Doodle4Google - Register by Friday, March 28

Ever expanding their ways to involving schools, Google is sponsoring Doodle4Google, a competition for children and youth K-12 to help design logos for Google commemorating special holidays and other occasions. Registration must be completed by March 28 and final entries are due April 12. A panel of judges will select 40 finalists and the public will vote on the one they want to be posted on Google on May 22. Here is a chance for the budding artists in your afterschool programs to be discovered!

Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes Seeks Nominations

The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes seeks nominations for its 2008 awards.

The Barron Prize honors young people between the ages of 8 and 18 who have made a significant positive difference to people and our planet. Each year, the Barron Prize selects ten winners from across the United States — five focused on helping their communities and fellow beings, and the other five focused on protecting the health and sustainability of the environment.

Nominees must be the prime mover of a service activity and have demonstrated positive spirit and high moral purpose in accomplishing their goals. Nominees must be nominated by a responsible adult who has solid knowledge of the young person's heroic activities and is not related to the nominee.

The ten national winners will each receive $2,000 to support their service work or higher education.

For more information and/or to nominate a young person, visit the Barron Prize Web site. The deadline for nominations is April 30, 2008.

Thanks to the Center for Teen Empowerment for sharing this listing.

Nominations Open for the 2008 Colin Higgins Youth Courage Awards

Until March 3 at 9 AM PST (which is a Sunday), one can submit nominations for the Colin Higgins Youth Courage Award. This $10,000 award is given to two people who have demonstrated courage in when addressing bias or bigotry based on gender or sexual orientation.