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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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Empty Bowls
Empty Bowls
Lopez Elementary School
Fort Collins, CO

"I can change the world with my own two hands" is the motto adopted by participants in the Empty Bowls Project, a grassroots effort to benefit the hungry.


2007-2008 Projects Announced
From a Blackfeet Reservation to New York's Lower East Side, 22 Communities To Be Enriched through Milken Festival for Youth School-Based Service Grants

Click on Our Sites at the left for a list and descriptions of projects involved in the 2007-2008 Milken Festival for Youth


MILKEN FESTIVAL FOR YOUTH IN THE NEWS

Around South County: Tracey's students give PE teacher a dramatic makeover
The Capital (Annapolis, Maryland)
April 10, 2008

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

Grant boosts kids' potential: Principal's project works to connect school, community
Indianapolis Star
October 11, 2007

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

ACROSS the BIG SKY: Science teacher receives grant
Great Falls Tribune (Great Falls, Montana)
September 11, 2007

School getting grant for on-site museum
AccessNorthGA.com (Northeast Georgia)
September 7, 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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