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Two thousand gallons of water may sound like a lot, but if you're trying to carry water for all your household needs, it's really just a drop in the bucket. The community of Prenter, WV has been dealing with contaminated groundwater/well water for several years now, and Community Lutheran Partners, Inc, working with the Lutheran Youth Organization and a Future Leaders of Watersheds grant were...
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My name in Kimberly Ramsingh and I am currently serving as an AmeriCorps*VISTA which stands for Volunteers in Service to America at the Stanislaus Office of Education in California. As a volunteer, I came to Modesto from the east coast to donate my time and energy in promoting the Cesar E. Chavez Service Clubs to assist families in moving out of poverty through educational service-learning...
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BREATHE LA O24u Environmental Education Program and O24u Online provided day-long activities and games at Museum of Natural History Sustainable Sunday on February 22, 2009. Families and children of all ages enjoyed fun learning activities led by BREATHE LA service learning volunteers and staff from the popular BREATHE LA O24u Online and O24u Environmental Education Program including an eco-...
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A group of YHSC students identified the issue of unmet oral health care needs of children living in poverty. The group was led by a student who is interested in pursuing a career in dentistry. A local pediatric dentist met with the students to teach them about unmet oral health care needs in their community. The students developed a book titled Brushing Bunny" to read to elementary school...
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How clean is the water in Monroe County? This past summer, 18 Monroe County students in West Virginia worked with the Indian Creek Watershed Association to find the answer to that question. On June 25, fifth through ninth grade students embarked on a six-week program, called Mountain View Summer School Scientists, which aimed to help them study both chemical and biological elements of...
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At a Learn and Serve retreat in 2006, the PVCS Youth Chamber chose the Yavapai Food Bank as its major cause. The program developed was called the Community Food Partners. Three levels of sposorship were offered to the community. The Bronze Level required no money from the partner and the Youth Chamber provided it with a collection bin to collect nonperishable food 12 months a year. The Silver...
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The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Site (VITA) at Santa Barbara High School was the first high school to be issued an electronic filing number by the Internal Revenue Service in order to file tax returns. This VITA site prepare about six hundred to eight hundred tax returns for low income families, students, and the elderly. All tax returns are prepared at no charge and all student volunteers...
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Through its Project FLOW (Future Leaders of Watersheds) program, the West Virginia Commission for National and Community Service provided funding to the Girl Scouts of Shawnee Council for their "Be Girl Scout Green" service-learning initiative. Troop 362 from Hardy County has been involved with the "Be Girl Scout Green" service-learning project from the very beginning....
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As a volunteer, I was introduced to the "I Can Read" Program by a friend of mine during my junior year of college at SIUC. My friend had told me about the opportunity of tutoring youth in reading and the program’s constant need for extra help. As an English major, I quickly jumped at the suggestion, and started volunteering two days a week. Shortly into my senior year, I had...
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Resources for Health's Roots & Shoots program is affiliated with the Jane Goodall Institute's network of service-learning groups around the world. In our group, families take action to care for their communities, the environment, and animals through service-learning projects. Another local nonprofit organization, Breaking UP Walls (www.breakingupwalls.org), is coordinating this project...
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