Cash grants support Youth Leaders for Literacy programs

Each year, the National Education Association (NEA) and Youth Service America (YSA) join forces to award Youth Leaders for Literacy grants to encourage community service through innovative, youth-designed programs that benefit others in their communities. This year, 30 grants of $500 were awarded.

The winning programs exhibit a variety of interesting and innovative ways of promoting reading. The initiatives are launched on NEA's Read Across America Day, celebrated this year on March 3, and culminate during Global Youth Service Days, scheduled for April 25-27, 2008.

For further information, visit either the Read Across America section of the NEA website or the YSA website.