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Members of the ISF Team, ISF Youth Alumni volunteers and local Boyscouts participated in an environmental cleanup aimed to create awareness about plastic pollution an...
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Keep Mandeville Beautiful had 121 volunteers for their three hour spring clean up event, which received a grant from Ian Somerhalder Foundation!!!
They collected 3,375...
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Plastic is cheap. It can be molded into any conceivable shape and serve just about any purpose. It’s durable and lasts for hundreds of years. But there’s one big problem. Our plane...
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In the late 1960s, a side effect of industrial development called smog was becoming an enormous problem. Children were stricken with developmental delays due to the amount of smog...
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My name is Piper and I am a Youth Volunteer at ISF! I write articles for ISF's awareness campaign called, "It's A Pit Bull's Life." I interviewed Katie, from All About the Paw Pet...
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My name is Piper and I would like to share with you an interview with Katie, who currently has several Pit Bull-type dogs. Katie and I are going to share the wonderful story of he...
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My name is Piper. I am 10 years old and I would like to tell you about my friend Hallie and her wonderful Pit Bull named Nolan, who is also 10 years old.
Did you know some of us hu...
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My name is Piper and I would like to tell you about Amber and her Pit Bull, Dozer. Amber was Dozer’s foster parent, but she became a foster failure after two months with this amazi...
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When it comes to Grassroots initiatives, our ISF Youth Volunteers set the bar high! There are endless reasons why YOU (kids and teens) should start projects at a local level:
Cal...
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Plastic is EVERYWHERE. Look around you and count how many things are made from plastic, wrapped in plastic or came in something plastic. I just did a quick 30 second glance around...
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Stemming off of Born Free USA's Fur for the Animals program, ISF and Born Free USA partnered with Noah's Ark Animal Sanctuary for an ISF Volunteer Youth Campaign called "Give it B...
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It’s that time of year again! What are the ISF kids working on right now, behind the scenes?
ISF Youth Volunteers are busy choosing their favorite veggies, fruits and herbs to seed...
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WOW! The kids & teens really stepped up! Our 2017 ISF Youth Volunteers really surpassed our goals for this years Community Clean Up project!
Our focus this year is cleaning...
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Kids from Several States Rally Together with the Ian Somerhalder Foundation to Put A Stop To Litter and Plastic Consumption.
The Ian Somerhalder Foundation (ISF) organized a full d...
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Raising animal protection awareness is a concern ISF holds near and dear to its heart, and its spirited Youth Volunteers are no exception.
Members of the ISF Youth Team came togeth...
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On a mission to live a litter-free lifestyle, ISF Youth are focusing on "Litterless Lunches" for the school year. This subject is gaining popularity among youth everywhere. It is i...
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Three recycling bins. That’s how many recycling bins used to be in my school. Three wasn’t enough, but at least it was something.
One day I was in my classroom and I found an empty...
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Every morning across the world, students pack a bottle of water in order to keep themselves sustained throughout the day, often in preparation for activities such as sports practic...
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Thanks to our supporters, in 2016 the ISF Youth program was able to award our first grant to benefit kids and teens. ISF has an established and impactful Grants Program including o...
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It’s already time for our second book selections of 2017. We hope that enjoyed the first selections and will devour these books as well.
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I have been noticing a great deal of controversy and conversation recently concerning girls and how they choose to present themselves; Notably, makeup has been a hot topic of discu...
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"We have the power to stop the ivory trade. When the buying stops, the killing can too.”
I did a presentation for kids and the title was #JoinTheHerd. I asked the children, “What d...
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WOW! ... We mean WOWWWW!
The ISF YOUTH photo challenge was a HUGE success! We asked you #WhenWhyHowYouISF and to #ISFBeCreative.
From showing us your fave ISF gear to painting ISF...
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It is time for the final selections for the Youth Book Club for 2016. We hope you have enjoyed the books we have chosen so far, and we look forward to bringing you even more great...
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I have found that intelligence is categorized far too often into one single type of intellectual mental capacity. At school, if someone were to ask a student to point out the ‘smar...
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Mason Glazier
Hi! My name is Mason Glazier and I've worked with ISF since I was 7 years old. I'm 11 now. I've gotten to do loads of stuff, and when I went to Dallas in August 2016...
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Since June, our ISF YOUTH have been getting their hands dirty and turning their thumbs GREEN!!
Our "YUMMY Veggie Project" has been a huge success with lots of healthy, delicious ve...
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A critical factor in how kids view themselves is the manner in which other people talk and act around them. While growing into the teenage years and undergoing the process of becom...
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Try to answer this question:
“Do you love yourself?”
Is it so wrong to answer with a simple yes? Is it really something to be ashamed of to be in complete acceptance of who you are...
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Ever thought to yourself, how can I make a super resourceful and creative garden using reusable materials? Well, the answer to your question is right here! Making a garden that is...
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Working with animals has always been a passion of mine. Growing up, I was always fascinated by all of the beautiful creatures on Earth. I always jumped at the chance to walk my nei...
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Getting a dog, is getting a new member of the family and it can become your best friend. He will always be there when you feel all alone and you need someone. But a dog is also a l...
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The wind is a little bit cold and the sky is clouded, but everybody is excited because today is Organic Farm Day and all the cows are let out of the stables for the first time sinc...
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We know our ISF Youth Volunteers ROCK, but they totally blew us away with their May Community Spring Clean Up 2016 project!
MobSTIRS and ISF Youth volunteers and Alumni went above...
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By definition, feminism is the advocacy of women’s rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men. This definition is often twisted and stretched by peopl...
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When I downloaded instagram onto my phone, I did not think twice about it. Everyone else had an instagram account, so why shouldn’t I? I had a lot of friends. I was a freshman in h...
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My name is Lucas Mayer. I’m 11 years old and my voice helped save the New Hampshire bobcats. I NEVER thought using my voice could inspire hundreds of NH citizens to do the same and...
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Hello, my name is Aidan. I am 12 years old and I've lived in Scotland for 3 years and was born in England. I am a boy that really likes birds especial...
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What is Mindfulness?
mind· ful· ness
1. the quality or state of being conscious or aware of something.
2. a mental state achieved by focusing one’s awareness on the present mom...
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~~At ISF, we love books. In fact, we love them so much that we have a Book Club. The thing we didn’t have until now was a place for all our amazing youth family to discuss the...