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Learn and Serve America's National Service-Learning Clearinghouse knows what great work you do and we want others to know too. Please send us stories and photos of your service-learning successes and we will publicize them on the Clearinghouse website and in our print material.
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The Pads Packers major goal was to help the homeless. We achieved that goal by packing 40 sandwiches and lunches for the homeless people. We then delivered the sandwiches and lunch bags to PADs. We wanted to make a change and help people less fortunate than us. To raise the money to pay for this all, we charged $3 per lunch bag, and we donated the extra money to PADs. To spread the...CBO Sector
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Girl Scouts of the USA is proud to announce its 2009 National Young Women of Distinction honorees. Each honoree spent one to two years on a community action project that has had far-reaching effects in her community and beyond. Each of the ten young women has earned her Girl Scout Gold Award—the highest award in Girl Scouting—and has been selected as a National Young Woman of...CBO Sector
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For year 4 years now, the Kidz Korna Youth Group, (a group of young people helping to stop the silent cries of child abuse and violence of which over 75% of them were once victims themselves) have come together to assist others with toys, gifts, clothing and personal items in hopes of demostrating tokens of love, support and awareness for prevention practices. Last year the youth group was...CBO Sector
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To kick off this joint project of Hamilton Middle School and Western Montana RSVP, a group of seventh-graders did preliminary research on the dangers of the Internet and how to avoid predators. Based on what they learned, they prepared a list of guidelines suitable for all ages. Next, senior volunteers were invited to join the students for an E-mail Set-up and Safety Day, consisting of...CBO Sector
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(Adapted from an article by Bill Lilley that ran in the Beacon Journal on February 18, 2008) A dozen senior citizens, 20 students from Our Lady of the Elms High School and a poem about the environment written more than 100 years ago might not seem like a natural mix. But that's the equation Inese Alvarez, program director for the Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), and Marcie...CBO Sector
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RSVP of Jefferson County, Ohio partnered with Harding Middle School and Jefferson Community College to build a community rain garden at the Jefferson Community College parking lot on May 15, 2008. Fifteen RSVP volunteers age 55 and older signed on to participate (though threat of rain caused only 5 to attend) in partnership with 10 youth from the local middle school. Overall, 29 volunteers...CBO Sector
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Cal Poly took a capacity-building approach and used its SaYES mini-award to market and promote VolunteerSLO, a comprehensive online database of local volunteer opportunities. The resulting marketing campaign targeted local baby boomers near retirement and encouraged them to become involved in K-12 service-learning projects and activities. Among other accomplishments, Cal Poly produced a...CBO Sector
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Interages, Inc. used SaYES funds to expand its existing Intergenerational Bridges service-learning and mentoring program, which pairs newly arrived immigrant youth in ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) programs with supportive older adult mentors to assist with the transition to U.S. culture, language acquisition, and personal development. In this project, high school students...CBO Sector
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Academy for Academics and Arts (AAA) middle-school students teamed with local baby boomer volunteers to restore the school's greenhouse to working order and organize it to be user-friendly for classes of all ages, including storage areas for each grade level. One baby boomer volunteer served as expert gardener and coordinated efforts and resources across the project. Led by their baby...CBO Sector
