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Armed with rakes, wheelbarrows, shovels, and cordless drills, more than 150 freshman students from the Lowell Area Schools helped prepare the Mel Trotter Ministries Camp & Retreat Center for summer campers. The Center, located near Hopkins , Michigan , serves at-risk youth from the Grand Rapids area. It offers a safe and healthy outdoor environment for campers to learn about themselves,...
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700 students, the entire student body of Independence Elementary in Clarkston, participated in service-learning during February. Kindergarteners made gift bags for Haven, a shelter for abused women and children; First graders made dog bones for the Humane Society and gathered materials for bird nests; Second graders made care packages for service men and women including letters from the students...
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Tropical's fifth and sixth grade gifted and academically talented students have been working with our four-legged friends as part of their service-learning requirements. While watching a show on the Animal Planet Channel, a dog trainer stated that many dogs in the shelters are overlooked for adoption because of their highly strung behavior. He stated that these dogs could be trained...
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Sara Buttram a Broad Ripple High School 10th grade student in Indianapolis Indiana is the winner of the "Season of Service Images of Peace" Contest (107K pdf), sponsored by Service For Peace, Learn and Serve Indiana, Peace Learning Center, Indy Parks, and the Indiana Civil Rights Commission. Her winning poster entitled "Holding Peace" was displayed at this year's Martin Luther...
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Students in Assistant Professor Rachel Dowty's Fundamentals of Emergency Management class last spring partnered with a number of local non-profits to develop emergency management plans. Partnering with agency representatives from the Urban Restoration Economic Corporation, Women's Community Rehabilitation Center, and Baton Rouge Crisis Intervention Center, groups collaborated with the...
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Over the past several years, LSU ecology students have arrived at class dressed in protective gear with tools in hand. What may sound like a challenging scenario for any teacher, though, has been a successful service-learning partnership with BREC's Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Area. LSU students work with BREC to remove invasive plants from the swamp. Bluebonnet Swamp is home to invasive...
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National Park Service's INTERMOUNTAIN REGION'S UNIVERSITY AS PARTNER POSTER FOR CRM 2000 CONFERENCE Innovative Changes for the CRM Program: Background The National Park Service's Intermountain Cultural Resources Program was restructured during the reorganization of the support offices in 1996-7. An integrated Cultural Resource Management organization was stitched together...
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The After-School Achievement Program (ASAP) is a collaborative project between Southeastern Louisiana University and a variety of community partners to enhance the preparation of both college and elementary students by utilizing the talents of teacher candidates to provide an after-school support program for at-risk students. It began last February as the brainstorm of Southeastern...
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The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) Service Learning Academy again has organized UNO's Seventh Annual Seven Days of Service Saturday, March 14 and Monday, March 16 through Saturday, March 21. Students from UNO, the University of Nebraska Peter Kiewit Institute, Omaha North and Benson High Schools, and the Omaha Public Schools Career Center will landscape, renovate and repair six to eight...
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The harsh economic times facing many in our neighborhoods and communities has increased the demand for the services provided by nonprofits, and nowhere is that urgency felt more than in the nation's food banks. The Washington Campus Compact VISTA program at Spokane Falls Community College knows of the food shortages and hunger facing many in their communities and-with the help of Second Harvest-...
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