UnitedHealth HEROES Service Learning Grants $1K

Youth Service America, along with UnitedHealth group, have created the UnitedHealth HEROES program, a health literacy initiative designed to encourage youth (ages 5-25) to partner with schools and nonprofits to create hands-on programs to fight childhood obesity.

Awards are available up to $1,000. Schools and other community-based nfp’s can apply

Deadline: October 15, 2012.

Proposals must include an activity element where young people can count their steps, such as walking, running or hiking, as well as a service component which provides direct service, enables advocacy on behalf of a cause, or features youth philanthropy. Each project will begin on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, January 21, 2013 and end on Global Youth Service Day (GYSD), April 26-28, 2013.

For additional support planning your service-learning program addressing childhood obesity, please download the pdf First Responders: Youth Addressing Childhood Obesity Through Service-Learning.

See a list of past grantees - 331 in 2011!