A youth philanthropy board that provides high school students the training and experience to successfully distribute mini-grants in support of service-learning projects in New Haven County.

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Fact Sheet

What is SASL?

SASL is a youth leadership opportunity

• Meet one to two times/month (on Thursdays)
  • Meeting time  3:30 PM to 5:00 PM
  • Location Common Ground High School, New Haven [Directions]
  • Arrange own transportation (travel reimbursement available)
  • Refreshments available at all meetings
  • Volunteer two hours/month to SASL outside of meetings
• Work with 10 to 18 peers to lead a youth-based grant-making board
• SASL's mission is to encourage the process of service-learning by providing small grants for service-learning projects in New Haven county schools
• Goals:
  • Encourage schools to develop service-learning programs
  • Distribute mini-grants for student-led service learning
  • Create and adminster by-laws for youth philanthropy board
  • Review and rank proposals and process funding of applications
  • Recruit additional board members
  • Participate in Connecticut’s Service-Learning Conference in May

• Gain practical leadership and teamwork experience and complete real tasks
• Have fun and promote a positive school teaching strategy—service-learning
• Meet peers from other schools, enjoy teamwork, food, certificate of participation, earn references
• Learn about service-learning as a teaching and community building strategy
• Advance a Youth Board structure for fellow students to build upon in the future
• Learn and practice strategies for philanthropic giving (grant making)
• Help your community
• Gain experience in publishing press releases and disseminating recruitment information

• High school student who can cooperatively work with other students
• Ability to arrange own transportation to meetings
• Participate in 90% of Youth Board meetings to earn participant certificate
• Recommendation from adult sponsor
• Willingness to complete two to three hours of work outside of Board meetings

»To apply, please complete the SASL student application form (PDF) and return to SEE.

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