Any of you that work with younger service participants (5-8th grade
specifically) might want to pass this along to them.
-Lloyd-
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>*High Priority*
>
>December 9, 1997
>
>MEMORANDUM
>
>TO: YSA AFFILIATES & FRIENDS
>
>FROM: Omar Velarde-Wong
>
>RE: AWARD OPPORTUNITY
>
>
>Prudential Insurance is looking for the brightest stars in the youth
>service movement for its annual Spirit of Community Awards.
>
>Some states and markets remain under-represented in the applications to
>date, so if you know Middle School Students (grades 5-8) from the
>following areas who deserve state and national recognition, please
>contact the National Association of Secondary School Principals for an
>application, ASAP:
>
>* DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
>* HAWAII
>* IDAHO
>* IOWA
>* MAINE
>* MONTANA
>* NEW HAMPSHIRE
>* PUERTO RICO
>* VERMONT
>( WYOMING
>
>*800-253-7746 extension 324. Deadline:
>December 19, 1997
>
>________________________________________
>
>
>THE PRUDENTIAL SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY INITIATIVE
>
>TO: Middle-Level Principals and Guidance Counselors
>
>FROM: Prudential Insurance Company & The National Association of
>Secondary School Principals
>
>DATE: December 9, 1997
>
>RE: Deadline Extended for Prudential Spirit of Community Awards
>
>
>The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards are part of a unique
>recognition program that identifies and rewards middle-level and high
>school students for personal initiative and leadership in providing
>volunteer service in their communities.
>
>One high school student and one middle-level student in each state, the
>District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico will be named State Honorees next
>February, and will receive $1,000, a beautiful silver medallion, and an
>all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. , with a parent or guardian,
>May 2-5, 1998. Two high-school runners-up and two middle-level
>runners-up in each state will receive bronze medallions as Distinguished
>Finalists, and other top applicants will receive state Certificates of
>Excellence. In Washington, 10 honorees will be named America's top youth
>volunteers of the year by a prestigious national selection committee,
>receiving an additional $5,000, a gold medallion, and a stunning crystal
>for their school.
>
>WHO CAN APPLY?
>
>Any Student who:
>( is attending a middle or high school during the 1997-98 school year in
>any state, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico, and was either
>11-18 years old or in grades 5-12 as of 10/30/97.
>
>( has engaged in a volunteer activity that occurred at least in part
>after September 1, 1996.
>
>( completes an application form, has it verified, and submits it to the
>school principal for signing.
>
>If you would like more information or an application form, please contact
>Patty Kreutz, NASSP, at 1-800-253-7746, ext. 324. Fax the completed
>application to NASSP's Department of Student Activities at 703-860-4597
>by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 19, 1997.
>
>
>_____________________________
>
>"We live in an age when to be young and to be indefferent can be no
>longer synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of
>the Future are represented by suffering millions; and the Youth of a
>Nation are the trustees of Posterity."
> Benjamin Disreali
>_____________________________
>Omar Velarde-Wong
>Programs Director
>Youth Service America
>1101 15th Street, N.W.
>Suite 200
>Washington, DC 20005-5002
>Phone: 202-296-2992 ext. 34
>Fax: 202-296-4030
>E-mail: ovelarde-wong@ysa.org
>Website: www.servenet.org
>