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'Thank you for your good work with our students'
Miss Smith, Community Education South
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What is Service Learning?
Service Learning blends meaningful service to the community with specific, outcome-based program components. It combines decision-making, leadership and skill building with service projects while building on academic skills.
By teaching youth early about the role they can play in their communities, service learning encourages life-long civic participation. By relating activities to real-life experiences, service learning improves workplace skills and enhances personal development among youth. Service learning gives youth a sense of competency; they see themselves as active contributors rather than passive recipients of adult support.
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A Gift of Giving is a program designed for Kindergarten - 8th graders and incorporates the fundamentals of service learning into age-appropriate activities and goals.
Delivered in a classroom setting, A Gift of Giving teaches youth about community service through hands-on experiences. These program sessions are structured to lead youth through conceptualizing and implementing a community service project from start to finish.
The steps practiced in A Gift of Giving include assessment, planning and organizing, conducting the project and evaluating and celebrating the successes. Youth learn to work together towards a common goal and make a difference in their community.
Community service is an increasingly important part of the lives of youth. Not only is it important to build a better future, but also to meet educational requirements for graduation. The number of service hours required to graduate area high schools continues to increase. Instilling the concept of volunteerism to students as early as elementary school is a key component to fulfilling requirements.
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Get Involved Today!
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To learn more, request information, register your school for the Service Learning program or speak to a representative, please contact:
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