Service Learning Programs

Earth Force - http://www.earthforce.org/
Earth Force is youth for a change! Through Earth Force, youth discover and implement lasting solutions to environmental issues in their community. In the process they develop life-long habits of active citizenship and environmental stewardship. Educators turn to Earth Force for innovative tools to engage young people in community problem solving.

Give Water A Hand - http://www.uwex.edu/erc/gwah
Give Water A Hand is national watershed education program designed to involve young people in local environmental service projects. Following steps in the Give Water A Hand Action Guide, your youth group or class plans and completes a community service project to protect and improve water resources.

Give Water A Hand program activities are presented in two publications -- the youth Action Guide and the Leader Guidebook (for youth leaders and teachers). These easy-to-follow, illustrated guides show how to organize and carry out effective action-oriented projects.

Learn and Serve America - http://www.learnandserve.org
Learn and Serve America supports service learning programs in schools and community organizations that help nearly one million students from kindergarten through college meet community needs, while improving their academic skills and learning the habits of good citizenship.

National Service learning Clearinghouse - http://www.umn.edu/~serve
National Service learning Clearinghouse is a comprehensive information system that focuses on all dimensions of service learning, covering kindergarten through higher education, school-based as well as community based initiatives.

National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC) - http://www.nylc.org
NYLC's mission is to engage young people in their communities and schools through innovation in learning, service, leadership, and public policy. As one of America's most prominent advocates of service learning and youth service, the NYLC is at the forefront of efforts to reform education and guide youth-oriented public policy.

SERVEnet - http://www.servenet.org/
SERVEnet is a program of Youth Service America (YSA). A leader in the field of youth service for more than 10 years, YSA continues its tradition of ground-breaking innovations in community service by supporting SERVEnet. SERVEnet depends and runs on the input of volunteers and organizations. It brings thousands of volunteers and community organizations together online daily.