Plan your Global Youth Service Day projects for April 23-25, 2010 Minnesota FCCLA is a lead Staet Agency for Global Youth Service Day 2010, April 23-25, 2010 See the form in Downloads section of this website to register your project Global Youth Service Day is a campaign that celebrates and mobilizes millions of children and youth who positively impact their communities every day of the year through service and service-learning. Established in 1988, GYSD occurs in over 100 countries each year and is the largest service event in the world. On GYSD children and youth address the world´s most critical issues by partnering with families, schools, community and faith-based organizations, businesses, and governments. Global Youth Service Day Goals: Mobilize youth to identify and address the needs of their communities; organizations to provide opportunities for youth engagement; media and policy makers to promote and raise awareness of the youth service movement. Support youth on a lifelong path of service and civic engagement; schools and organizations through training and technical assistance, grants, and resources that enable them to engage youth; Sustain community improvement through year-round recognition of youth as problem-solvers and community leaders.*