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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 493 

Designating April 23 through 25, 2010, as ‘‘Global Youth Service Days’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 20, 2010 

Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. AKAKA, Mr. BEGICH, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, 

Mrs. LINCOLN, Mrs. MURRAY, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. BAYH, Ms. 

LANDRIEU, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Ms. STABENOW, 

Mr. BINGAMAN, Mrs. HAGAN, Mr. NELSON of Nebraska, Mr. MENENDEZ, 

Mr. LIEBERMAN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. GREGG, Mr. LEMIEUX, Mr. BURR, 

Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. CARDIN, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. ISAKSON, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, and Mr. DODD) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Designating April 23 through 25, 2010, as ‘‘Global Youth 

Service Days’’. 

Whereas Global Youth Service Days is an annual campaign 

that celebrates and mobilizes the millions of children and 

youths who improve their communities each day through 

community service and service-learning programs; 

Whereas the goals of Global Youth Service Days are— 

(1) to mobilize and support young people to identify 

and address the needs of their communities, schools, and 

organizations; and 

(2) to provide opportunities for— 

(A) youth engagement; and 


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(B) the public, the media, and policymakers to 

recognize and raise awareness of young people as assets and resources; 

Whereas Global Youth Service Days, a program of Youth 

Service America, is the largest service event in the world 

and the only service event dedicated to youth engagement; 

Whereas, in 2010, Global Youth Service Days is being observed for the 22nd consecutive year in the United States 

and, in more than 100 countries, for the 11th year globally; 

Whereas Global Youth Service Days engages millions of 

young people worldwide with the support of more than 

200 national and international partners, 85 State and 

local lead agencies, and thousands of local partners; 

Whereas high quality community service and service-learning 

programs— 

(1) increase the academic engagement and achievement of young people; 

(2) prepare young people for the workforce; and 

(3) provide young people with the skills necessary to 

achieve success in the 21st century; 

Whereas community service and service-learning programs 

provide opportunities for young people to apply their 

knowledge, idealism, energy, creativity, and unique perspectives to solving critical issues, including health, childhood obesity, education, illiteracy, poverty, hunger, the 

environment, violence, and natural disasters; 

Whereas Global Youth Service Days is an opportunity for citizen diplomacy that increases intercultural understanding 

and promotes the sense that youths are global citizens, 


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as evidenced by the growing number of projects that involve youths working collaboratively across borders to address global issues; 

Whereas thousands of participants in schools and communitybased organizations are planning Global Youth Service 

Days activities as a part of Semester of Service, a program that includes the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of 

Service, in which young people spend the semester addressing meaningful community needs connected to intentional learning goals or academic standards over at least 

70 hours; 

Whereas thousands of youth volunteers learn, create, and implement innovative solutions to global issues on Global 

Youth Service Days through ‘‘Get Ur Good On,’’ an online network of youths supporting each other in the mission to do good works in their communities; 

Whereas Global Youth Service Days provides young children, 

teenagers, and young adults with an opportunity to contribute their abilities and talents as active citizens and 

community leaders; 

Whereas Global Youth Service Days provides schools, community organizations, faith-based organizations, government 

agencies, businesses, and families with an opportunity to 

engage youths as leaders and problem solvers; and 

Whereas section 198(g) of the National and Community 

Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12653(g)) recognizes 

Global Youth Service Days as national days of service 

and calls on the Corporation for National and Community Service, other Federal agencies and departments, 

and the President of the United States to recognize and 


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support youth-led activities on the designated days: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) recognizes and commends the significant 

3 contributions of the youths of the United States and 

4 encourages the cultivation of a civic bond between 

5 young people dedicated to serving their neighbors, 

6 their communities, and the Nation; 

7 (2) designates April 23 through 25, 2010, as 

8 ‘‘Global Youth Service Days’’; and 

9 (3) calls on the people of the United States to 

10 observe Global Youth Service Days by— 

11 (A) encouraging youths to participate in 

12 community service and service-learning projects; 

13 (B) recognizing the volunteer efforts of the 

14 young people of the United States throughout 

15 the year; and 

16 (C) supporting the volunteer efforts of 

17 young people and engaging young people in 

18 meaningful community service, service-learning, 

19 and decision-making opportunities, as an invest20 ment in the future of the United States. 

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