YSA (Youth Service America), together with Disney, is now accepting applications from youth around the world for the Disney Friends for Change Grants. The grant funds youth-led service projects that focus on making environmentally friendly changes and engage youth on Global Youth Service Day, April 15-17.

The Disney Friends for Change program will award 50 $500 grants to youth-led service projects around the world that demonstrate youth leadership, creativity, and the commitment to making a positive impact on the environment.

Applicants must be between the ages of 5-25 and be associated with a school or organization.

Disney’s Friends for Change initiative encourages projects that address issues of waste, habitat, climate, and water. For project ideas, download the Friends for Change Green Your Scene Toolkit. For help planning your project, download YSA’s Disney Friends For Change Action Plan or use the GYSD Toolkit. To learn more about Disney’s Friends for Change initiative, visit www.Disney.com/projectgreen.

For more information or to download a grant application, click here: “Disney Friends for Change”

Applications are due March 10th.