Cathy White, a Gainesville Middle School teacher, received a $1,000 grant on behalf of Youth Service America to help with a local service-learning activity involving seventh grade volunteers in National & Global Youth Service Day (N&GYSD) 2006. Similar activities, scheduled for April 21-23, will take place and include other youth around the world.

N&GYSD is coordinated by Youth Service America, and grants are funded by the State Farm Companies Foundation, the main sponsor of the 18th annual N&GYSD. State Farm® supports service-learning because it combines service to the community with classroom curriculum in a hands-on approach to mastering subject material while fostering civic responsibility.

Agent Ryan Hudson of State Farm presented the grant to Cathy White on Wednesday, March 1 at 1 p.m. in his office, located at 475 Dawsonville Highway, Suite E. Hudson’s office is directly behind Dairy Queen.

Go to www.ysa.org/nysd/about/nysd_about_parent.cfm for more information N&GYSD 2006.

About State Farm: State Farm insures more cars and homes than any other insurer in North America. State Farm’s 100,000 associates serve nearly 73 million auto, fire, life and health policies in the United States and Canada. State Farm also offers financial services products. State Farm is ranked No. 18 on the Fortune 500 list of largest companies. For more information, please visit statefarm.com.

About Youth Service America: Youth Service America (YSA) is a national nonprofit resource center that partners with thousands of organizations committed to strengthening the youth service movement. YSA’s programs and services help strengthen youth service and service-learning efforts on a local, national and global level. For more information about YSA and National & Global Youth Service Day, please visit www.ysa.org.