The YAPPERS (Youth Area Philanthropists), the youth board of the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque, recently received a $500 Get Ur Good On grant from Youth Service America to implement a project for Global Youth Service Day on Saturday, April 24.
YAPPERS members will conduct video interviews of Dubuque residents as they participate in environmentally friendly activities, describing how they "Do It Green" in accordance with the Dubuque 2.0 sustainability initiative. The youth will work in teams to film, edit and share the video.
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