ABC TV Group Funds Youth Service Grants

Disney and its ABC Television Group will fund 125 youth service grants of $500 each as part of its Summer of Creativity program to support service projects in local communities.

Young people ages 5 through 18 can apply by submitting an idea for a project that will make a difference in their communities.

Selected grantees will be featured during Good Morning America cut-ins on their local ABC affiliate.

Applications will be accepted through Aug. 10 at YSA.org/BeInspired.

Among the 2014 grantees were Brae's Brown Bags, a foundation founded by a 10-year-old that, to date, has handed out 3,491 meals to kids in need.

John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.