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By funding school-based community service projects across the country, Milken Festival for Youth teaches K–12 students that they can make a difference in the lives of others.
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Retiring Waste Tires
Retiring Waste Tires
Maplewood High School
Guys Mills, PA
September 24, 2008

PENNCREST District student participants pull tires from a creek at the Milken Festival for Youth Kickoff in Centerville, Pennsylvania.

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2008-2009 Projects Announced
Students across America to Spearhead Volunteer Projects through 27 Milken Festival for Youth Grants

Click on Our Sites at the left for a list and descriptions of projects involved in the 2008-2009 Milken Festival for Youth


MILKEN FESTIVAL FOR YOUTH IN THE NEWS

Teacher wins governor's environmental award
Titusville Herald
(Titusville, PA)
April 23, 2009

Empty Bowls fill need
The Coloradoan
(Fort Collins, CO)
February 20, 2009

Students celebrate park project
Texarkana Gazette
(Texarkana, TX)
February 7, 2009

Benchmark beautification
KTBS-TV Channel 3 (ABC)
(Shreveport, LA)
February 6, 2009

College Hill Elementary to celebrate Arkansas Pride in Our Parks Friday
Texarkana Gazette
(Texarkana, TX)
February 2, 2009

Educator uses story about pooch to increase literacy
The Index-Journal
(Greenwood, SC)
December 12, 2008

Education in giving
Independent Record
(Helena, MT)
November 23, 2008

Pack the pantries: Citywide food drive
(includes video)
WTHR-TV Channel 13 (NBC)
(Indianapolis, Indiana)
November 10, 2008

Students throw bowls to reduce hunger
The Coloradoan
(Fort Collins, Colorado)
November 10, 2008

Tire recycling effort gets PENNCREST kids out of class
The Meadville Tribune
September 29, 2008

Community Service Program Kicks Off At Capital High School
Beartooth NBC (Helena, Montana)
September 8, 2008

A Trail to Literacy
La Prensa San Diego (San Diego, California)
June 13, 2008

'Oh fiddle sticks, that really hurt ...'
Bremerton Patriot (Bremerton, Washington)
February 29, 2008

Dare Not To Swear campaign returns to Bremerton High
Bremerton Patriot (Bremerton, Washington)
October 1, 2007

Native American Week, Milken Festival held at All Chiefs Park
Glacier Reporter (Browning, Montana)
September 26, 2007

PENNCREST tire cleanup an educational effort
The Meadville Tribune (Meadville, Pennsylvania)
September 24, 2007

Students Move Mountain Of Tires
(Includes video clip � click on "Watch" button)
WJET-TV 24 (Fox) (Erie, Pennsylvania)
September 21, 2007

Festival for Youth kick-starts Milken programs for 2007-08
Madison Daily Leader (Madison, South Dakota)
September 20, 2007

Leo Bird Jr. wins $6,500 Milken grant, goal to teach lodge building to students
Glacier Reporter (North Central Montana)
September 5, 2007

'Dare Not To Swear' Campaign Takes Hold
Kitsap Sun (Kitsap County, Washington)
August 12, 2007




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