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During a community service fair representatives from local nonprofit agencies and on-campus student service organizations are invited to share information about getting involved in service. This is...
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Children's programs call for unique individuals who can serve as mentors. Finding these students on college campuses proved a challenge for Gina Vincent, an AmeriCorps *VISTA with the Michigan Campus...
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Viral marketing is a technique that leverages people to spread a marketing message to others, creating the potential for exponential growth in the exposure and influence of the message. This is a...
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College students often have a variety of activities and responsibilities competing for their attention, and engaging them in service takes a well-conceived strategy. This effective practice was...
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National service programs seek to expand their efforts by leveraging additional volunteers within the communities they serve. Increase capacity by recruiting college students as volunteer leaders,...
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With support from Learn and Serve America, RSVP of Northern Arizona, headquartered at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, recruits baby boomers and assigns them to tutoring projects in local K-...
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Besides recruiting volunteers, service-learning fairs can exist as a forum for educating students about the big picture of civic engagement, social issues and careers in the nonprofit field. Choosing...
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School administrators in Boyd County, Kentucky coordinated a multi-district method for students to promote character education and become volunteers. Middle and high school students from three school...
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This effective practice offers an outline that includes the planning, implementing, and assessment phases of a service-learning project, using materials excerpted from the Northwest Regional...
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Ryan Kerby, Superintendent for the New Plymouth School District, in Boise, Idaho, believed that parents could become a positive force in the schools in his district with the proper training and...
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Low-performing readers can benefit from regular one-on-one instruction with a volunteer tutor. However, many programs face difficulties recruiting volunteers who are willing to commit to multiple...
