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Since 1996, DoSomething.org has honored the nation’s best young world-changers, 25 and under*. Do Something Award nominees and winners represent the pivotal "do-ers" in their field, cause, or issue....
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YO! Youth Outlook is an award-winning literary journal of youth life in the Bay Area. Featuring in-depth reporting pieces and first-person essays, comic strips and poetry pages, YO! is the...
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This video shows examples of how Foster Grandparents help children and youth with special needs by serving as mentors, tutors, and caregivers.
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Discussion of school participation in community development, updated in 2006. Half of the participants were from neighborhood organizations and community economic development groups; the other half...
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Research conducted by the Omidyar Foundation on civic engagement among people of different life stages. The learnings and insights in this research can be helpful in developing local and national...
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Research conducted by the Omidyar Foundation on civic engagement among people of different life stages. The learnings and insights in this research can be helpful in developing local and national...
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Diagram that depicts the various levels of engaging youth. Developed by the Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development. For more information, visit http://www.theinnovationcenter.org
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This brief is the second in the Youth Helping America Series, a series of reports based on data from the Youth Volunteering and Civic Engagement Survey, a national survey of 3,178 American youth...
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Very user-friendly, 16-page guide that can help volunteers reflect on what they want to do, get inspired about their potential and actually get involved in the community. For more information, visit...
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Very user-friendly, 16-page guide that can help volunteers reflect on what they want to do, get inspired about their potential and actually get involved in the community. For more information, visit...
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This fact sheet discusses the benefits of mentoring programs, and the unique role older adults can play as mentors in the lives of children and youth. Examples of intergenerational mentoring programs...
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Findings from an extensive survey by Civic Enterprises (25 focus groups) of American high school dropouts. Includes insights on why young people drop out of high school and recommendations for...
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A summary of the research conducted by the Omidyar Foundation on civic engagement among people of different life stages. The insights from this research can be helpful in developing local and...
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A list of 20 ideas and places where teens can volunteer.
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Monthly Feature Archive
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Organizations looking for youth service opportunities and for ways to bridge the generation gap between younger and older community members may want to launch a Life Stories project, where younger...
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This checklist serves as a reminder to include all necessary items for family friendly projects.
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List of age appropriate activities for children grades 6-8.
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List of age appropriate activities for children grades 9-12.
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List of age appropriate activities for children grades K-5.
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