From: Chaitovitz, Chuck [SMTP:chuck@getf.org]
To: 'David Carrier '; Chaitovitz, Chuck; Ellis, Monica; Claggett, Stuart; Allan Baer; James Pittman; Ronald B. Swenson
Cc: Herrmann, Susan; 'karenjones@gbis.com'; 'tomharvey@gbis.com'; Jones, Jennifer

Subject: RE: Roundtable Promoted in 4-H Council Newsletter
Sent: 4/20/99 6:34 AM
Importance: Normal
2 pm tomorrow is all booked for conference lines. What about later in
the day or on Thurs. Please advise. Also, please find below discussion
points for the call. Thanks.

1.Final revisions to orientation packets (David, Allan)
2. Number 21 and Marcella (Chuck)
3. Pickup (Jenny, Karen, Jim)
4. Meals (Jenny, Karen)
5. Additional Chaperones (Allan, Susan)
6. Status of permission and other forms. Bring them! (Allan)
7. Reporters (Allan)
8. PCSD Interviews (Allan, Chuck)
9. Congressional Contacts (Chuck)
10. Integration with National Roundtable (Allan, I would like input from
David Monsma on this point-- I will call to coordinate)
11. Additions to schedule (Chuck)
12. Renew America (Chuck)
13. Online Chat (Stuart)
14. Contact info (Karen)

If there are other issues that I left out, please let me know.
-----Original Message-----
From: David Carrier
To: chuck@getf.org; mellis@getf.org; stuart.claggett@getf.org;
aeb@solarquest.com; jpittman@solarquest.com; rbs@solarquest.com
Sent: 4/19/99 5:35 PM
Subject: Roundtable Promoted in 4-H Council Newsletter

Please see article #4 below. This newsletter went out by E-mail
today.

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To: State 4-H Leaders, County Extension Offices, Foundation
Directors, National Program
Leaders, 4-H volunteers, Associates of National 4-H Council, and
other professionals in the
youth development and education fields

Youth-Corporate Connections Update Number 10
April 1999

This Update includes information on programs and grant opportunities
offered by the
Youth-Corporate Connections team of National 4-H Council. The
Youth-Corporate Connections
team focuses on five issues: workforce preparation, environmental
stewardship, health and
wellness, discrimination, and family life/work life relationships.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

1) Celebrate Earth Day by Applying for a 1999 Community Tree Planting
Grant
2) 1999 Youth Safety Awards & 1999 Youth Safety Conference
3) Handbook from U.S. Department of Education
4) Youth Roundtable at the National Town Meeting for a Sustainable
America: 21Youth for the 21st Century
5) New Free Report Available Outlining the Impact of School to Work

1) CELEBRATE EARTH DAY BY APPLYING FOR A 1999 COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING
GRANT

Just in time for Earth Day, National 4-H Council, in partnership with
DEFT, Inc., announces the
1999 Community Tree Planting Grant Program, which will provide
community action grants of
$200 to $1,000 to stimulate community tree planting and/or
reforestation projects nationwide.
Grants will be awarded to communities in support of ongoing community
tree planting and/or
reforestation projects or to stimulate new and creative youth-led
projects. The role of adults is to
provide guidance to young leaders in the tree planting and/or
reforestation projects.

Applications must be received by May 24, 1999. The entire
application can be found on
National 4-H Council's Web site at:
http://www.fourhcouncil.edu/ycc/treeplant.htm

2) 1999 YOUTH SAFETY AWARDS & 1999 YOUTH SAFETY CONFERENCE

The National Safety Council has announced its 1999 Youth Safety
Awards Program. If your
group would like to be recognized nationally for your safety and
health programs and would like
to enter, visit NSC's Youth Safety Division's Web page at
http://www/nsc.org/mem/youth.htm
and download the 1999 award application. You may also send an e-mail
request to
or a written request to Youth Safety Awards Program,
National Safety Council, 1121 Spring Lake Road, Itasca, IL 60143. An
application will be mailed to you within 1-2 weeks. Deadline is June
1, 1999.

The National Safety Council has also announced its 1999 Youth Safety
Congress, Jazzin' Up
Safety!, October 16-19, 1999, in New Orleans, LA. This 4-day
conference for youth, age 10-20,
offers an excellent opportunity to increase your safety and health
program knowledge and skills
through workshops, speakers, activities, educational tours and more
on the topics of safety and
health in the areas of traffic, recreational, personal, agricultural
& vocational, environmental,
current youth issues and leadership skills. Registration materials
are now available.

Visit the National Safety Council's Youth Web page for more
information at http://www/nsc.org/ mem/youth.htm. Or send an e-mail
request to or a written request to Youth Safety
Congress, National Safety Council, 1121 Spring Lake Road, Itasca, IL
60143-3201.

3) HANDBOOK FROM U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

The National Institute on the Education of At Risk Students in the
U.S. Department of
Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement is
developing a handbook for high
poverty schools to help them raise funds for curriculum enhancement
projects through
partnerships with local businesses, foundations, and/or community
groups. Our focus is mainly
elementary and middle schools.

The handbook will include a section with examples of partnerships
which have enabled high
poverty schools to engage in activities focusing on raising student
achievement and school
performance. Presently we are engaged in a national search and would
be pleased to receive
information on such partnerships. We are also interested in learning
about and receiving copies
of any resources or guides similar to the one we are developing.

Please contact Susan Talley by E-mail at or by
Fax at 202-219-2030 if
you need additional information. Susan's address is: Office of
Educational Research and
Improvement/U.S. Department of Education, 555 New Jersey Avenue, Room
610, Washington,
D.C. 20208

4) YOUTH ROUNDTABLE AT THE NATIONAL TOWN MEETING FOR A SUSTAINABLE
AMERICA: 21 YOUTH FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

21 youth, ages 12-18, will participate in the Youth Roundtable at the
National Town Meeting for
a Sustainable America on the morning of May 5, 1999 in Detroit,
Michigan. Youth delegates
will have a unique opportunity to represent the voice of American
youth on key strategies to
achieve national goals toward sustainable development.

During the National Town Meeting (NTM) from May 2-5, the youth will
interact with students,
government officials, educators, and representatives from industry
and nonprofit organizations in
helping to develop a national agenda and plan for action. Youth
delegates will culminate their
participation in the National Town Meeting with a Youth Roundtable
Report which will be
submitted to the President's Council on Sustainable Development.

In addition to serving as youth representatives to the NTM, the 21
youth delegates will be
SolarQuest I-NetNews Team correspondents, providing a youth
perspective on the events,
activities, and people working to achieve a sustainable America.
Their daily news reports and
feature stories will be published on the SolarQuest Virtual
Schoolhouse, which will also feature a
companion curriculum and interactive, distance-learning technology
for students in schools
across America to communicate with the youth delegates and to
participate in the NTM. Local
schools are encouraged to participate in the free curriculum and
submit a report to the youth
delegates. For more information, visit the SolarQuest web site at
www.solarquest.com.

Youth Roundtable Participants: Stephen Hands, Michigan; Patty James,
Ohio; Lauren Cipollone,
Vermont; Mia Casey, Vermont; Rebecca Dean, Washington; Jenny Reed,
Tennessee; Kellie
Graves, Maryland; John Dean, Georgia; Michelle Audette-Bauman,
Michigan; Cassie Nielsen,
Minnesota; Nicodemus Pitre Bernard, Louisiana; Jessica Haynes,
Maryland; Chris Covington,
California; Ashley Mork, North Dakota; Angelique Payen,
Massachusetts; Amy Bowman,
Florida; Leanne Bailey, Alaska; Melinda McLaughlin, Maryland; Brian
Baker, Kentucky;
Heavenly Hicks, Maryland; Nathan Hood, Michigan.

For more information on the National Town Meeting for a Sustainable
America, visit
www.sustainableamerica.org. Check out the new YOUTH section, which
includes information
on the Youth Roundtable and Youth Learning Sessions at the NTM.

5) NEW FREE REPORT AVAILABLE OUTLINING THE IMPACT OF SCHOOL TO WORK

The National Employer Leadership Council's newest Return on
Investment report, Intuitions
Confirmed, issued March 1999, outlines positive bottom-line results
for business and education
partners participating in school-to-career activities.

Highlighted companies include: Autodesk, Charles Schwab, Crown Auto
World, Eastman
Kodak, McDonald's, Siemens, Sutter Health, and BellSouth. This
important study details impact
on: Higher Academic Achievement, Better College Preparation, Reduced
Training &
Supervision, Increased Retention, Increased Hires, Better Attendance,
Reduced Recruitment
Costs, Reduced Turnover, Higher Productivity, Benefits-Cost Ratios.

The National Employer Leadership Council (NELC) is a coalition of
CEOs from a diverse group
of private sector companies with a shared vision for our nation's
workforce. The mission of the
Council is to enhance the quality of the nation's workforce and to
improve the productivity and
competitiveness of American businesses through work-based learning
opportunities for all
students. To accomplish this, the NELC hopes to energize and
mobilize the business community
around the school-to-work (STW) initiative in collaboration with
other stakeholders, including
other business organizations, school systems, labor and public sector
organizations, parents,
students, and state, federal and community leaders.

School-to-work represents a new approach to learning in America.
Today, states and localities
are building high quality STW opportunities systems that prepare
young people for further
education and careers in high-skill, high-wage jobs. School-to-work
is based on the proven
concept that education for all students can be made more relevant and
useful to future careers and
lifelong learning. Rather than just memorizing facts out of a
textbook, students will learn by
applying what they learn to real life, real work situations.

Member CEOs have pledged to sustain their own work-based learning
programs and promote
school-to-work issues, both within their own companies, and between
the business world and the
general public. Alex Trotman, Chairman of Ford Motor Company, is the
NELC Chair. The
NELC was launched in December 1994 at a meeting with President
Clinton at the White
House. The NELC Executive Director and staff are located in
Washington, DC and are supported
by a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor.

For more information on the NELC, visit www.nelc.org, or write to:
National Employer
Leadership Council, 1201 New York Avenue, N.W., Suite 700,
Washington, D.C. 20005.
To read the Intuitions Confirmed report, visit
http://www.nelc.org/roi_1.html

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Editor's Note: The next Youth-Corporate Connections Update will be
distributed in
mid-May. If you have information on publications or programs that
you would
like to submit for this newsletter, please send it by e-mail to David
Carrier at
. David can also be reached by fax at
(301)961-2894.

Check out the Youth Grants webpage at http://www.fourhcouncil.edu
(click on Programs, then
Grants). These grants provide opportunities for young people and
adults to take action on issues
critical to their lives, their families, and their communities.
Youth take the lead in the design of
the project, the proposal writing process, and the implementation and
evaluation of funded
projects. We will announce on this webpage when applications for
grants are available.

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