Global Youth Service Day

Global Youth Service Day is the largest youth service event in the world! Monroe County Youth Council, with support from the Youth Services Bureau of Monroe County, invites all Monroe County teens to be a part of GYSD every April.

GYSD 2025 is around the corner! This year we'll have three events throughout the week of April 21, so sign up to one or all here!

FOOD FOR ALL: Earth Day Gardening with Hoosier Hills Food Bank
Tuesday, April 22nd from 4-6pm
Hoosier Hills Food Bank Garden (4140 W. Vernal Pike)
Volunteer at the Hoosier Hills Food Bank Community Garden to get your hands in the dirt, build a garden that will feed your neighbors, and learn about how growing food locally connects to addressing poverty!

A SAFE ENVIRONMENT: Clear Creek Cleanup with City of Bloomington Utilities
Thursday, April 24th from 3:30-5:30pm
Switchyard Park (1601 S. Rogers St.)
Join MCYC & the City Utilities Department to skill up on caring for local water systems, then clean up pollution in Clear Creek, one of Monroe County's central waterways!

A STRONG COMMUNITY: Know Your Rights & Refugee Letter-Writing
Friday, April 25 from 4-6pm
Monroe County Public Library (303 E Kirkwood Ave.)
Come to the downtown library for the GYSW capstone event: a two-part learning and service session. First, we'll get trained on how to look out for our rights during interactions with law enforcement! Next, we'll write compassionate letters to international refugees!