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This Summer, Let's...
Combat summer learning loss and childhood obesity. Read more.
National Night Out
A unique crime and drug prevention event. August 3, 2010
YouthSITE
Sharing Ideas and Tools for Engagement. For youth, by youth.
InterroBang?! Has Begun
Get in on the game at www.playinterrobang.com
Seeds of Citizenship
Service-learning students are more likely to vote later in life.
News and Events
New Funding Opportunity for Federal Work-Study Community Service from the Department of Education
The Department of Education is seeking applications to provide grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) participating in the Federal Work-Study to recruit and compensate students (including compensation for time spent in training and for travel) for part-time, off-campus employment directly related to community service. The funds granted to an IHE under this program may only be used to make payments to students participating in work-study programs. Application deadline: August 9, 2010.
National Service Agency Announces BP Oil Spill Response Plan
The Corporation for National and Community Service announced its strategy to engage national service and voluntary assets in responding to the economic and environmental damage caused by the BP oil spill. The plan was developed in consultation with state service commissions in the Gulf Coast states. Read more.
First Lady, Federal Agencies Launch Summer Initiative to Curb Childhood Obesity and Reading Loss
United We Serve: Let’s Read. Let’s Move will get more Americans volunteering to combat childhood obesity and summer learning loss among youth. Read more.
Featured Resources
The updated edition of Cathryn Berger Kaye’s Complete Guide to Service Learning: Proven, Practical Ways to Engage Students in Civic Responsibility, Academic Curriculum, & Social Action integrates NYLC's K-12 service-learning standards for quality practice, and features 13 thematic chapters with correlating curriculum webs and a CD-ROM with customizable forms.
This report describes the students who participated in Project Reach, which worked to introduce, strengthen, or expand programs to provide service-learning and service opportunities for community college students with disabilities.