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ResourcesHawai'i Resources - Aloha United Way 211
 : Aloha
United Way 211 is a searchable online database of social service
agencies in Hawaii. The list is compiled and maintained by Aloha United
Way. - Helping Hands Hawaii : Helping Hands Hawai'i connects individuals, families and organizations with available resources, both human and material.
- University of Hawaii Service Learning Program : University
of Hawai'i Service Learning Program encourages civic responsibility
among UH students through community service, guiding and supporting
students in their community service activities.
- Youth Service Hawaii : Youth
Service Hawaii supports the efforts of teachers, students and
community organizations in their development of service learning
through programs that build capacity and a lasting infrastructure for
service learning practice in the state.
Community Service (Volunteer) Resources- Action Without Borders : Action
Without Borders connects people, organizations and resources to help
build a world where all people can live free and dignified lives.
- AmeriCorps : AmeriCorps the domestic Peace Corps, engages more than 50,000 Americans in intensive, results-driven service each year.
- Citizen Corps : Citizen
Corps is a broad network of volunteer efforts that harnesses the power
of the American people by relying on their individual skills and
interests to prepare local communities to effectively prevent and
respond to the threats of terrorism, crime or any kind of disaster.
- Corporation for National and Community Service : Corporation
for National and Community Service engages Americans of all ages and
backgrounds in service to help strengthen communities through
AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, and Learn and Serve America.
- Do Something : Do
Something offers extensive resources for educators and students who
want to start or strengthen leadership initiatives at their schools.
- Kidlink : Kidlink
empowers kids and youth with free educational programs to give them
better control over their lives, help them mature, get friends, create
social networks and collaborate with peers around the world
individually or through their classrooms.
- National Senior Service Corps : National
Senior Service Corps is proud of the more than half a million
volunteers ages 55 and older who serve through the Foster Grandparent,
RSVP and Senior Companion Programs.
- Points of Light Foundation : Points
of Light Foundation's mission is to engage more people more effectively
in volunteer community service to help solve serious social problems.
- USA Freedom Corps : USA
Freedom Corps through its participating agencies and programs -- the
newly created Citizen Corps, AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, and the Peace
Corps -- will work with local officials and community groups to offer
expanded service opportunities for Americans at home and abroad.
- Volunteer Match : Volunteer
Match is the nonprofit, online service that helps interested volunteers
get involved with community service organizations throughout the United
States.
Service Opportunities Away from Home
Service Scholarships and Awards- Congressional Award : Congressional
Award promotes and recognizes achievement, initiative and service in
America's youth. Includes online registration form.
- Making a Difference : Making a Difference provides information on colleges and scholarships for individuals who are committed to community service.
- The Giraffe Project : The
Giraffe Project finds people who are willing to stick their necks out
and take responsibility for solving tough problems, and commends them.
- Presidential Freedom Scholarships : Presidential
Freedom Scholarships is a program designed to highlight and promote
service and citizenship by students and to recognize students for their
leadership in those areas.
- The President's Student Service Awards & Scholarships : The
President's Student Service Awards & Scholarships are White House
initiatives which recognize young Americans for outstanding community
service, while encouraging more young people to serve.
- The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards : (Search: Spirit of the Community Awards) The
Prudential Spirit of Community Awards recognize middle level and high
school students who have demonstrated exemplary, self-initiated
community service.
- SERVEnet.org : SERVEnet.org serves as an index and includes lists of a number of awards.
Special Days that Focus on Service- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service : Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service is a day to remember Dr. King by
serving in their communities -- by making the holiday "a day ON, not a
day off."
- Join Hands Day : Join Hands Day brings youth and adults together to improve their own communities.
- Make a Difference Day : Make
a Difference Day is a partnership between USA Weekend magazine and the
Points of Light Foundation that inspires and rewards volunteers.
- National Youth Service Day : National
Youth Service Day is the largest service event in the world, engaging
millions of young Americans and focusing national attention on the
amazing leadership of young people.
Service Development Opportunities for Youth - America's Promise : America's
Promise's mission is to mobilize people from every sector of American
life to build the character and competence of our nation's youth by
fulfilling Five Promises for young people.
- Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development : Innovation
Center for Community and Youth Development seeks, tests and promotes
innovative concepts and practices, providing cutting edge tools for
youth workers in diverse settings.
- National Youth Development Information Center : National Youth Development Information Center is an online information system that focuses on youth development.
- Search Institute : Search
Institute is an independent, nonprofit, nonsectarian organization whose
mission is to advance the well being of adolescents and children by
generating knowledge and promoting its application.
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Luke Center for Public Servicecpeters@punahou.edu808.943.3609 Tel Hours: Mon-Fri, 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Carri Morgan
Director, Luke Center for Public Service
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