Student Leadership Opportunity from Bank of America

Here's an interesting opportunity from Bank of America for high school juniors and seniors: 2013 Student Leaders Program.  Five students from Long Island will be chosen to participate in this program. 

Here's some information taken directly from their website:

The Student Leaders^® Program is an eight-week summer experience for high school juniors and seniors. The program includes a paid internship with a local nonprofit organization as well as the Student Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C., July 8-13, 2013. The program gives Student Leaders^® the opportunity to develop and apply leadership skills through hands-on community work experience while discovering their own talents for serving their community and leading others.

ELIGIBILITY

 To become a Student Leader, you must:

• Currently be a junior or senior in high school
• Be able to participate in an 8-week paid internship at a local nonprofit/charitable organization and work 35 hours a week
• Be legally authorized to work in the US without sponsorship through the end of September 2013
• Be able to participate in a week-long Student Leadership Summit in Washington, DC (July 8- July 13, 2013). (All expenses paid as part of the Student Leaders Program. This week will be part of your 8-week experience.)
• Be a student in good standing at your school
• Obtain a letter of recommendation from a teacher, guidance counselor, or school administrator.

The deadline for the application to be submitted is January 25, 2013.  Click here for the application. Or contact Bank of America directly. 

John and Hank Green: An Evening of Awesome

If you are a huge John Green fan, you probably already know about this- John and his brother, Hank, performed to a sold-out crowd at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday, January 15, 2013.  SOLD OUT!  That's awesome for anyone to do, but even more awesome for an author to do!   And being it was a YA author makes it all the sweeter! 

There were many guests that joined them along the way throughout the night (musicians, actors, authors, and friends) with songs, readings and general laugh-out-loud fun.  If you were like me, having missed seeing this live in NYC, you may be pleasantly surprised that you can still experience the evening's events via the following link.  Enjoy John and Hank Green: An Evening of Awesome! And DFTBA!  (Don't forget to be awesome!)

(Helpful hint: the action of this video doesn't actually begin until 35 minutes into the video.  Scroll to the time stamp of 35:12.)

Guitar and Autographed Book Contest

Attention music lovers!  Want to win a cool guitar and a signed copy of Mary Amato's young adult novel Guitar Notes?  Check out this cool contest sponsored by Luna Guitars and Egmont USA.  Make sure to read all of the rules on how to enter.  Entries will be accepted from January 15- February 12, 2013.  Good luck if you choose to enter... and maybe if you win you can write an awesome song about how much you love your library!