Kid Vid Contest
- Deadline:
Monday
April 15, 2013
- Cash
Prizes: $1,000 to be split among winners
- Age/Eligibility:
Open to FS Youth of all ages at Overseas
Posts
Kid Vids (Post
Videos Created by Youth) are a valuable resource for the Foreign Service
kids and families because they help children envision and anticipate what
their life might look like at a particular post. Please consider
adding to the Kid Vid resource library at FSI's Transition Center by
creating a Kid Video about your Post!
administered by FSI's Transition Center
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FSYF / SDFCU Art Contest
- Deadline:
Friday
April 19, 2013
- Theme:
The
World is My Hometown
- Size
& Format: flat art forms no larger than 22" x
28"
- Age
Categories: 5-8 years old; 9-12 years old; 13-18 years old
- Fee:
Free to FSYF Members. $20 entry fee for non-members
- Cash
Prizes: In each age category, 1st
place = $500,
2nd place = $250, 3rd place = $100
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FSYF / McGrath Essay Contest
- Deadline:
Friday April 19, 2013
- Topic:
'How is a foreign service child's 'sense of home'
affected or
shaped by the itinerant life and prolonged
immersion in
different
languages, cultures, and environments?
- Ages:
Middle School and High School
Categories
- Fee:
Entry is free to FSYF
Members. $20 entry fee for non-members
- Prizes:
High School Places: 1st = $800; 2nd = $500
3rd = $300
Middle
School Places: 1st = $500; 2nd = $300 3rd = $150
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FSYF / Clements Community Service Award
- Deadline:
Friday April 19, 2013
- Ages:
Open to FS children of all ages
- Fee:
Entry is free to FSYF Members.
$20 entry fee for non-members
- Prizes:
2 awards of $1500 savings bond or $750 cash
equivalent
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Newsletter Contributors Wanted!
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Adult Contributors Wanted for Spring Issue of Parent
Newsletter
'Around the World'
- Contributions Due: Monday
April 22, 2013.
- FSYF seeks adult contributions on topics that
affect Foreign Service families, including:
- Education
- Technology
- Foreign Service Life
- Youth Achievement
- Parenting
- information on useful
blogs, youth opportunities, family resources
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Youth
Contributors Wanted for Spring Issue of FSYF Youth Newsletter
'Here,
There & Everywhere'
- Contributions Due:
Monday May 6, 2013
- Topics:
We would like to receive submissions about:
- your
Post,
- life as
an FS Youth,
- and,
because summer is approaching, consider topics about
- moving,
- keeping
in touch with friends,
- transitions,
- summer
activities....
- We accept
contributions of all genres including, but not limited to:
- reports
- interviews
and profiles
- comic
strip
- riddles
- word
puzzles
- poetry
- recipes
from Post
- tips
about moving to your post, school
- advice
columns
- etc etc
- Benefits
of Participating:
- Contribute
for chance to win $30 Amazon Gift Card (last issue's winner was
Sloan Valen of Vancouver)
- practice taking risks
- build your resume
- provide your peers with useful
information
- Share
Your Talents and Inspire Your Peers
- Improve
your writing and artistic skills
- Foreign Service kids of all ages and in all
locations are welcome to contribute. However, we would
particularly love to see teens participate more.
- We welcome photos to accompany your reports & photos of
contributors....
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Internships & Scholarship Opportunities
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AAFSW
$2,000 College Scholarship
- Entry Deadline: Tuesday, April 2, 2013
- for forms
and guidelines, go to: www.aafsw.org
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Internship
at Department of Commerce 'Green Store'
- seeking intern to open,
promote and manage 'Green Store'
- Green
Store is store of free, used but still usable office supplies
- hours and
days are flexible and convenient
- be on the
cutting edge of new and innovative concept
- build your
resume
- Interested?
Contact gogreen@doc.gov
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FSYF seeks
Graphic Designer for Quarterly Youth Newsletter
- FSYF seeks
graphic designer to create Youth Newsletter
- Build Your
Resume!
- Work from
anywhere!
- Need to
have your own software (e.g. Publisher, Pages, etc)
- Be
prepared to show samples of your work
- Interested?
Contact Jennifer Odlum at fsyf@fsyf.org
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