Youth Service America

WASHINGTON, April 9, 2019 (Newswire.com) - One hundred and eleven young leaders have been awarded Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation Youth Grants through Youth Service America (YSA). The grant will support youth-led community service projects that address the issue of childhood hunger.

One in six children in America is at risk of hunger. This is a problem that can be solved, and young people are a part of the solution. Youth-led activities will take place on Global Youth Service Day April 12-14, 2019 - the largest youth service and civic action event in the world.

One hundred and eleven young leaders across the country were recently awarded $400 grants to organize projects to help end childhood hunger. Grantees will educate and mobilize their peers around the issue to help end childhood hunger through awareness, service, advocacy and philanthropy activities. They join millions of other young people around the world as part of Global Youth Service Day, April 12–14, 2019. Celebrating 31 years of youth changing the world, Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) is the largest youth service and civic action event in the world.

“We want to empower today’s youth because we believe they are the generation to end child hunger. We are supporting young leaders, from elementary to college students, who are dedicating their time to solving this crisis in one of the world’s wealthiest countries,” said Gerri Mason Hall, Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation chair and chief human resources officer, Sodexo North America. “By investing in their efforts on Global Youth Service Day, we hope to ignite the passion in other young people to join the fight against child hunger.”

This year's grantees include:

Founded in 1986, Youth Service America (YSA) is a nonprofit organization that supports youth to learn the skills they need to find their voice, take action and have an impact on critical challenges facing their communities. To measure its global impact in more than 100 countries, YSA aligns its outcomes with the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals and the 21st Century Skills. To learn more or for more information, visit www.YSA.org and www.GYSD.org.

Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation

The Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation works with and through partners to help end childhood hunger in the United States because no child should be hungry today or risk being hungry again tomorrow. Sodexo Inc., which funds all administrative costs, and the nonprofit Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation mobilize experts, innovators, volunteers and donors to feed children, to advocate for policies to end childhood hunger and to implement innovative potential solutions, particularly those designed by youth. Since 1999, the Foundation has leveraged nearly $32 million in grant dollars to help end childhood hunger. For more information, visit www.SodexoFoundation.org and www.SodexoUSA.com. 

Source: Youth Service America