mong youth. I worked with youth from 8 Utah County high schools to hold service projects for Global Youth Service Day.Global Youth Service Day is a global event organized by Youth Service America, Global Youth Action Network, and numerous international organizations and coordinating committees. It is the largest annual celebration of young volunteers with millions of youth in countries everywhere carrying out thousands of community improvement projects.
Starting in November, I met with student leaders to plan service projects for this day. Orem, Mountain View, Timpanogos, Lehi, Pleasant Grove, Lone Peak, Springville and American Fork high schools team
ed up to provide service projects. The schools repaired and cleaned parks, wrote letters to soldiers, cleaned the G on the mountain in Pleasant Grove, made toys for children in need, colored alphabet books, helped with maintenance at a city cemetery and more.
The whole purpose of the event was to help youth start a life-long habit of service. I think that if youth start getting involved with service and volunteer work when they’re young, it is more likely to continue with them for the rest of their lives.
To close the festivities, Community Action Services and Food Bank hosted a dance sponsored by United Way of Utah County to recognize the students who organized the projects. The entrance fee to the dance was a donated hygiene item. SubZero Ice Cream of Provo provided entertainment and free ice cream for the event. At the dance youth participated in food-stacking competitions, “Guess the Crate Weight” and a dance off. It was a success.
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