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Natural and Societal Disaster Preparedness
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Past Projects
Show Projects funded in 2010
Hands On MiamiMiami, FloridaYear Funded: 2008Youth will develop and implement a community disaster preparedness program for residents of Miami-Dade County through service-learning initiatives.
Volunteer Services of Manatee CountyBradenton, FloridaYear Funded: 2008“ManaTeens” will expand their reach to low income and senior residents as they work within the community to inform, prepare and support prevention and relief efforts due to hurricanes.
Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago, IllinoisYear Funded: 2008Brings together youth from diverse socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds to identify and address disaster preparedness issues.
Mooresville School DistrictMooresville, IndianaYear Funded: 2008A multi-grade level approach to youth-led initiatives designed to learn, prepare, and communicate about disaster preparedness and recovery.
Sidney High SchoolSidney, New YorkYear Funded: 2008Through the use of GPS technology and meteorological scientific equipment, youth will predict river activity, floods, and help prepare for disasters.
Northampton Community CollegeBethlehem, PennsylvaniaYear Funded: 2008Focusing on floods, this youth-led project will identify storm drainage challenges and work toward implementation of projects to address identified problems.
Goodrich SchoolsGoodrich, TexasYear Funded: 2008“Our Community, Our Lives, Our Futures…Transferring Ideas to Action” is a youth-led service-learning program focused on emergency and disaster preparedness.
Child and Youth Friendly CalgaryOntarioYear Funded: 2008Child and Youth Friendly Calgary will provide the opportunity for youth to learn about immigration and homelessness issues.
Brotherhood CrusadeCaliforniaYear Funded: 2008The Brotherhood Crusade’s primary goal is to reduce and eliminate societal disasters created by the impact of gangs and gang violence on academic achievement and quality of life for children and youth in South Los Angeles.
Spotlight TheatreMissouriYear Funded: 2008Spotlight T.E.E.N. (ST) (Theatre Educating and Entertaining Now) brings issue-oriented theatre to 12 to 18 year-old participants facing societal disasters by developing and presenting productions where teens speak directly to their peers about difficult issues and work together for solutions.
Vousia County Schools/Deland High SchoolFloridaYear Funded: 2008The goals of this proposal are to raise awareness of building strategies and interventions that individuals can do in preparation for natural disasters and to assist Habitat for Humanity in the construction of wood frame houses that meet FEMA hurricane code requirements.
Abington Senior High SchoolPennsylvaniaYear Funded: 2008As part of an academic course, students will examine problems resulting from natural, man-made, and societal disasters, and formulate tangible solutions that will empower them to become productive leaders in the area of school and community safety.
Camp Fire USA – Portland Metro CouncilOregonYear Funded: 2008Camp Fire USA targets at-risk, low income and youth in the greater Portland, Oregon, area to provide them with a safe environment in which to build leadership skills and increase their awareness of civic and social issues.
Blackfoot/Bingham County Youth CoalitionBlackfoot, IdahoYear Funded: 2009The group will implement a prevention/intervention program based on best practices and independent youth research surrounding attempted teen suicide issues within Bingham County, Idaho.
Channel One - Central Falls/Ralph J. Holden Community CenterCentral Falls, Rhode IslandYear Funded: 2009The group will work in their small community (1.27 square miles) of 19,000 people to combat youth violence. Focus is on coping with tragedy, improving community image, improve after school programming, improve communication between residents and law enforcement, and create a k-12 mediation program.
York UniversityOntario, CanadaYear Funded: 2009This initiative will utilize York University students to educate local Black Creek Area school children and residents about Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management. Also, a certain number of York area schools and Toronto Housing buildings will be selected as sites where Disaster Preparedness readiness can be built into the everyday fabric of these locations.
Institute for AmericaTallahassee, FloridaYear Funded: 2009Kidz Bite Back is a generation of youth (4th, 5th graders) targeting back industries that have been targeting kids for decades – fast food, soft drink and junk food industries; and national TV networks and video game companies. Kidz Bite Back also empowers kids to be healthy!
Camp Fire USA Central - Puget Sound CouncilSeattle, WashingtonYear Funded: 2009Camp Fire USA will recruit, train, and oversee Latino teens who will plan and implement a variety of activities designed to promote Disaster Preparedness in the Spanish speaking community of King County.
Channel One - Central FallsCentral Falls, Rhode IslandYear Funded: 2009The group will work in their small community (1.27 square miles) of 19,000 people to combat youth violence. Focus is on coping with tragedy, improving community image, improve after school programming, improve communication between residents and law enforcement, and create a k-12 mediation program.
Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community SchoolWashington, DCYear Funded: 2009Fourth through sixth graders will help create and maintain a community garden to be shared with their neighbors in Washington, DC. Scholars will educate their neighbors on the importance of good eating habits and teach them skills to grow and cook their own vegetables.
Hampshire Educational CollaborativeNorthampton, MassachusettsYear Funded: 2009Youth participating in the afterschool program in Converse Middle School researched bullying and designed a curriculum that addresses the roots of the problem. In this project, students are implementing the curriculum in their own school and training youth trainers in 7 other schools.
Linden High SchoolLinden, New JerseyYear Funded: 2009The implementation of the Y-RISE(Youth Replication Innovative Strategies and Excellence) HIV/AIDS Prevention program initiated by the National Youth Leadership Council for high school students through Service-Learning.
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