If you have a great idea for a community service project that would benefit Meriden, Conn., and you're under the age of 18, you can get some cash for it.
The city's Department of Health and Human Services is now accepting applications for $500 grants to be used for any project that would benefit the entire city, including community cleanups, reports the Hartford Courant.
The idea is to give young people a voice in the community, says the department's director.
"We figured [that a grant is] a great way to do that because [youths] have great ideas," she says.
"The hope is that the youth not only see the benefit of the project to the community, but they grow and learn from the project as well."
Applicants must create the project, prep it, and execute it.
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