Just as we're each part of our own local community, we're also part of a national and worldwide community and there are amazing changes being led by and with young people all over the globe. We want to help you learn about them! Do you know about an amazing youth-led effort? A cool organization or event that takes place somwhere else in the country or world? Email us at myan@propeople.org and include "beyond maine story idea" in the subject line.


Featured Story: Global Youth Service Day 2010

This past April brought the 22nd annual Global Youth Service Day (well, days, really--April 23-25, 2010).

Global Youth Service Day is an annual campaign that celebrates and mobilizes the millions of children and youth who improve their communities each day of the year through service and service-learning. Learn more.

This year, there were over 3,000 service projects in over 90 countries (including all 50 of the United States!). Check out the super cool map to learn about projects that happened all over the word. You can customize your search by country, state, or issue. Are you part of a group that participated? Make sure you report back about your project and get it counted!

You can save the dates now for the 2011 Global Youth Service Day--April 15-17, 2011. The Global Youth Service Day site has information & resources to help you plan a project & share about it with others.