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A P R O U D PA R T N E R O F G L O B A L Y O U T H S E R V I C E D AY
PEOPLE TO PEOPLE INTERNATIONAL IS A MEMBER OF THE CO‐ORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR GLOBAL YOUTH SERVICE DAY.
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What is Global Youth Service Day?
GOALS OF GLOBAL YOUTH SERVICE DAY
• TO MOBILIZE youth as leaders to identify and address the needs of their communities
through service and learning
• TO SUPPORT youth on a lifelong path of service and civic engagement
• TO EDUCATE the public, the media and policymakers about the year‐round contribu‐
tions of young people as community leaders
A fter your group has identified the strengths and weaknesses in its local and global com‐
munity, decide on the top three to five service needs and brainstorm project ideas that
address these needs. Next, talk about what you like best and least about each project idea,
asking:
Does the project idea address a need in our community?
Will our participants get excited about carrying out this project?
Will our project be able to draw community support?
Finally, select the service project that your group feels it will best be able to implement!
Looking Back: PTPI and GYSD
F rom 2006 to 2008, PTPI student mem‐
bers more than doubled their partici‐
pation in GYSD. In 2008, 44 People to Peo‐
GYSD Participation
Growth
ple International Student Chapters in 17 60
countries mobilized 2,200 volunteers in 40 2006
celebration of the 9th annual Global Youth 20 2007
Service Day. Around the world, these stu‐ 0 2008
dent members were joined by millions of 2006 2007 2008
other young individuals who came together
to support their communities. PTPI is proud of its student members for
making past GYSDs successful. With your
help, we know that future GYSDs will have an
even greater impact across the globe!
From beach cleanups to food drives, would not have the proper equipment to play
soccer.
PTPI student members have creatively
impacted their communities through • PTPI’s East Brunswick, New Jersey (Synergy)
their GYSD initiatives. Look at just a Student Chapter partnered with the Committee
on Conscience and carried out many activities to
few of the great projects that PTPI stu- benefit those affected by the genocide in Sudan.
dent members sponsored in 2008: The chapter raised funds to purchase solar cook
stoves that will be donated to refugees from
• PTPI’s Oroslavje, Croatia (The Eagles) Stu- Darfur living in camps in Chad. Members dis‐
dent Chapter helped build a gymnasium at its played an educational exhibit about the use of
school, with hopes of promoting healthy life‐ the cookers and had a sample solar cook stove
styles within the community. By the end of on display.
2007, the chapter had collected 258 signatures
from students and teachers for a petition to • PTPI’s Katowice, Poland (Silesian) Student
build a gymnasium in their school. The chapter Chapter members and their friends went to the
received old trees from the Oroslavje Town city of Dąbrowa Górnicza to spend time with
Council and used this wood to build the gymna‐ children ages 4‐8 staying in a local hospital.
sium during Global Youth Service Day. Chapter members read to the children and en‐
gaged the children in drawing pictures. Chapter
• PTPI’s Allen, Texas (LIFE) Student Chapter members had as much fun as the children while
collected new and gently used children’s book to they built castles, bowled, set up racing tracks
donate to the Dallas Shared Ministries. The Dal‐ with blocks and played shop with the girls. The
las Shared Ministries provides free healthcare to chapter president, Aleksandra Kubica, re‐
underprivileged and at‐risk kids in the Dallas marked, “Seeing the smiles on the children’s
area. In addition, the chapter collected new and faces was extremely rewarding and definitely an
gently used soccer shoes and equipment to unforgettable experience.”
benefit children in Guatemala who otherwise
Organizing Your Service Project
A fter your group has chosen the service project idea
that you have the most resources and abilities to
carry out, generate specific goals for your group by ad‐
dressing the following areas:
• NEEDS — Why is this project is needed?
• PURPOSE — How will this project help?
O n the day of the project, you may find
it helpful to create a schedule of the
day’s events. By including
successful GYSD project. The more people
who know what is going on, the better your
chance for success will be!
an exact breakdown of each Good management and Before your event starts, be
event of the day with re‐ advanced planning are sure to include an orienta‐
sources needed, location, key to completing a suc- tion for volunteers that ex‐
person(s) responsible, and cessful GYSD project. plains the goals of Global
contact information, you Youth Service Day, infor‐
can ensure that the project will be organized mation about the agency/site and related
and run smoothly. Good management and issues, the day’s schedule and any other
advanced planning are key to completing a specific instructions.
P L A N N I N G T I P
Expect the unexpected on the day of your
project! Have a backup plan ready in case of
rain or other delays. Make sure that the pro‐
ject goals are realistic and that the work can
be completed by your team. Performing a In celebration of Global Youth Service Day
mid‐day assessment may be a good idea to 2008, PTPI’s Memphis, Tennessee
(BLUES) Student Chapter volunteered its
gauge your team’s progress. Above all, be
time at the Mid‐South Food Bank by sort‐
prepared to be flexible and work through any ing and packing more than 22,000 pounds
obstacles that may arise! of food to be distributed to thousands of
agencies serving families in need in Ten‐
nessee, Mississippi and Arkansas.
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