Donate to YCS through the "Magic of Youth Service" Campaign   

For nineteen years, YCS has offered students the chance to lead, serve and make a difference in their communities. YCS also continues to provide support for teachers who want to implement service-learning strategies within - and outside of - their classrooms.

Funding support for YCS comes from donations from individuals, grants from organizations, and in-kind contributions from the City of Palo Alto and PAUSD. YCS is looking to expand its base of contributors in order to achieve financial year-round sustainability to strengthen and expand its programs in Palo Alto and East Palo Alto.

With the generous contributions of YCS supporters, the Magic of Youth Service Campaign will support Youth Community Service in achieving the following goals:

• Supporting service learning, civic engagement and leadership programs for Palo Alto students.
• Sustaining our extended programs in East Palo Alto at this critical time when safe and positive alternatives are so badly needed.
• Sharing service-learning methods with K-12 educators throughout our region.
• Developing the River of Words Watershed environmental literacy service-learning program for students and educators from Portola Valley to Palo Alto to East Palo Alto.
• Strengthening our Family Service Day for Palo Alto and East Palo Alto families to celebrate a day of service together. This year there were over 600 participants.
• Expanding our summer transition program for students entering high school, to help reverse high dropout rates for Ravenswood (East Palo Alto) students entering Sequoia District high schools.

The Magic of Youth Service Campaign is supported by Honorary Co-Chairs: Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, State Assemblyman Ira Ruskin, County Supervisors Liz Kniss and Rose Jacobs Gibson, Palo Alto Mayor Peter Drekmeier, East Palo Alto Mayor Ruben Abrica, and Menlo Park Mayor Heyward Robinson. Others include Ravenswood School Board President Larry Moody and Palo Alto School Board President Barb Mitchell, Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce CEO Paula Sandas, and Carolyn Tucher with the Community Legal Services of East Palo Alto and this year's Tall Trees Award winner.

Campaign committee members include: Ray Bacchetti, David Blitz, Melissa Baten Caswell, Megan Swezey Fogarty, Terry Godfrey, Susan Phinney Silver, Sherri Sager, Barbara Spreng, and campaign chairs Dan Dykwel, Sigrid Pinsky, Joe Martin and Suzie Lovercheck.

For more information please contact Luanne Meyer or Leif Erickson at 650-617-8961 or luanne@youthcommunityservice.org. Contributions are tax-deductible with the YCS IRS tax ID number 20-8099150. Contributions may be sent to YCS at 3800 Middlefield Rd. Palo Alto, CA 94303.