Community Service Resources
Youth Make a Difference!
Learning to Give equips young people of all ages with philanthropy tools and knowledge as they discover what they care about and take action with their time, talent, and treasure.
Website contains lesson plans and mini courses
We’re on a mission to
make working together for the common good the common expectation and common experience of every young person.
Grants, Youth Service Knowledge Center with tons of resources, and Service Learning Experience Toolkit with documents already created
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Speak Up, Speak Out
Since 2002, Speak Up! Speak Out! has empowered students from third grade to high school to become change-makers in their communities. Through hands-on learning, students gain the tools, skills, and confidence to identify local issues and take action to make a real difference.
Speak Up! Speak Out! students team up s to identify community problems, create innovative solutions, and compete for the chance to present their ideas at the annual State Civics Fair.
https://www.volunteertx.org/
VolunteerTX, brought to you by OneStar Foundation, is a digital hub for volunteerism as big as the state of Texas! We pull volunteer opportunities from local volunteer connector organizations, Idealist.Org, AARP, Feeding America, Points of Light, and more, to provide the most comprehensive database of volunteer opportunities in the state, and to connect you to projects and organizations that inspire you to serve.
https://paulquinn.edu/we-me-farm/
In March 2010, when Paul Quinn College decided to convert its football field into a farm, eyebrows were certainly raised. But the move symbolized the College’s dedication to a team of a different kind – the team of individuals and organizations fighting to end food insecurity and injustice in the United States. Defined as a region with little to no access to affordable and nutritious food, the federally recognized ‘food desert’ in the southern sector of Dallas, TX has been without adequate support for over 60 years.
The WE Over Me Farm at Paul Quinn seeks to impact that injustice, and has produced more than 30,000 pounds of organically grown produce since its inception. No less than 15% of this produce has been donated to neighborhood charitable organizations, and the remainder is distributed to local community members, the College, and local food business partners.
As a part of the Paul Quinn Work Program, the Farm is operated and maintained primarily by Paul Quinn student-employees under the guidance of the Farm Manager. Students actively engage in all farm activities, from business planning to marketing, and thus it serves as a model of socially-conscious and environmentally-driven servant leadership and entrepreneurship. In addition to providing fresh, healthy, affordable food options for its surrounding residents, the Farm strives to improve communities throughout the metroplex by providing hands-on educational experiences for youth and adults alike to promote healthy eating, improved food access, and environmental stewardship.
