Laura, our True North member at the Little Y, has the youth at her site getting ready to revamp the community garden! As part of their Global Youth Service Day project, the kids have been busy planning out what vegetables they want to plant this year, taking down the old fence to build a new

What a wonderful event we had up here in the Harbor Highlands community last Friday evening, April 26. The sun was shining, the kids were all enjoying outdoor activities supplied by Duluth Parks and Recreation, and the smell of fresh baked bread filled the community center. We had visitors from Valley Youth Center, Neighborhood Youth

Noel and the youth at Congdon Elementary raised $600 for Animal Allies during their Global Youth Service event. With the financial support from K.E.Y. Zone Outdoors, they were able to purchase baked goods to sell them at a bake stand at Congdon Elementary during their after school hours for four days in a row. The

This story is written by Katie, the True North AmeriCorps Member with Duluth Community School Collaborative Myers-Wilkins. For their Global Youth Service Day project, the youth at her site decided they wanted to visit with elderly folks who do not get a lot of visitors. Enjoy this touching story about how these youth brought some

Our AmeriCorps members are facilitating service projects with the youth at their sites throughout the month in celebration of Global Youth Service Day. These projects range from visiting the elderly in nursing homes to raising money for the local humane society, to neighborhood garbage clean-ups. Nico is our AmeriCorps member serving with K.E.Y. Zone Outdoors,

On April 21st, young people across the globe participated in Global Youth Service Day.  Here in Duluth, True North AmeriCorps members worked in coordination with their schools and after-school programs to set up 12 service projects for kids across Duluth. More importantly, they got the students themselves to take leadership of the projects. The process