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Through a series of fortunate events, The Preservation Project grew from the ground up into an initiative developed to build youth civic engagement through experiential service-learning while integrating the arts with community outreach and education. Empowering youth to be leaders in the community while developing their sense of altruism is paramount. Co-founder Angie Leonard states, "By...
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In September 2009, The North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee tapped Dallas based nonprofit Big Thought to create an education initiative which would allow youth to have an impact on the North Texas region and showcase that heroes aren't just the players on the field, that they are right in our own backyard.SLANT 45: Service Learning Adventures in North Texas, was designed to inspire youth...
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CAMP Gator (Collegiate Achievement Mentoring Program) is an innovative, service-learning, leadership mentoring program that pairs athletes and non-athlete student leaders from the University of Florida with at-risk elementary and middle-school boys and girls from high poverty schools in the Gainesville community. Many of the mentees chosen to participate in the program have discipline issues,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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