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- Donations
Books
- 101 Things You Can Do to Help Our Kids' Future (Benton Foundation)
Lists
- Carter Center
- Carter Center Efforts by Country
Describes health, economic, political, and mediation efforts of the Carter Center in each country where civil war, ethnic conflicts, or economic deprivations are rampant.
- General - United Way of America
- Learn and Serve Opportunities (Corporation for National Service)
Provides opportunities to learn and serve.
- Service Opportunities for Teens (Google Directory)
Provides a list of service organizations that want the assistance of teens. 1-02
- Service-Learning Resources (National Service-Learning Clearinghouse)
Provides a couple of dozen sites. 11-01
- Volunteering - International Opportunities (Cross-Cultural Solutions)
Provides sources of information on volunteering for services in other countries. 7-99
- Volunteering - International Opportunities (East Carolina University)
The Directory on International Voluntary Services provides hundreds on sources of information. 7-99
- Vounteering Opportunities (Corporation for National Service)
Provides sources of information on volunteering.
Materials
- Certificate Maker (Education Connection)
Provides well-designed certificates of achievement for service to the community, service by the community, academic achievements, sports and music.
Papers
- -Youth Volunteer Matching Service (Impact Online)
 Matches volunteers with nonprofit organizations by location and issue.
- America's Promise: The Alliance for Youth
Provides a new site dedicated to the multi-year America's Promise campaign.
- American Association of Association Executives (ASAE)
Provides information on ASAE's participation in community services, such as America's Promise.
- Assessments of Nonprofit Organizations (Give.org)
Provides comprehensive information on organizations so you can determine if they are suitable for donations. 11-01
- Assessments of Nonprofit Organizations (Give.org)
Provides comprehensive information on organizations so you can determine if they are suitable for donations. 11-01
- Assessments of Nonprofit Organizations - Criteria (CharityWatch.org)
Suggests criteria for assessing an organization for worthiness of donations. 11-01
- Assessments of Nonprofit Organizations - Top Rated (CharityWatch.org)
Provides a grade for the top rated organizations in of the major areas of giving. The categories include Abortion and Family Planning, Hispanic, African-American, Homelessness and Housing, Aids, Human Rights, American Indian, Human Services, Animal Protection, Hunger, Asia and Asian-American, International Relief and Development, Blind and Visually-Impaired, Jewish and Israel, Cancer, Literacy, Child Protection, Mental Health and Retardation, Child Sponsorship, Peace and International Relations, Civil Rights and Advocacy, Population Planning, Consumer Protection and Legal Aid, Public Policy, Crime Prevention, Terminally Ill, Disabled, Veterans and Military, Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Women's Rightts, Environment, Youth Development, Gun Control (Pro and Con), Youth-Residential Care, and Health-General. 11-01
- Awards - Advance America Awards (ASAE)
Provides a short description of the businesses and organizations that contributed to advancing America through "education, standard-setting, business and social innovation, knowledge creation, learning, and community service."
- Chicago Area Assistance to Nonprofits (NPONet)
Provides information and training to assist nonprofits in the Chicago area.
- Chicago Area Volunteering (NPONet)
Provides information for those wishing to volunteer services in the Chicago area.
- Complaints Against Nonprofit Organizations (Give.org)
Provides contact information for state attorneys general. 11-01
- Factsheets on Preventable and Treatable Conditions Globally (World Health Organization)
Provides factsheets on some of the most disabling medical conditions globally that are also preventable or treatable with minimal costs. 3-01
- General - Coalition for America's Children
- Idealist Newsletter (Action Without Borders)
Provides news about efforts of nonprofit organizations globally.
- Nonprofit Organizations Seeking Volunteers Search (Impact Online)
Helps volunteers find nonprofit organizations by geographical area and issue through VolunteerMatch.
- Random Acts of Kindness Celebration
- Steps to Action (WePrevent)
Provides five steps for taking action in your community.
- Volunteering Opportunities by Subject (Impact Online)
Helps volunteers find volunteering opportunities by issue through VolunteerMatch.
- Volunteers in International Development (Visions in Action)
Provides opportunities to international development assistance in five African countries and Mexico.
Projects
- AmeriCorps (CNS)
Includes two programs - 1) The National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) is "a full-time service program for men and women age 18 through 24. AmeriCorps NCCC members work in teams." 2) Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) is "a full-time service program for men and women age 18 and older. Members generally work individually, rather than in teams."
- America's Promise - Summit Action Youth for Educators (President's Summit)
Provides suggestions on way educators can help students become involved with the America's Promise campaign and the Summit in particular.
- Bridging the Digital Divide (Technology Access Foundation)
Provides projects and opportunities to assist ethnic minorities to gain greater access to the Internet and technology.
- COOL (College Students)
"COOL's Mission is to educate and empower students to strengthen our nation through community service." 1-01
- Casey Foundation
Provides information on a philanthropic organization dedicated to helping disadvantaged youth.
- Civitan Clubs (Civitan International)
The mission of Civitan International is "to build good citizenship by providing a volunteer organization of clubs dedicated to serving individual and community needs with an emphasis on helping people with developmental disabilities"
- Civitan Projects (Junior Civitan International)
The mission of Civitan International is "to build good citizenship by providing a volunteer organization of clubs dedicated to serving individual and community needs with an emphasis on helping people with developmental disabilities"
- Corporation for National Service (CNS)
Created by Congress in 1993, includes AmeriCorps, Learn and Serve America, and Senior Corps.
- Disaster Relief
Provides information so you can volunteer to help if a disaster strikes.
- Homeless Teens (StandUp for Kids)
Provides opportunities for volunteering to help homeless teens. Listings are by state. 10-99
- Interact for Kids (Benton Foundation)
Provides opportunities to share information about helping kids.
- Internet Volunteer Initiative Launched (applesforhealth)
4 Labors Of Love (4lol.org), one of the largest free volunteer matching sites on the web, automatically connects volunteers with service opportunities. With the launch of the Internet Volunteer Initiative it's goal is to have a database of 1 million volunteers by the end of 2000. 01-07-00.
- KidsCampaigns (Benton Foundation)
Provides projects to support the well being of children.
- Law-Related Education (Teens, Crime and the Community)
Provides training and projects for teens to actively lead in reducing crime. Created by the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) and Street Law, Inc. (formerly the National Institute for Citizen Education in the Law), TCC is a joint initiative currently funded on the national level by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice.
- Leukemia and Lymphoma Runs (Leukemia and Lymphoma Society)
Provides information on how to participate in supporting research for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, and myeloma. 8-00
- Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)
Provides opportunities to help find missing and lost children.
- Projects for Teens to Volunteer (eteen.net)
Provides project possibilities for teens to make the world a better place.
- Road Rage Prevention (Adams)
Provides suggestions on how to handle road rage and prevent injury from others.
- Service-Based Community Service (Conrad and Hedin)
Draws from research and theory to support making service a regular feature of school practice. The authors hope that decisions will be informed by evidence about its value to young people.
- Service-Learning (Quest)
Includes 23 articles to support students learning through community service.
- UNICEF USA
Provides locations for volunteers to be involved in projects..
- UNICEF USA
Provides an educational guide for projects to help other children worldwide.
- Volunteering Opportunities (America's Promise)
Provides a starting point for exploring America's Promise, a program to provide mentoring and other services to children. 1-01
- Volunteering Opportunities (Youth Service America)
Provides ways to volunteer to contribute to your community. 1-01
- Volunteering Opportunities for Kids (PBS - Zoom into Action)
Provides opportunities for kids to volunteer to help animals, the hungry, the homeless, those who are ill, seniors, persons with disabilities, the environment, and more. May load slowly. 2-02
- Volunteering and Mentoring (Amazing-Kids.org)
Provides opportunities to mentor or volunteer time (including "cyber" time) to help children. 8-00
- Volunteering by Location (Points of Light Foundation)
Provides opportunities for volunteers to help animals, the hungry, the homeless, those who are ill, seniors, persons with disabilities, the environment, and more. Select a ZIP code or state to begin the process of finding opportunities near you. 2-02
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