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Wish Upon A Star

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Mindy Le, of the Dreams Come True Campaign, freestyles for GenV.net

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MLK, Jr. Day of Service

Jan 19 2009 - 5:00am
Jan 19 2009 - 11:59pm
Etc/GMT-5

Participate in this national event!
Volunteer in your community on MLK, Jr. Day
Start your own community service project or join an existing one in your community.
Here is what's going on in New England: http://my.mlkday.gov/public/OrganizationDetail.aspx?projectId=4433
You can check the MLK Day site for more projects in your area. http://my.mlkday.gov/public/indexSearch.aspx

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Do Something Animal Action Grant

Provided by: Do Something
Deadline: September 30, 2008
Type of Award: Grant
Awards Available Amount
10 equal to $500

The Do Something Animal Action Grant is available to students, age 25 or under, who are social entrepreneurs and citizens of the U.S. or Canada. You must be working in your community to raise awareness about animal welfare or tackling cruelty to be eligible for this award.

For more information please visit http://www.dosomething.org/grants.

Good luck everyone!

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Interests groups!

Are you tired of having to go through all the teams in the browse section to find interest groups? Well, we're making it easier. Below is a list of all the interest groups created by GenVIPs to help you network with youth from all over the world right here on GenV.net:

These interest groups are open for EVERYONE to join. If you think we're missing an important issue or interest, let one of the VIPs know! To join a group, click "Subscribe" on your left navigation bar once you are on the group profile.

Once you are a group member, you can...
* Read the blogs about issues involving arts and culture. Post your own blogs.
* Create a forum topic for this group (make sure to check the box for this team at the bottom of the post forum page)
* Post the URL for your venture or your website in the Partner section to the right of this message.
* Invite friends.
* Upload videos, images, and/or audio. We want to see and hear what you've been up to!
* Announce events

Let us know if you have any questions!!! ^_^

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NOMINATE A VENTURER FOR THE BARRON PRIZE!

Nomination deadline is April 30
Website: http://www.barronprize.org/

The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes seeks nominations for its 2008 awards. The Barron Prize honors young people ages 8 to 18 who have made a significant positive difference to people and our planet. Each year, ten national winners each receive $2,000 to support their service work or higher education. Nomination deadline is April 30. For more information and to nominate, go here.

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Humane Teen

Hello everyone, Jessie Here!

I just wanted to let you all know about a website that as Animal Right's Activitsts you may be very interested in hearing about. The website is called Humane Teen (http://www.humaneteen.org). It is a great site, and chances are, if you have talked to me- you've heard about it.

The Humane Teen Website is great! It helps clubs all over the country spread their message while providing facts, and getting teenagers involved with issues that surround animal rights! Humane Teen has links to external websites with information on hot topics such as becoming a vegan, dog fighting, and government policies on animal rights. Humane Teen provides guides and a lot of free tools (just as long as you promise to take action) to help your club (there is even a club handbook on the site). There are message boards and the site is like GenV.net in the way that it is great for networking with other animal rights clubs in your area.

HumaneTeen even has a newsletter, check it out! It has tips, information, and updates to keep you educated and well informed.

Lastly, check out HumaneTeen's Mission: Humane Program. Mission: Humane is a great way for teens to make a huge difference in animal lives and keep humane teen informed. There are many different projects that you can choose from (anything from how to get your cafeteria to go cage-free to stopping the use of fur). The projects can be done with clubs or small groups and definitly help serve the community!

Check out Humane Teen: You won't regret it!
http://www.humanteen.org

Thanks,
have fun making a difference!

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Dog fighting rings

Throughout the country pets are frequently nabbed for "bait" - animals used to test another dog's fighting instinct. The "bait" is mauled or killed in the process. Ring leaders arranged dog fights, bet on the fights and mistreated animals that were not sufficiently ferocious. The fights continued until one dog was killed or gave up. Dogs that lost fights were put to death by drowning, hanging, gunshot, electrocution or being slammed to the ground.

3,396 animals have been reported missing within six months in 2004 and about 50 percent may have been stolen. The same statistics continues today and stolen pets have appeared in California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Texas, among other states.

If you can speak directly to those people who arranged those fights, what would you say to them?