Service Learning and Volunteer Programs
AmeriCoprsNCCC (National Civilian Community Corps) engages recent college graduates and veterans in public. AmeriCorps NCCC is a full-time, team-based residential program for young adults age 18–24. The mission of AmeriCorps NCCC is to strengthen communities and develop leaders through direct, team-based national and community service. Members are assigned to one of five campuses, located in Denver, Colorado; Sacramento, California; Perry Point, Maryland; Vicksburg, Mississippi; and Vinton, Iowa. All AmeriCorps members receive Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards when they complete their terms of service. These awards can be used to pay back loans or pay for college or graduate school. A majority of AmeriCorps members have at least some college experience, and the program has a strong track record of creating pathways to public service fields that are currently experiencing workforce shortages.
The Corps Network is the voice of the nation’s 158 Service and Conservation Corps. Currently operating in 46 states and the District of Columbia, Corps annually enroll more than 33,000 young men and women in service every year. Corps annually mobilize approximately 265,000 community volunteers who, in conjunction with Corps members, generate 15.3 million hours of service every year.
Provides resources for volunteers, nonprofits & government, companies, teachers, educators and everyone else who is interested in social change through service-learning opportunities.
A comprehensive site that includes information about service-learning, provides project and curriculum ideas, and allows users to share their own service learning experiences.
A PDF file that is a guide on how to integrate service-learning into a K-12 curriculum.
Provides information on the 2010 National Learn & Serve Challenge. Schools or organizations can sign up for a 9 month initiative and create an action plan by accessing a free toolkit online. Each plan will start in January, will be filmed, and then shared on the website.
Provides a link to a PDF file that is a guide for starting and sustaining high quality service programs.
A primer for teachers interested in starting a service-learning project.
366 community service ideas for service clubs at schools.
Information about protecting and restoring Forests for Life and find the different ways you can make a difference.
Habitat for Humanity partners with people in your community, and all over the world, to help them build or improve a place they can call home. Habitat homeowners help build their own homes alongside volunteers and pay an affordable mortgage.
A volunteer resource center that lists volunteering opportunities.