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<tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" color="#000000" size="-1"><h1 style="MARGIN: 12pt 0in 3pt"><font face="Arial" size="5">September 2007</font>
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<h2 style="MARGIN: 12pt 0in 3pt"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><em><font face="Arial">Click on the links below to read more about the exciting opportunities available with the Youth Programs department! </font>
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<p /><p><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #61cb2f">Youth Programs Department News</span>
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<p><span style="COLOR: #005596"><a href="http://www.habitat.org/youthprograms/newsletter/Youth%20Leadership%20Conference%20Updates.aspx#P0_0"><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #005596; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Youth Leadership Conference Updates</span>
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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font size="2">Do you still want to register? Are you looking for a place to stay or a roommate to split hotel costs with? Want to share great pictures for the Youth Programs slideshow? Get the latest information about the Youth Leadership Conference here.</font>
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<strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #005596; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a href="http://www.habitat.org/youthprograms/newsletter/Youth%20Immersion%20Introduction.aspx#P0_0"><span style="COLOR: #005596; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Summer Youth Blitz Transitions into Youth Immersion</span>
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<font size="2"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Youth Programs department is excited to introduce Youth Immersion, allowing even more youth to serve and learn year round. </span>
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<p /><p><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #61cb2f">For campus chapters and Youth United groups</span>
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<p><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #005596; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a href="http://www.habitat.org/youthprograms/newsletter/ypc.aspx#P0_0"><span style="COLOR: #005596; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Youth Programs Consultants Available</span>
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<font size="2"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Raise more money. Pass the torch. Recruit new members. Plan exciting events. Educate more people. Sponsor a complete house. Become a better youth leader. Whatever your goals, Youth Programs Consultant can help you!</span>
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<strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #005596; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a href="http://www.habitat.org/youthprograms/newsletter/BOY_mailing.aspx#P0_0"><span style="COLOR: #005596; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Campus Chapter Beginning of the Year Mailing Arrives Soon</span>
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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font size="2">Campus chapters and their covenant affiliates should look out for an important mailing coming in mid-September. </font>
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<strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #005596; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a href="http://www.habitat.org/youthprograms/newsletter/Advocacy_Update.aspx"><span style="COLOR: #005596; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Advocacy Update</span>
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<font size="2"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Learn more about educational and political advocacy and Habitat’s current legislative priorities.</span>
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<p /><p><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: #61cb2f">News from friends and partners of Youth Programs</span>
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<p><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #005596; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a href="http://www.statefarmyab.com/"><span style="COLOR: #005596; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Service Learning Grants Available from State Farm®</span>
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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font size="2">The State Farm Youth Advisory Board is accepting applications for service-learning projects focused on Financial Education, Access to Higher Education, Disaster Preparedness, or Driver Safety.</font>
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<p><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #005596; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><br /><a href="http://www.habitat.org/youthprograms/newsletter/Great%20Strides%20Award.aspx#P0_0"><span style="COLOR: #005596; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Great Strides Award Application Available</span>
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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font size="2">Apply for a $100,000 award from the Northwest Area Foundation. The money will be awarded to communities with innovative approaches to poverty reduction, willingness to share their experiences with a broader audience, and identified uses for the award funds to continue their poverty reduction work. </font>
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<strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #005596; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a href="http://ysa.org/AwardsGrants/tabid/58/Default.aspx#grantsavailablenow"><span style="COLOR: #005596; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Youth Service America</span>
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<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font size="2">A variety of awards for youth involved in service are available through Youth Service America. </font>
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<strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #005596; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><a href="http://www.habitat.org/youthprograms/newsletter/Youth%20Service%20Institute.aspx#P0_0"><span style="COLOR: #005596; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Register for the 2007 Youth Service Institute</span>
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Youth Service America invites you to attend the Youth Service Institute. The Institute will unite colleagues from the service, service-learning, and youth development fields for three days of skill-building and innovation. Participants will gain tools and strategies to expand their organizations’ impact and scale by engaging in workshops that illustrate the strength and power of the youth service movement.</span>
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