HOW TO START A GREEN YOUTH ALLIANCE CHAPTER

___ Go to your counselor or to the principal's office to find out about the procedure for forming a new club.

___ Get all the forms that are required

___ A sponsor or advisor (usually a teacher) is often required for forming a new club.

Ask science teachers first.
Tell them that the Green Youth Alliance (GYA) is a community environmental services organization
that focuses on environmental education and environmental service projects for students.
Show them our brochure.
Assure the teachers that as a sponsor or advisor they are not required to attend GYA meetings or events unless they want to. Their responsibilities are minimal and are all optional, such as allowing GYA leaders to use their classroom for meetings during lunch and helping to publicize our community service events among the students in their classes by making short announcements.
If sponsors need to contact us, tell them to email us at: admin@greenyouthalliance.org

___ Have your sponsor sign a hard copy of the “Chapter Formation Form” so that you can turn it in at the next GYA regional meeting.

___ Formation accomplished

___ Go to www. greenyouthalliance.org and submit an online “Chapter Formation Form.”

___ Go to www.greenyouthalliance.org and check to see when the next Regional Meeting is scheduled for.

___ Go to www.greenyouthalliance.org and check to see when the next community service event is.

___ Go to www.greenyouthalliance.org and check out the videos in the “Education” section. Choose 1 or 2 videos to show at your first meeting

___ Advertise the first GYA meeting during lunch by putting up flyers and reaching out one-on-one to your friends.

___ At the first meeting, hand out individual membership forms and talk about what GYA offers (you can refer to the GYA brochure.)

___ At the meeting, announce the next community service event and tell the students that they will earn COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS for attending the event.

___ Pass out waiver forms for the event.

___ Set a date for the next GYA school meeting and tell students they can turn in their membership form and membership dues at the next meeting or they can just bring their membership forms, waiver forms, and their $8 membership dues to their first community service event.

___ Attend the next GYA Regional Steering Committee meeting and turn in the “Chapter Formation Form” and any individual membership forms you may have collected.

If you have questions, send an email to admin@greenyouthalliance.org.