The State Farm Youth Advisory Board Request For Proposals (RFP) for student-led and student-designed service-learning projects are now available at the State Farm Youth Advisory Board web site.
Overview of Board
Thirty students, ages 17-20, from across the United States and Canada comprise the State Farm® Youth Advisory Board. They are charged with helping State Farm design and implement a $5 million-a-year signature service-learning initiative to address issues important to State Farm and communities across the United States and Canada.
Members of this distinguished youth board play a critical leadership role in creating and overseeing the initiative that will address five community issues chosen by the board. The 2009-2010 State Farm Youth Advisory Board chose financial education, access to higher education, natural and societal disaster preparedness, teen driver safety and environmental responsibility to address through a competitive grant process. The board issued their Requests for Proposals on August 1, 2009 and will announce grant winners in the spring of 2010.
The board is made up of a diverse group of students. They are selected annually from more than 300 applications and are chosen based on their strengths as reflected in their application and through telephone interviews with finalists. Each member commits about 15 hours a month to the board and participate in four face-to-face meetings during their year of service.
One board member and one associate board member represents each of State Farm's 13 zones across the United States and Canada. The Youth Advisory Board also includes a Corporate representative and three at-large members nominated by State Farm’s national service-learning partners – Youth Service America (YSA), the National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC), and the National Service-Learning Partnership (NSLP).
With the current national atmosphere of service, communities across the country are engaging in meaningful projects to make meaningful, long-lasting change. The State Farm Youth Advisory Board strives to be spark to engage youth to enact systemic change in their communities, through serving on the Board, or receiving a grant.
Visit www.statefarmyab.com for more information.
