Friday, August 22, 2008

Community Service and Service Learning information

Community service refers to service that a person performs for the benefit of his or her local community. People become involved in community service for a range of reasons — for some, serving the community is an altruistic act. At the Academy, community service is called Service Learning. Eight hours a semester are required to pass your classes. It is a wonderful opportunity for the students to give back to the community because without it, the Academy would cease to exist. The following links are to help you find community service to do. The first one finds service in your area.

http://www.volunteermatch.org/
VolunteerMatch is a leader in the nonprofit world dedicated to helping everyone find a great place to volunteer. 3,682,591 Referrals to date, 54,346 Current opportunities, and 59,968 Member organizations

http://www.rootsandshoots.org/
Roots & Shoots, a program of the Jane Goodall Institute, is a powerful, youth-driven, global network of more than 8,000 groups in almost 100 countries. Together, youth of all ages are taking action to improve our world through service learning projects that promote care and concern for animals, the environment and the human community

http://www.wish.org/
Since 1980, the Make-A-Wish Foundation® has given hope, strength and joy to children with life-threatening medical conditions. From our humble beginnings with one boy’s wish to be a police officer, we’ve evolved into an organization that grants a child’s wish in the U.S. every 40 minutes

http://www.liveunited.org/
We bring together people from all across the community–government, business, faith groups, nonprofits, the labor movement, ordinary citizens–to tackle the issues. Because we all win when a child succeeds in school, when a family becomes financially stable, when people have good health

http://www.dosomething.org/
Do Something believes you have the power to make a difference. It is our aim to inspire, support and celebrate a generation of doers: people who see the need to do something, believe in their ability to get it done, and then take action. At DoSomething.org we provide the tools and resources for you to convert your ideas and energy into positive action. Be part of a generation of doers

http://www.craigslistfoundation.org/
Craigslist Foundation creates community in the nonprofit arena by 'helping people help', regardless of cause or sector. We are uniquely positioned to support nonprofits by providing free and low cost education opportunities to emerging nonprofit leaders and social entrepreneurs, thereby fulfilling our mission of "Providing knowledge, resources and visibility to the next generation of nonprofit leaders."

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