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Membership Types & What Members Do:

Chapter Formation Form
Individual Membership Form
GYA Brochure

Two Types of Student Memberships:

  1. School Reps/Regional Leaders: All students who establish a GreenYouth Alliance (GYA) chapter at their schools will automatically be the school reps from their school and regional leaders. If a GYA founder graduates or decides not to be a GYA school rep/regional leader, his or her replacement will be the new GYA school rep/regional leader.

  2. Individual Members: Students who have not established a chapter of GYA at their schools (and
    are not taking the place of a former GYA school rep) will be individual GYA members.


What Members Do:

  1. School Reps/Regional Leaders:

    Community or Regional Obligations:

    1. *Start a GYA chapter (see sheet, “Starting a GYA Chapter”) or assume the reponsibilites of a former GYA school rep/regional leader:
    2. *Attend monthly GYA regional meetings and keep track of the attendance of students at our events.
    3. *Attend as many GYA community service events as you can and earn community service hours.
    4. *Publicize GYA community service events and sign up students for the event

      In-School Activities:

    1. *Get students to join GYA
    2. Hold meetings to present GYA activities and do one-on-one outreach
    3. Show our short educational videos during lunch or if possible or at school assemblies to educate and publicize our upcoming events.
    4. *Be the school contact for all GYA related matters: Communicate with regional GYA administrators
    5. Make sure community service certificates are correct and handed out to students who have participated in community events.
    6. Keep faculty advisor informed about GYA activities

  2. Individual Members:
    1. *Attend monthly GYA regional meetings
    2. *Attend as many GYA community service events as you can and earn community service hours.
    3. *Do one-on-one outreach at your school to try to recruit students for our events.
    4. If there is a GYA chapter at your school, you should attend all GYA school meetings and help your GYA school rep/regional leader plan meetings, organize students, and publicize events