Community Service Learning
YVC creates and supports quality team based volunteer opportunities that students feel make a contribution.
Youth Service America (YSA) supports a culture of youth committed to service learning by promoting campaigns, resources and projects on their website. YSA works hard in order to ensure that kids from diverse backgrounds have the tool to serve in their communities.
YesKidzCan! works to nurture an interest in philanthropy at an early age. The website provides programs, community service project kits, and other resources that energize children to become agents of change within their communities. YesKidzCan! assists parents and educators with books and ideas about creating dialogue around the importance of community service that makes it fun and engaging for kids.
Here, teachers can find a Service-Learning Implementation Guide in PDF form that highlights why service learning is important and the best ways to implement it into schools and communities.
Volunteers of America provides people across the country with volunteer opportunities locally.
If someone is looking to volunteer in their community they can use this website to locate a place that fits their interests.
This program is dedicated to getting students to finish high school and cut the drop out rate in half by 2018, in order to do so they have many resources about out of school time to strengthen in school time.
The Y provides many resources that can help adults help children in their areas of interest.
This online curriculum helps students plan and carry out their own service projects.
This workbook is helpful for teachers to use in planning service-learning curriculum.
Roots & Shoots was founded by the principles of Dr. Jane Goodall and the organization hopes to inspire young people to identify problems in their communities and take action. Roots and Shoots hosts an interactive website that provides resources, service projects, and youth-led campaigns.
PublicHealth offers many resources and publications pertaining to nutrition best practices for a healthy life.