Learning to Give seeks to perpetuate a civil society by educating children about the independent sector (knowledge), developing behavior and philanthropic experience (skills), and, stimulating private voluntary citizen action for the common good (behavior). This site contains lesson plans and teaching materials.
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LEARNING TO GIVE: Teaching the Importance of Voluntary Action
Description: Learning to Give seeks to perpetuate a civil society by educating children about the independent sector (knowledge), developing behavior and philanthropic experience (skills), and, stimulating private voluntary citizen action for the common good (behavior). This site contains lesson plans and teaching materials.