Are you a creative teen who wants to make a difference?  Join Teen Giving Initiative's thoughtful and dynamic group of teens for an introduction to the fundraising and grant-making process.

Learn how hands-on giving can influence the world!

Teen Giving Initiative (TGI), a program of Jewish Volunteer Connection, focuses on leadership, fundraising and grant-making skills.  TGI Fellows develop their own fundraising initiatives and select focus areas to allocate their funds.

As a TGI Fellow, you will be part of an interactive leadership program and can look forward to these exciting opportunities:
 - Raising money through fundraising initiatives
 - Allocating funds to organizations about which you and your peers are passionate
 - Training with grant-making experts about how to write and read grant applications
 - Researching how non-profit organizations run
 - Learning about local, national and international needs and services
 - Visiting direct-service organizations to explore their effect on the community
 - Gaining a deeper understanding of what THE ASSOCIATED does to raise and allocate funds in Baltimore and throughout the world

Requirements to become a TGI Fellow:
 - Be a Jewish teen entering 10th or 11th grade during the 2012-2013 school year.
 - Live in the Greater Baltimore area
 - Submit an application>> {DOWNLOAD}
 - Submit one reference form>> {DOWNLOAD}

TGI program components:
 - Opening all-day Teen Leadership Retreat on Sunday, August 26th
 - Nine leadership development seminars on Sunday evenings from 5:30-8:00 p.m.
 - Overnight retreat in the fall at the Rosenbloom Owings Mills Jewish Community Center.
 - Opportunity to plan and execute fund-raising initiatives
 - Grant-making site visits
 - Closing program for teens and parents in May 2013

Program fees help defray administration and program costs.  Limited financial aid is available.

For more information, please email Amy Steinberg or call 410-843-7480.