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 has concluded! We had three events throughout the week of April 21:​

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FOOD FOR ALL: Earth Day Gardening with Hoosier Hills Food Bank
The crew volunteered at the Hoosier Hills Food Bank Community Garden to get our hands in the dirt, build a garden that will feed our neighbors, and learn about how growing food locally connects to addressing poverty!

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A SAFE ENVIRONMENT: Clear Creek Cleanup with City of Bloomington Utilities
MCYC & the City Utilities Department joined to skill up on caring for local water systems, then clean up pollution in Clear Creek, one of Monroe County's central waterways!

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A STRONG COMMUNITY: Know Your Rights & Refugee Letter-Writing
We met at the downtown library for the GYSW capstone event: a two-part learning and service session. First, we got trained on how to look out for our rights during interactions with law enforcement; then we wrote welcoming letters to our refugee neighbors!