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APPENDICESSample "Thank You" LetterApril 30, 2002 Margaret Jones, Director Dear Ms. Jones: We would like to thank you for participating in National Youth Service Day on April 26, 2002. It was so kind of you to donate your time and resources to the project. We had a great time working with the senior citizens to replant their community garden and paint the window boxes. We hope they had a good time, too! The event was covered in the local newspapers and in our school newsletter, The Daily. In addition, the cable access television station interviewed our group during the event. We will send you a copy of the articles when they are published. We are having an awards ceremony to celebrate our success and would like to invite you and others from the Oak Grove Center. The event will be held on Saturday, May 12th at 10:00 a.m. in the auditorium at P.S. 189 on Main Street. We hope to see you there! Again, thank you for helping our class REACH OUR PEAK! Sincerely, Mrs. Brown’s 10th Grade Class Additional Service-Learning ResourcesNational Service Learning Conference: This annual conference promotes service learning as a way of teaching and learning that builds academic and citizenship skills while renewing communities. It is the only major education conference that provides professional development to a diverse audience of K-H educators, administrators, pre-service teacher education staff and faculty, researchers, youth leaders, parents, program coordinators, AmeriCorps members, community-based organization staffs and corporate and foundation officers. Learn more online at: http://www.nylc.org/conference2001/index.cfm Learn and Serve America Grants Program: Through service-learning programs supported by Learn and Serve America, over 1.5 million students from kindergarten through higher education apply academic skills to solve real community needs in over 3,000 local communities. In community organizations, schools and colleges, young people and students of all ages improve their studies, develop problem solving skills and incorporate the habits of good citizenship while improving their communities. New Learn and Serve America national applications are available at: www.nationalservice.org/learn/resources/index.html. President’s Student Service Challenge: Launched in 1999, the President’s Student Service Challenge is an opportunity for community organizations, schools and colleges to recognize young people for their outstanding community service and encourage more youth to serve. The Challenge offers dual components: scholarships and awards: President’s Student Service Award: Students who contribute at least 100 hours of eligible service to the community in a 12-month period are eligible for this award. Students may be certified by community organizations, schools, or colleges and receive the President’s Student Service Award gold pin and a presidential certificate and a letter from the President of the United States. Youth ages 5 to 14 who perform 50 hours of community service within a 12-month period receive a silver pin with the presidential seal, a presidential certificate and letter from the President of the United States. For more information, go to www.student-service-awards.org. President’s Student Service Scholarship: Each high school in the country may select two juniors or seniors to receive a $1,000 scholarship for outstanding service to the community. The Corporation for National Service provides $500 for each of these scholarships, matched by $500 from the community. Scholarship recipients must have served at least 100 hours within a 12-month period. In addition to this scholarship, students receive the President’s Student Service Award gold pin, a presidential certificate and a letter from the President of the United States. For more information, go to www.student-service-awards.org. National Service Learning Leader Schools: Learn and Serve America also sponsors a Presidential Initiative to recognize the top service-learning programs in schools across the country. For more information, visit www.nationalservice.org/learn/leaderschools/index.html. Training and Technical Assistance: Please call or visit the National Learn and Serve America Service-Learning Clearinghouse at 800-808-7378, or www.umn.edu/~serve. Learn and Serve America Training and Technical Assistance Exchange: Call toll-free for more information: 877-LSA-EXCH (877-572-3924) or visit www.lsaexchange.org. Service-LearningService-learning is a teaching strategy that enriches learning by engaging students in meaningful service to their schools or communities through careful integration with established curricula. The components of this teaching practice include youth voice, curricular connection, addressing a genuine community need, reflection, project design/implementation/evaluation, and celebration.
Learning Web Additional ResourcesNATIONAL DAYS OF SERVICEMartin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, January, 2002 The Kindness and Justice Challenge, January 16-30, 2002 National Volunteer Week/Big Help Week, April 22-28, 2002 National/National Youth Service Day, April 26-28, 2002 Join Hands Day, June 2002 Make A Difference Day, October 2002 Random Acts of Kindness Week, November 2002 Family Volunteer Day, November 2002 Resources on Incorporating "Youth Voice"The following is a suggested list of resources where you can go to learn more about incorporating youth voice into this or other service-learning initiatives.
The following organizations are recommended for their outstanding incorporation of youth voice:
AcknowledgementsThis curriculum was developed with RYP by Michael McCabe of Youth Service America, Eve Kaplan of Do Something, Carol Klopp, a teacher and service-learning curriculum expert, and Joan Liptrott, a teachers/service-learning curriculum expert, from the Institute for Global Education and Service Learning. Additional review, approval and contributions were also made by all of RYP’s sponsoring organizations such as AOL@School, iEARN, etc. We would like to thank the following young people for their outstanding commitment to community service and their positive impact as successful community leaders:
We would also like to thank:
Finally, we want to thank our Reach Your Peak Sponsors: Contact Information for Reach Your Peak:Michael Davis, Reach Your Peak Fabian Koss, Reach Your Peak Tatiana Gau, Reach Your Peak Steve Culbertson, Youth Service America |
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