Youth own and run a credit union, are the tellers and board members, plan meetings, set loan policies and age requirements, recruit youth, and send regular statements out to members.
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Alternatives Credit Union
310 W. State Street
Ithica, New York 14850
http://www.socialfunds.com/news/article.cgi/article318.html
http://www.alternatives.org/dfd.html
http://www.alternatives.org/awards.html
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Youth As Resources is an organization dedicated to promoting and facilitating youth-led activism in Kenosha County. YAR contributes both directly and indirectly to positively impact communities in Kenosha County.
2005/06 projects include: over 70 homebound members of the Meals on Wheels program receiving special winter-care packages; conversion of an unused green space into a outdoor science laboratory by "at-risk" kids; fifth graders using their acting skills to promote awareness of immigrant issues at two schools and a senior site; and the development of a survey to identify the most pressing concerns of local youth.
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Kenosha County UW-Extension
Kenosha County Center
19600 - 75th Street, P O Box 550
Bristol, WI 53104-0550
Phone: 262-857-1945
Fax: 262-857-1998
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cty/Kenosha/4h/YAR.html
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The Youth Media Council is made up of representatives from 11 youth organizing
groups in the San Francisco Bay Area working to increase capacities of youth in media advocacy and accountability, and to expand the fight for media justice. In 2002, YMC spear-headed an unprecedented campaign on 106.1 KMEL-FM, getting the station to air more local artists and broadcast a two-hour live youth-led debate on violence and
crime and juvenile justice policies.
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dozens of issues, ideas, concerns, and topics. The Freechild Project has collected hundreds of examples of action that young people are leading in communities around the world. Features youth-led action, youth/adult partnerships, and other types of youth involvement. |
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The Freechild Project
PO Box 6185
Olympia, Washington 98507-6185
360-753-2686
info@freechild.org
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Washington Youth Voice Directory
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Consumers find recycling used inkjet cartridges and cell phones easy and rewarding, while youth learn entrepreneurial skills and study environmental issues.
Teens involved with Youthlinks EarthTeens program lead the publicity and marketing efforts, visit local businesses, and handle the logistics of cartridge and cell phone collection. The local company, Graphic Utilities, cleans, refills, tests, and resells the cartridges, providing a cash contribution for every cartridge, and Charitable Recycling of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan distributes the used cell phones to domestic violence shelters, medical centers and more, and sends a donation to Youthlinks as well.
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Youthlinks
420 Broadway
Rockland, Maine 04841
fax: 603.372.1960
phone: 207.594.2221
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The AoA enlists 500,000 volunteers nationwide, many of them senior citizens, to help older people in need. (Studies have found that senior citizen volunteers are especially effective at aiding the elderly.) Volunteer activities include delivering meals to the homebound, escorting frail seniors to needed services, repairing homes of low-income and frail seniors, assisting at senior centers, and counseling older people on health, nutrition, and finances.
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U. S. Administration on Aging
Washington, DC 20201
http://www.aoa.gov
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The National Retiree Volunteer Coalition is dedicated to creating a national movement of corporate retiree volunteer leadership and service.
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Volunteers of America National Headquarters
The National Retiree Volunteer Coalition
1660 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
Toll Free: (800) 899-0089 ext. 5091
Phone: (703) 341-5000
Fax: (703) 341-7000
www.voa.org
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This branch of the federally funded Corporation for National and Community Service helps people 55 and over find volunteering opportunities in their community. The corps runs a foster grandparent program that helps children with special needs; a senior companion program that helps at-risk seniors live independently; and the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) that provides many different services. Senior Companions and Foster Grandparents must be 60 or over and willing to work at least 15 hours each week.
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Senior Corps
1201 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20525
Tel.: (202) 606-5000
TTY: (202) 606-3472
(800) 424-8867
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SCORE is a national network of retired and working executives who volunteer free business counseling and advice to aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners. SCORE is a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Association.
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SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business
SCORE Association
409 3rd Street, SW, 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20024
Phone 1-800/634-0245
www.score.org |
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| The Chicago Coalition for the Homeless Speakers Bureau is a team of formerly and currently homeless advocates who conduct presentations and forums on homelessness and other social issues. Topics include day labor, organizing, heath care, low-income housing, prostitution and advocacy. Team members will speak at churches, universities, and high schools. The Speakers Bureau also facilitates workshops and training for service providers and other organizations that work with people who are experiencing homelessness. |
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Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
1325 South Wabash
Suite 205
Chicago, IL 60605-2507
Voice 312.435.4548
Fax 312.435.0198
email: info@chicagohomeless.org
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