Updated on March 9, 2017
These websites give kids and high school students opportunities to get engaged and improve their communities while they learn. The community can be as small as a school or neighborhood, or as big as a country or the world. Here you’ll find information on organizations that address the needs of local and world communities. Students learn about how they can contribute to these organizations. And they learn about students who’ve created their own organizations to serve communities in need.
InspireMyKids.com is a place where people can find inspiring, age-appropriate, real-life stories, videos and projects to share with the children and teens in their lives to help motivate them to take positive actions and become the best people they can…
From site: generationOn is the global youth service movement igniting the power of all kids to make their mark on the world. generationOn has brought the nation’s leading youth service organizations and programs under one umbrella including New York-based Children…
YSA offers students, teachers, community organizations, and families the resources and training to help kids find their voice, take action, and make an impact on vital community issues.
The Generator School Network (formerly the National Service Learning Clearinghouse) provides lessons, projects, and collaboration groups and discussions to implement service learning projects in your classroom or school. GSN has an ever-growing database of projects. Free registration is required for…
From site: Learning to Give: EDUCATES youth about philanthropy, the civil society sector, and the importance of giving their time, talent and treasure for the common good (knowledge), DEVELOPS philanthropic behavior and experience (skills), and, EMPOWERS youth to take voluntary…
The Roots & Shoots program is about making positive change happen for our communities, for animals and for the environment. And it’s about helping our kids to learn to become compassionate, collaborative leaders in making our world a better place.…