24 Key Clubs receive a Youth Opportunities Fund grant in second funding cycle
Congratulations to the 24 Key Clubs that are receiving a Youth Opportunities Fund grant during the second of two annual funding cycles. (The application window for this round closed on March 1.) The clubs cumulatively received over US$22,000 in grant funding.
If your club would like to expand its impact through a specific service project, apply for the first funding cycle in the 2023-24 academic year. The application window opens on August 1 and closes on October 15. Learn more about how a Youth Opportunities Fund grant can help further your club’s service goals — and how your club can apply — at keyclub.org/yof.
Here are the clubs and projects that received second-round YOF grants:
| Club Name | Project Name | District | Award (in US$) |
| Auburn High School | Colors for Children’s 5K/1-mile Run | Alabama | $1,900 |
| Academy Of The Canyons | Tweets of the City | California-Nevada-Hawaii | $250 |
| GIA Key Club | For The Love of Reading | Caribbean-Atlantic | $2,000 |
| Enka High School | Period Product Dispenser | Carolinas | $700 |
| Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute | Care Packages for the Homeless | Eastern Canada | $760 |
| St. Francis Xavier Secondary School | Care Packages for the Less Fortunate | Eastern Canada | $800 |
| Bishop Michael Eldon High School | The Williams Town Community Service Project. | Eastern Canada and the Caribbean | $1,775 |
| Leesburg High School | School Beautification | Florida | $1,000 |
| St. Hilda’s Diocesan High School | The purchasing and installment of cooling equipment [fans] for various classrooms. | Jamaica | $1,000 |
| Field Kindley Memorial School | Community Chest | Kansas | $700 |
| St. Joseph High School | Blanket Brigade | Michigan | $1,000 |
| Chillicothe High School | Drug Free After Prom: A Night to Remember! | Missouri-Arkansas | $1,000 |
| Foxcroft Academy | Children’s Christmas Project | New England and Bermuda | $1,000 |
| Academy of Allied Health and Science | Period Project | New Jersey | $300 |
| Bayside High School | Beautifying School Exterior Project | New York | $1,040.44 |
| Townsend Harris High School | Never Too Old | New York | $1,000 |
| Mountainside High School | Trick Or Treat Holiday Event | Pacific Northwest | $120 |
| Scoala Gimnaziala Mihai Eminescu Rosiorii de Vede | Summer Amphitheater – The Key to myself: L(earning)&En(joy)ing | Romania | $2,000 |
| James E. Taylor High School | Paws and Relax | Texas-Oklahoma | $250 |
| Lake Ridge High School | Elevating the Elderly | Texas-Oklahoma | $600 |
| Lone Star High School | Rethinking Restrooms | Texas-Oklahoma | $500 |
| Mustang High School | Backpack Program | Texas-Oklahoma | $2,000 |
| North Garland High School | A Green Thumb | Texas-Oklahoma | $400 |
| Westosha Central High School | Sweet Cases | Wisconsin-Upper Michigan | $410 |
| Total: | $22,505.44 |