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James and Pamela Toole Receive 2008 Alec Dickson Servant Leader Award
At The 19th Annual Service-Learning Conference, NYLC will honor beloved service-learning trainers and educators James and Pamela Toole, founders of Minnesota-based nonprofit The Compass Institute, with the Alec Dickson Servant Leader Award.
NYLC and State Farm Companies Foundation to Honor the Red Cross Club of Springfield High School
NYLC and State Farm Companies Foundation will honor the Red Cross Club of Springfield High School in Springfield, Penn., with the 2008 State Farm Youth Leadership for Service-Learning Award at
The 19th Annual National Service-Learning Conference, April 10, 2008, in Minneapolis.
NYLC and State Farm Companies Foundation to Honor Mary Rogers
NYLC and State Farm
Companies Foundation will honor Mary Rogers with the 2008 State Farm Youth Leadership for Service-Learning Award at
The 19th Annual National Service-Learning Conference, April 10, 2008, in Minneapolis.
NYLC and State Farm Companies Foundation to Honor Daisy Slan
NYLC and State Farm
Companies Foundation will honor Daisy Slan with the 2008 Stellar Award at
The 19th Annual National Service-Learning Conference, April 10, 2008, in Minneapolis.
State Farm Companies Foundation to Honor Edward A. Donaldson
The State Farm
Companies Foundation will honor Edward A. Donaldson with the 2008 State Farm Service-Learning Champion Award, April 10, 2008, in Minneapolis.
Announcing the Seventh Annual Harris Wofford Awards
NYLC, Youth Service America, and State Farm
Companies Foundation will honor winners of the 2008 Seventh Annual Harris Wofford Awards on April 10, 2008, in Minneapolis.
Join NYLC's 25th Anniversary Celebration!
It's 2008, NYLC's 25th anniversary year. As we reflect on our first
quarter century, what stands out most are all of you who have been a
part of it, so we want you to join our celebration. We want to hear
your NYLC stories, invite you to our anniversary events, and reconnect
you with old friends.
Pennies from Heaven
I saw the amazed look on David Rockefeller’s
face as he viewed Rockefeller Center. The 92-year-old
banker and philanthropist was certainly familiar with the enormous
Christmas tree, the skating rink, and the shops that filled the complex
his family built, but this year the space had been transformed. New York City school children
had created a glistening 165- by 35-foot
field of 100 million pennies.
Emerging Leaders Gather at the Historic Alex Haley Farm
October 17-19, 2007, participants in the
140 Teens Gather for the First Teen Driver Safety Summit
By Heidi Flansberg, Summit Participant
Senior, Carson High School, Carson City, Nevada
From October 14-16, 2007, 140 teen leaders representing all 50
states met in Washington, D.C., for the Teen Driver Safety Summit. Over
three days, we addressed issues relating to the number-one killer of
teens — car crashes. The event coincided with the congressionally
sanctioned National Teen Driver Safety Week.
