News Release from the Madison Civics Club

Contacts:
Kay Jarvis-Sladky                              Marlys Sloup
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608-271-3789

Aug.  2, 2011

The Madison Civics Club is celebrating 100 years of engaging minds
The Madison Civics Club Invites Youth Groups to Apply for Community
Service Grants

MADISON—Dane County-area youth groups are invited to apply for community
service grants of up to $1,000 to be awarded by the Madison Civics Club.
 
In conjunction with offering thought-provoking luncheon presentations on social
issues by civic,
national and international trailblazers, the all-volunteer, nonprofit club
recognizes
youth groups for their outstanding contributions to their communities.


Criteria for the Madison Civics Club’s youth grants are:
 1. Worthy project with plans for how grant money will be used
2. Community service without political bias 
3. Relevance of group’s mission to Madison Civics Club speaker’s topic
The grant application form and more details can be found at
www.madisoncivicsclub.org.  Then, click on “Youth Grants.”

More information about the Madison Civics Club's 2011-12 season and grant
proposal
deadlines are listed below.

Speaker: U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano
Topic: “The Role We All Play: Homeland Security in the 10 Years Since 9/11”
Meeting date/time: Sept. 17, 2011, 11 a.m.
Grant proposals due: Aug. 17, 2011
 
 
 


Speaker: Gwen Ifill, moderator and managing editor of the Public
Broadcasting System’s “Washington Week” public affairs program
Topic: “Politics, Policy and Reality: What’s Really Going On in
Washington”
Meeting date/time: Oct. 29, 2011, 11 a.m.
Grant proposals due: Sept. 29, 2011
 
Speaker: Carolyn “Biddy” Martin, former UW-Madison chancellor/Amherst
College president
Topic: “The Challenge of Pursuing Innovation in Academia”
Meeting date/time: March 3, 2012, 11 a.m.
Grant proposals due: Feb. 3, 2012

Speaker: Elizabeth Warren, Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law at Harvard
University, who recently served as assistant to the President and special
advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury in the development of the
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Topic: “Rebuilding the Middle Class”
Meeting date/time: April 14, 2012, 11 a.m.
Grant proposals due: March 14, 2012

Youth grant recipients will be recognized at the Madison Civics Club
luncheon meeting and a reception preceding the meeting.  Meetings are held
at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center.

Recipients of youth grants for the Madison Civics Club 2010-11 season were:
East High School Youth Farm and Community GroundWorks
Edgewood High School Field to Family working with Friends of Dane County
Farmers'
Market
Goodman Community Center Girl Council
La Follette High School Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA)
La Follette High School Key Club International
Verona Area High School Food Drive
Waunakee High School Tech 12 Construction Class
West High School Green Club

Sponsors for the youth grant program in recent years include Alliant Energy,
American Family Insurance, Channel3000, Group Health Cooperative, Madison Gas &
Electric Co., Summit Credit Union and the contributing and sustaining members of
the Madison Civics Club.
 
To learn more about the Madison Civics Club, visit www.madisoncivicsclub.org.
 Jon Standridge
Ph. 608-255-7070
cell 608-669-8770

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