GOALS THIS MONTH By SARA LIM Our club recently submitted a grant proposal for the YOF grant, or the Youth Opportunities Fund. The YOF grants are only given to Key Clubs. The grant amount can range between $250 to $2,000. We submitted an application for the second cycle that was due March 1st. Our application is now waiting to be approved and reviewed by a Key Club International Board committee. There are requirements to qualify for this grant. Firstly, we had to have Key Club member engagement. Then we had to fill a need within our community and determine that need by completing a community needs assessment. Thirdly, we had to support activities within at least one Kiwanis Children’s Fund cause area: health, education, or youth leadership development. Lastly, we have to spend the grant money within a year of when the grant was awarded. After our president, Emily Wilson, informed us about this grant opportunity, each one of us officers brainstormed one to two ideas as to what met the grant’s requirements and what could get us the most grant money. But out of all of these ideas, we chose to propose a literacy night event with elementary schools in AISD. We hope with this grant money we will be able to provide support to our local elementary schools through the donation of books and literacy encouragement for our students. We have set up certain dates for “literacy events” where our members will read to the elementary kids at the schools.
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