Come one; come all! NYLC is offering a series of webinars to be broadcast live from the National Service-Learning Conference in San Jose, Calif., March 24-27. Join these free sessions and experience some of the most exciting features of the conference from your home base.

2010 has started off well for youth initiatives at NYLC. In January, Best Buy’s @15 campaign, which had designated NYLC as one of four organizations eligible to receive funding, resulted in more than $23,000 going to youth initiatives. And in February, the State Farm® Youth Advisory Board awarded a $100,000 grant to NYLC to expand the annual National Youth Leadership Training into a year-round program.

NYLC Founder, President, and CEO Jim Kielsmeier testified to the relationship between service-learning and a lifetime habit of service at a field hearing on the national budget this week in St. Paul, Minn.

For the third consecutive year, State Farm’s ® Youth Advisory Board has granted NYLC funding to support young people’s work addressing the achievement gap nationwide. This grant of $100,000 will help expand NYLC’s annual National Youth Leadership Training into a year-round program: the National Service-Learning Leadership Program.

The Salam Project: Youth Supporting Peace in Sudan gathered about 40 avatars and 50 viewers to a video simulcast featuring peace activist Nisrin Elamin and two youth leaders in the virtual space of SmallWorlds Feb. 12. Sponsored by NYLC and produced by Global Kids, the event kicked off a month-long focus on service-learning projects that support the peace process in Sudan.

The National Youth Leadership Council and State Farm® are proud to announce the teen driver safety Project Ignition finalists for 2010.

Read about service-learning in the February 2010 issue of Kappan magazine. Edited by the National Youth Leadership Council, this special section explores why service-learning matters in schools today.

For 2010, NYLC welcomes three new members on its Board of Directors.

Through Jan. 30, youth ages 13-18 can get involved in Best Buy’s @15 website, earn points, and direct their points to NYLC or other youth-serving nonprofits.

Minnesota’s Teacher of the Year (‘08-’09) Derek Olson recently addressed an annual gathering of NYLC’s board and staff, testifying to the power of his early exposure to service-learning through NYLC.