 2008 Learn & Serve Challenge Week - Sample Project Parkdale High School, MD -- I Clean, You Clean, We All Clean for Nice Streams -- "On an annual basis, I have my biology students participate in a local stream clean-up. This project is designed to facilitate awareness of how their actions impact their community. In addition, students learn about the impact that pollution can have on the Chesapeake Bay as we are part of the Bay's watershed." See other Challenge Projects. |
| National Service Agency Turns to Internet to Grow Campus Service Aiming to tap the skyrocketing popularity of social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace to promote social good, the Corporation for National and Community Service today announced $2.3 million in grants to use social media to engage college students in service to meet community needs. Read the full press release. |
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 Engaged for Success: Service-Learning as a Tool for High School Dropout Prevention  This 2008 report by John Bridgeland, John Dilulio, and Stuart Wulsin presents original and secondary research that shows the ability of service-learning to address some of the principle causes of dropping out. View previously featured library items. |
