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Grants for Summer and Afterschool Meals
The Great American Bake Sale grants program will support efforts to increase
participation among low-income children in summer and afterschool meal programs.
Share Our Strength is specifically interested in increasing participation in
meal programs that utilize USDA reimbursement through the Summer Food Service
Program (SFSP), National School Lunch Program (NSLP), or Child and Adult Care
Food Program (CACFP). Nonprofit organizations that work to increase the number
of children that receive nutritious afterschool and summer meals may be eligible
to apply for funds raised through the Great American Bake Sale.
Grant applications for funds raised through
the 2008 Great American Bake Sale will
be accepted from March 10, 2008, until
May 30, 2008. Applications received later
than May 30, 2008, will not be considered
for funding. To access the grant
application, follow the instructions at www.greatamericanbakesale.org/grants.
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Operation Purple® Camps
2008
As an
organization dedicated to serving military
families, the National Military Family
Association (NMFA) recognized the need
for more resources to support military
children. In 2004, the Operation
Purple® Summer
Camp Program was created as a way to help
military children cope while having a parent
deployed.
What started with 12 camps hosting
nearly 1,000 children in 2004 has grown
into a nationwide program with camps in
most of the highly impacted military communities.
To date more than 10,000 military children
have benefited from this FREE program.
Camps are free to all participants thanks
to a partnership with the Sierra Club and
the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation.
NMFA received multiple requests from many
ACA camps nationwide and as a result in
2008, there will be 100 weeks of camp in
62 locations in 37 states. The enthusiasm
from the new 2008 camps is contagious and
NMFA is expecting the best camp season
yet.
Information on 2008 camps and our
program is available at www.operationpurple.org.
For camps interested in hosting an Operation
Purple® camp
in 2009, please refer to our Web site in
August 2008 where specifics will be posted.
For general information on our program
please contact Cynthia.Clagg@nmfa.org or
at 800-260-0218.
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Register Your Global Youth Service Day
Project
You can register your camp's community
service project in the Global Youth Service
Day (GYSD) project listing at www.YSA.org/gysd to
ensure that your project will be highlighted
in the GYSD international media campaign
and featured on the new interactive GYSD-US
map. At the Web site, you will also find
planning tools to help you develop a great
project and promotional materials to publicize
your events. To look up projects in your
community, go to www.YSA.org/map.
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2008 Great American
Bake Sale – How
You Can Participate
Share Our Strength's Great American Bake
Sale is a national campaign that mobilizes
people of all ages to help end childhood
hunger in America by holding bake sales
in their communities. More than 4 million
people have baked, bought, or sold goods
to end childhood hunger in their communities
by participating. Since 2003, nearly $4
million has been raised to make sure no
child in America grows up hungry.
The 2008 Great American Bake Sale launches
on March 1 and concludes on June 30. Proceeds
are granted to organizations in communities
nationwide to help provide at-risk children
with nutritious meals when they're needed
most – during summer, and after school.
Now is your chance to help children in
need year-round! Consider hosting a bake
sale for move-in and move-out days, as
well as during parent day at your camp!
For more information on how to get involved,
visit www.greatamericanbakesale.org for more information.
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