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With the school year heading into the home stretch, and prom and other dances right around the corner, it’s no wonder you’ve got spring fever! Check out this newsletter for ways to spend the extra hours of sunlight making a difference.

Now it's even easier to Do Something

The America's Next Top Model judge and friend of Celebs Gone Good has recently traveled to the Arctic and back, then back again -- all in the name of raising awareness of Canada's law-allowing slaughter of baby seals. Follow his journey via reports in his own words, adorable (and some very sad) photos, and behind-the-scenes video. Says Nigel: “It weighs very heavy on my shoulders knowing these seals will be killed in the most horrific way. Seal fur is beautiful, and it looks fashionable on seals. There’s no need for it to be on us.”
Read more from Nigel.
Sign The Pledge to stop commercial sealing here.

Project: Clean and Healthy Beaches, Maine
By hosting 22 of her own beach clean-ups and three community ones, Allie has spearheaded the removal of 901 pounds of garbage from her local beaches. Cleaning up Maine's coastline has resulted in not only a healthier home for the area's wildlife, but one for Vacationland's beachgoers as well. To further promote her efforts, Allie's Plum grant money will go toward funding programs that will enable local youth to become better ocean stewards.

Project: Got Fitness?
The Do Something Club at Veterans Memorial in Blue Island, Ill., held a week-long fitness and healthy eating event involving hundreds of students, staff, and community members. Their State Representative was there showing his support, and he must have been impressed by what he saw, since student representatives will soon be headed to D.C. to share their get-fit tips with members of Congress!
Start a similar program at your school

The Allstate Foundation is looking for the teen who went all out in 2007 to improve their age-group's dreary driving statistics (for e.g.: Teens rank number-one in DUI fatalities). The reward? A cool $10,000!
Nominate yourself or a teen you know by visiting www.TeenDrivingActivist.com

Apply to become a part of the Global Citizen Corps Leadership program and join the national movement of high school students whose goal is to educate and mobilize their schools and communities in the fight to end worldwide poverty. (And p.s., this issue is only going to grow more serious as grain prices continue to rise.) Applying is easy. Learn more online at www.globalcitizencorps.org The deadline for applicants is April 15, 2008.

Imagine a film set where the pros are replaced by teens. Now make that a reality. Samsung Mobile Fresh Films invites you to create, shoot, direct and edit a short film with a team of under-20 friends.. (The catch: It must be completed in seven days.) Select films will be chosen to be screened by hollywood pros, not to mention an audience of millions across the country, and prizes include a mini film-making studio, including a Samsung cell phone, laptop and more!
Apply online at www.fresh-films.com from March 27 through May 5.