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Habitat Youth Leadership Conference: Scholarship deadline Sept. 1
We want to make attending this year’s Youth Leadership Conference & Young Leaders Summit as easy as possible. Apply for one of our 90 registration scholarships to help with your group’s costs.
This year’s conference will be held Nov. 7-9 in Charlotte, N.C., and will feature workshops on fundraising, advocacy, education and younger youth engagement.
This year’s conference will also have an added focus on young professionals and inspiring youth engagement beyond collegiate years. This annual conference is open to all youth, affiliate staff and volunteers interested in engaging Millennials in Habitat’s efforts to eliminate poverty housing.
Conference information — including registration costs, scholarship opportunities and workshop requests for proposals — is available at habitat.org/ylc. Early-bird registration rates are available through Sept. 20.
Affiliates: Host Collegiate Challenge teams this season!
Collegiate Challenge is Habitat for Humanity International’s year-round student alternative break program. Each Collegiate Challenge team provides essential resources to your affiliate, including:
- Donations: Each participant brings an average $150 donation.
- Recruitment: You can use these groups as opportunity to recruit future AmeriCorps members and staff for your affiliate.
- Project cultivation: Participants can also help with Neighborhood Revitalization, rehab, deconstruction, A Brush with Kindness and weatherization projects.
Directions on how to register, as well as information about hosting responsibilities and requirements, can be found on my.habitat. Email [email protected] for more details.
State Farm matching grants now available
An application and a plan are all that’s standing in the way of making a big impact in your community. Apply before the end of October for one of our State Farm and Habitat grants for your team. State Farm has partnered with Habitat to offer matching grants for Youth United and campus chapters, as well as a disaster-services grant for student groups and affiliates.
All participating groups or affiliates must be in good standing with Habitat Youth Programs to be eligible. Apply today!
World Habitat Day 2014 activation kit now available
HFHI youth teams can now download activation kits for World Habitat Day 2014 on My.Habitat. World Habitat Day will be observed on Oct. 6. The day is celebrated with special activities as we highlight the need for safe, decent and affordable shelter. Affiliates and teams are encouraged to use this toolkit of resources to help share the symbol and messaging for World Habitat Day 2014. Email us at [email protected] for more information or assistance downloading a kit.
 Other ways to get involved
Thanksgiving in August: Tell lawmakers ‘thank you’ for supporting Habitat
At last count, 92 lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives were co-sponsoring the Water for the World Act (H.R. 2901). If your Representative is among them, take a moment during this August recess, when lawmakers are home from Washington, D.C., to say “thank you.” If your representative isn’t on the list, thank him or her for considering co-sponsoring, either in person, over the phone or by using our easy online form. From all of us at Habitat for Humanity, thank you for joining us in advocating to end poverty housing.
Continue Habitat service after college
Habitat Young Professionals wants you! HYP is a great way to network with young people in your community and continue to serve in Habitat’s mission wherever your professional life takes you. See what chapters nationwide are doing — and find one in your area — by emailing [email protected].
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