National Youth Service Day

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention has joined Youth Service America as one of more than 60 national partners in promoting participation in this year’s National Youth Service Day.

The event, which will be April 11–13, 2003, has three principal purposes:

1. To mobilize youth to identify and address the needs of their communities through service.
2. To recruit the next generation of volunteers.
3. To educate the public about the year-round contributions of young people as community leaders.

Youth from across America will take part in community-service projects organized by schools and other local organizations. The projects will involve a broad array of public service activities, such as tutoring younger children, serving meals at homeless shelters, visiting nursing homes, and cleaning up vacant lots.

Resources:

To obtain further information about National Youth Service Day and access a variety of tools designed to enable you to observe it effectively in your community, visit the National Youth Service Day Web site at http://www.ysa.org/nysd/.

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OJJDP-Sponsored Teleconference: Youth Group Recruitment and Retention
April 29, 2003, 3:00–4:15 p.m. (eastern time)

One of the most pressing issues among youth group coordinators is the problem of recruitment and retention of young participants. This teleconference will explore several successful recruitment strategies, as well as examples and ideas on effective tools and techniques to retain energetic, involved, and interested youth participants in underage drinking prevention initiatives. This OJJDP audio-teleconference has youth coordinators and youth as its primary audience. For more information and to register, please visit http://www.udetc.org/Events-AudioConferences.htm, or call 1–877–335–1287, extension 230, and follow the prompts.