1. News For Changemakers April 2010
The @15 Competition Ends April 2 Golden
Opportunities
Check out the videos & vote for your favorite youth-led teams. Your vote decides Six Flag Friends Scholarships
which of these five teams of young social entrepreneurs will receive $5,000 & which DoSomething.org & Six Flags are
will be selected to receive $1,500 each to expand their local ventures. Winners to awarding six $1,500 scholarships to
be announced on April 9. young community leaders
Deadline: April 30
Join YV for Global Youth Service Day
Target Childhood Reading Grants
$2,000 for schools, libraries &
nonprofits to encourage preschool
through third grade reading
Deadline: April 30
ING Unsung Heroes
From April 23 to 25, young leaders around the world are taking part in service
$2,000 for educators looking to fund
projects to help their communities. 647 events in 47 states & 33 countries have
high-potential class projects
been posted. Submit a project & find community partners near you.
Deadline: April 30
Around New England... Ashoka Community
Update
Minga competes for $30,000 of online funding in Newton, MA
Nature's Perch renovates Sky View Middle in Leominster, MA
Urban ABC's cleans up community parks in Amherst, NH
Challenge Crew to start new youth fitness program in Milford, MA Ashoka Founder Bill
Drayton discusses "Finance's Next
Climate Action Club launches GoDu It Networks in Lincoln, ME Opportunity: Social Investing" in the
Harvard Business Review
Ashoka Fellow Bart Weejans and
his Hero Rats are featured on the
BBC as part of a Skoll Foundation
documentary series
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