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Enhancing environmental service-learning through community partnerships
Comment on this practiceAbstract: Environmental education combined with community service-learning helps students make connections between what they learn and how they live. Environmental...
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Increasing awareness of household hazardous waste through service-learning
Comment on this practiceAbstract: Flathead Valley Community College (FVCC) is a rural institution serving over 4,000 students in northwest Montana, an area that takes pride in its beautiful natural...
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Teaching watershed ecology through a youth poetry contest
Comment on this practiceAbstract: Each year, the River of Words organization conducts a free international poetry and art contest for youth on the theme of watersheds. Children in grades K–12 are...
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Enlisting gardeners to help feed the hungry
Abstract: The Garden Writers Association initiated the Plant a Row for the Hungry campaign in 1995, and since then volunteer gardeners across the United States and Canada have been helping to feed the...
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Organizing a senior health and wellness fair
Abstract: Organizing an event on health and wellness programs and services available to seniors can contribute to the vigor and safety of the elderly population in a community. This practice outlines...
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Engaging Veterans and Families to Enhance Service Delivery: A Toolkit for...
Engaging Veterans and Families to Enhance Service Delivery: A Toolkit for Community-Based OrganizationsDownload this resource: Engaging Veterans and Families to Enhance Service DeliveryAuthor:...
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Trauma-Informed Care for Women Veterans Experiencing Homelessness: A Guide...
Trauma-Informed Care for Women Veterans Experiencing Homelessness: A Guide for Service ProvidersDownload this resource: Trauma-Informed Care for Women Veterans Experiencing Homelessness: A Guide for...
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Starting a school breakfast program
Abstract: Many children in low-income communities do not have access to food in the morning. Breakfast programs contribute to the nutritional needs of these children and also help to improve...
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Collaborating with Schools: A Guide for Community-Based Organizations
Collaborating with Schools: A Guide for Community-Based OrganizationsDownload this resource: Collaborating with Schools: A Guide for Community-Based OrganizationsAuthor: Dischler, K. and B....
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Building broad partnerships to expand reach and strengthen impact
Abstract: This practice is one in a series of successful management practices that relate to Program Example — Promoting Environmental and Civic Engagement: Earth Force. Since the early 1990s, the...
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The Role of Community-Based Organizations in the College Access and Success...
In recent years, leaders of American cities have become progressively concerned about increasing the college-going and completion rate of their residents. Mayors and other community leaders have...
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Service-Learning in Community-Based Organizations: A Practical Guide to...
Service-Learning in Community-Based Organizations: A Practical Guide to Starting and Sustaining High-Quality ProgramsDownload this resource: Service-Learning in Community-Based OrganizationsAuthor:...
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Benefits of Community-Based Service-Learning
Source: Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, Search Institute, December 2007.Knowledge Networks: Service-LearningGroups: Community-Based OrganizationsService Activities: Service-learning
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Beyond Needs Assessments: Identifying a Community's Resources and Hopes
Source: Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, September 2008.This fact sheet discusses the importance of and ways of determining what a community has, wants, and hopes before conducting a service-learning...
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Give an Hour: A Celebration of Service
Sponsor name: Give an HourSponsor contact organization: Contact name: Katherine WilkinsContact telephone: 240-668-4365Date(s): April 6, 2014 to April 8, 2014Contact email: events@giveanhour.orgTarget...
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