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America's PrepareAthon! - September 30

September is National Preparedness Month. National PrepareAthon! Day, which culminates National Preparedness Month, is September 30. America's PrepareAthon! is an opportunity for individuals, organizations, and communities to prepare for specific hazards through group discussions, drills, and exercises. It's not too late to Take Action - Learn about your hazards and how to prepare. Be Counted - Register your preparedness activities. Spread the Word - Download resources to help you plan and promote preparedness activities throughout the coming year. To get involved, visit http://community.fema.gov ...»

Do You Know Some EXCEPTIONAL YOUTH!?!

Seeking Exceptional Youth

Now through November 3, students in grades 5-12 are invited to apply for Prudential Spirit of Community Awards if they have made meaningful contributions to their communities through volunteer service within the past 12 months. The application is available at http://spirit.prudential.com and www.nassp.org/spirit.

State Farm Sponsoring it's annual Celebrate My Drive!!

Celebrate My Drive encourages teens to make positive choices as they begin driving, like 2N2 -- 2 eyes on the road, 2 hands on the wheel. Enter October 12-25,  2015, for a chance to win a $100,000 grant and an Echosmith concert for your high school by showing State Farm how your high school raises awareness for Drive 2N2.

To enter, a high school administrator must upload a photo or video during the entry period. One entry per high school only. To show why a high school deserves to win a grant, the administrator must also answer four questions and submit a brief write-up. 100 high schools will be selected as Finalists and then 22 high schools that receive the most votes for their entry will win a $100,000 grant.

• 11 large high schools (751 students or more grades 9-12 combined) receiving the most votes will win a $100,000 grant.
• 11 small high schools (750 students or less, grades 9-12 combined) receiving the most votes will win a $100,000 grant.

Echosmith will choose the Grand Prize winner from the 22 High School Finalists based on judging criteria, and play a private concert for this lucky high school.

Learn more and get ready to enter your high school www.celebratemydrive.com!

Teen action Club Grants ~ Apply by September 30, 2015

$500 mini-grants to support new and existing generaitonOn Service Clubs, after-school community service clubs for middle and high school students. Two types of grant savailable. Made possible with generous support from Prudential.

Club Startup Grants 

To help launch new generationOn Service Clubs based at schools, and to provide funding for their first two community service projects.

Club Activation Grants
To help existing generationOn Service Clubs do two community service projects that engage other non-club teens in service.

Learn more and apply HERE.

Spotlight on Youth Safety

Youth Scholarship & Leadership Development Opportunities  Interested in multimedia arts, public relations and communications? Apply to be a Youth Correspondent. Enjoy event planning, team building, and making a difference? Participate in the Seat Belts Save challenge. Volunteer in your community and have a story to tell about it? Apply for the $1500 Conor Lynch Memorial Scholarship. Want to save lives and combat the biggest killer of teens in the U.S.? Register for the National Teen Safe Driving Summit.

Global Goals for Sustainable Development

On September 25th, 193 world leaders will commit to the Global Goals for Sustainable Development. 17 goals to achieve 3 extraordinary things in the next 15 years. 

• End extreme poverty. 
• Fight inequality and injustice. 
• Fix climate change. 

If every school in the world teaches children about these goals, we will help them become the generation that changed the world. Schools in over 100 countries are taking part and we want you to join them! All you have to do is teach a lesson about the Global Goals sometime next week. Spend 30-60 minutes introducing students (or youth) to this new "to-do" list for people and the planet in assembly, in your class, or wherever you work with youth. All the resources you need are available in 10 languages at www.globalgoals.org/worldslargestlesson.

Spread Peace and Kindess through Service!!

Martin Richard was an 8-year-old boy who believed in togetherness, teamwork and inclusion. Martin was tragically killed when the second of two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. We can honor his wish for a more peaceful world by being kind and compassionate. This fall, from September 14th - October 16th, generationOn, Hasbro and the Martin Richard Foundation invite you to join us in spreading peace and kindness. Whether it's planting a peace garden, making a get-well card for a sick friend, or simply inviting someone new to sit at your school lunch table, there are many free and easy ways to help us create a more peaceful world. Visit www.generationOn.org/peace  to learn about ideas on how to create peace in your community.

What Have YOU Done for National Child Awareness Month?

September is National Child Awareness Month! Let's take action for children every day! Festival of Children Foundation is pleased to announce that United States Senate Resolution 223 passed with unanimous consent, officially designating September 2015 as National Child Awareness Month. Help raise awareness of issues affecting children in your community all this month. Learn more atwww.nationalchildawarenessmonth.org

How can I participate in National Child Awareness Month?
• Volunteer your time to a children’s charity in your community 
• Donate to a children’s charity in your community 
• Share your story and inspire others to get involved

REMEMBER~ You can take action for children every day all year long!!  Let's keep the good things going . . .

It's National Voter Registration Day!!

National Voter Registration Day - September 22

National Voter Registration Day (NVRD) is TODAY, September 22nd! Let's celebrate our democracy!  NVRD was first started for the 2012 presidential election, and has now become an annual holiday and celebration when thousands of people ensure our family, friends and neighbors are registered to vote. You can visit www.NationalVoterRegistrationDay.org to register to vote, and to find ways to get involved and help #CelebrateNVRD!

Last Day of the Compassion Games!!

Every day is a profound opportunity to choose how we wish to be and play in the world. With courage and imagination, we can intentionally live life in a way that leads to the healing and positive development of our communities and precious planet.

From September 11-September 21 Compassion Games International has been offering fun and creative ways to ignite and catalyze compassionate action in communities around the world. The goal of the Compassion Games was to amplify what is already working and inspire new ways to care for ourselves, each other and the Earth. In the Compassion Games, competition became coopetition as we challenged one another to strive together to make our planet a better place to live.

We want to hear what you did to be a part of the Compassion Games here in Cache Valley. Please send  a summary of your Compassion Games experience to us at CacheVolunteerCenter@gmail.com. Then watch for us to post some of our favorites in the blog in a couple of weeks. You can also post your story in our facebook group located HERE. 

Did you miss out and not get to participate in the Games? Well . . . it's never too late! Go ahead and do something KIND and then send us a note to tell us about it!  

Today is Peace Day Challenge!!

Take the Peace Day Challenge!

September 21 is the International Day of Peace. Turn the Day of Peace into a day of action, by taking a step to build peace on or around 9/21, and spreading the word broadly! www.peacedaychallenge.org

Spread Peace. Starting Now.

Whether it's planting a peace garden or making a get-well card for a sick friend, there are many easy ways to help us create a more peaceful world. From September 14th - October 16th, generationOn, Hasbro and the Martin Richard Foundation invite you spread Martin Richard's message of peace and kindness.  Visit www.generationOn.org/peace to get resources and ideas on how to participate. OR Join us on social media by creating your own peace poster or sharing your acts of kindness using #NoMoreHurtingPeople. "No More Hurting People, Peace"

Grandparents Day ~ September 13th

Save the date for Grandparents Day 2015 – September 13, 2015. But why not celebrate Grandparents Day all year long through intergenerational service programs? Generations United encourages youth to start, expand and lead intergenerational programs in their communities. To help, GU provides a Youth-Led Intergenerational Toolkit and the online interactive companion guide. Both of these resources outline the important steps for creating programs - prepare, plan, engage, implement, share and evaluate - designed to promote intergenerational solutions to societal challenges and build stronger communities.

September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance

The goal of 9/11 Day is to provide a positive way for all people to forever remember and pay tribute to the 9/11 victims, honor those that rose in service in response to the attacks, and remind people of the importance of working more closely together in peace to improve our world. Learn more atwww.911day.org and www.Serve.gov

There are a wide variety of events happening here in Cache Valley in remembrance of 9/11. Here is a partial list of them:

√   United Way Day of Caring on September 10, 2015. See the blog post from 8/26.
√   Cache Chamber of Commerce  Golf Tournament. See the blog from 8/31.

generationOn National Youth Advisory Council

generationOn is looking for extraordinary 7th-12th grade youth from around the country to serve on their National Youth Advisory Council. As part of the Council, these young service leaders help to develop and execute generationOn's key initiatives, serve as ambassadors for generationOn, and inspire other young people by completing on-the-ground service projects and sharing their stories.

Applications Accepted  until September 11, 2015

Whittier Center Trade-up Update!

The Whittier Community Center is still Trading Up! We started with an antique marble and are trading up as a fundraiser that will support the center and its playground. We currently have a 1940s antique radio that is very cool that we are offering to trade. For details and to see what they currently have to offer as a trade, see their website at www.whittiercenter.org or call (435) 753-9008. Then make a trade offer. You can get something fantastic, help a great cause, receive a tax write-off, and be a part of something fun! What do you have to trade?

This event is happening every day until Friday, September 18, 2015 at 12:00 AM

Trade-up History!!

We started with an antique handmade glazed marble that is from the days of the Whittier School.  We will continue to trade up, selling the final item to raise funds for programs and the playground here at the Whittier.  Please help us get the word out by 'liking' our Facebook posts about the event and by telling your friends and neighbors.  The current trade item will be posted on this page of our website as the trading progresses.  Check back frequently to see what we are trading.  Then look around your own home and see if you have anything you would like to trade for that item.  Traders will receive tax write-offs as the items increase in value and the satisfaction of helping out a worthwhile cause...as well as the opportunity to be involved in something really fun.  Photos of each trade will be posted on this site.  Please be generous in offering items of value to trade.  If you have something you would like to offer in trade for whatever our current trade may be, please email director@whittiercenter.org with a photo and/or good description of the item.  Our executive board of directors will be selecting from offers that come in.  What do you have to trade?

Trade #1

We traded the antique handmade marble for this Pantini 3/4 size student violin.  It comes with a soft shell case (with some wear on the neck edge) and a bow.  Perfect for 10-14 year old violin students.  If you would like it, make us a trade offer!

Trade #2

We traded the violin for a Firestone Air Chief antique radio.  It doesn't have a date stamp, but similar ones online are dated from the mid-1940s. It is not currently operational, but it looks really cool and would make a great addition if you like the vintage look. As you can see from the photo, some of the wood veneer has peeled off. It is in the director's office at the Whittier, so feel free to drop in and inspect it. Then make us a great offer for a trade and the radio can be yours!

Here are pictures of the items traded:

Handmade, antique, glazed marble

Pantini 3/4 size violin with bow and case

Firestone Air Chief antique radio