Well, it’s about that time of year again, everybody, everywhere is getting ready for Global Youth Service Day (GYSD)! First established in 1988, Global Youth Service Day was made to mobilize youth around the world to improve their community. Today, GYSD is celebrated in over one-hundred countries and supports over three-thousand projects that work on both local and global issues.

This year, for GYSD, CRYJ will be partnering with Nourish the Flathead (NTF) and the Montana Conservation Core (MCC) on April 21st to help organize and improve the local community garden located at the Flathead Valley Community College. Over one-hundred youth volunteers from around the valley are anticipated to partake in the event. “While this project aims to engage youth from all demographics to work together and improve the garden,” Said Anders O., “It’s also aimed to help build a better community and combat against local food and hunger issues by educating youth and showing them what they can do to help solve this problem.”

Some activities during the day include: a mural painting, making bird feeders, garden bed preparation, making seed bombs, and more. For more information about Global Youth Service Day and what CRYJ and others are doing around Kalispell, you can visit www.GYDS.org and look on their map.