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A list of 20 ideas and places where teens can volunteer.
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List of age appropriate activities for children grades K-5.
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One way to communicate the importance of service-learning and volunteering on campus is by demonstrating the work of those involved in service. A fair highlighting the challenges and achievements of...
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Bringing together disparate elements of service-learning under the auspices of a centralized office helps to direct and focus the energy of students and faculty on a college campus. Shannon Zoet, an...
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The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation is committed to supporting programs and organizations that create opportunity, enhance self-esteem, and increase awareness about cultural and community issues...
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Tolerance.org invites pre-K–12 classroom teachers to apply for grants of $500 to $2,500 to support projects designed to reduce prejudice among youth, improve intergroup relations in schools,...
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A How-to Manual
This manual discusses quality Out-of-School-Time (OST) programs, highlights effective practices, discusses service and service-learning activities for children and youth in OST, and...
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Student involvement in service and service-learning produces valuable benefits to local communities and enables young people to become proactive members of society, while also experiencing the...
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A team-based approach works well with students because it gives volunteers and volunteer leaders the chance to work with others outside their usual spheres and with individuals who have differing...
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Once students have been recruited to assume volunteer leadership roles, there are many ways they can become engaged in project development and implementation. Identifying the skills that they need to...
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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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Studies show connections between youth participation in service and positive behavior outcomes. Building on this data, this article presents National Youth Service Day (NYSD) as...
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During the summer of 2002, teens from all over the country traveled to the 87,000 acre Chico Basin Ranch in Colorado Springs, Colorado, serving as ranch hands to accomplish much-needed manual labor...
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In Philadelphia's poorest neighborhoods, faith-based institutions, supplied with funding, pedagogy, and training from Public/Private Ventures (P/PV), promote literacy while enhancing their ability to...
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The Environmental Protection Agency's publication, Service-Learning: Education Beyond the Classroom, describes seven environmental conservation projects that schools and community groups have...
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The Environmental Protection Agency's publication, Service-Learning: Education Beyond the Classroom, describes five environmental conservation projects that schools and community groups have...
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The Environmental Protection Agency's publication, Service-Learning: Education Beyond the Classroom, describes five environmental conservation projects that schools and community groups have...