For more information about service-learning, please see these sites:

The National Commission on Service-Learning

www.servicelearningcommission.org

Service-Learning at The Ohio State University

www.service-learning.ohio-state.edu/

Lots of Other Service-Learning Links

Links provided courtesy of Learning In Deed, an initiative of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.  See also http://www.learningindeed.org/tools/links.html

ABCDbooks.org
ABCDbooks.org
ABCDbooks.org features service-learning publications, including The Service Learning Bookshelf, as well as staff development materials and free, service-learning curriculum you can download.

America's Promise
www.americaspromise.org
America's Promise-The Alliance for Youth, led by General Colin Powell, is dedicated to mobilizing individuals, groups, and organizations from every part of American life to build and strengthen the character and competence of our youth.

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)
www.aacte.org
AACTE is a national, voluntary organization of colleges and universities with undergraduate and/or graduate programs to prepare professional educators. AACTE's National Service-Learning in Teacher Education Partnership (NSLTEP) project is designed to help develop institutional capacity and interinstitutional infrastructure to incorporate service-learning in teacher education programs.

American Association of School Administrators
www.aasa.org
AASA's mission is to support and develop effective school system leaders who are dedicated to the highest-quality public education for all children. AASA currently operates a service-learning initiative titled "Opening the School House Doors."

Building Bridges
www.centerpointinstitute.org/bridges/index.htm
The Building Bridges Initiative's ultimate aim is improving the quality of life in communities through better management and leadership of the nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations that serve these communities.

Character Education Partnership
www.character.org
The Character Education Partnership (CEP) is a nonpartisan coalition of organizations and individuals dedicated to developing moral character and civic virtue in our nation's youth as one means of creating a more compassionate and responsible society.

Community Works On-Line Resource Center
www.vermontcommunityworks.org/index.htm
Community Works On-Line Resource Center promotes exemplary teaching practices, programs and models that help students become caring, responsible and active members of their communities. They provide educators and schools with an opportunity to share work and access resources and technical assistance.

Do Something
www.dosomething.org
Do Something is a nationwide network of young people who know they can make a difference in their communities and take action to change the world around them.

Grantmaker Forum on National and Community Service
gfcns @ informingchange.com
The Grantmaker Forum, founded in 1993, comprises over 700 private, corporate, nonprofit, and philanthropic organizations. The Forum's purpose is to build awareness of the power of volunteering and service as strategies for community problem-solving-and to make life better for all people.

K-12 Education in Philanthropy Project
http://clcgi.msu.edu/~k12phil/form.html
This mission of the K-12 Education in Philanthropy Project is to "teach the importance of voluntary action for the common good in a Democratic society." Website includes K-12 curriculum lessons, units and materials on philanthropy.

KIDS (Kids Involved Doing Service) Consortium
www.kidsconsortium.org
KIDS Consortium moves education beyond the classroom as students apply academic knowledge and skill to real community needs. Working with teachers, schools and communities, we promote a learner-driven process that results in better educated, civic-minded and responsible students.

Learn and Serve America
Department of Service-Learning Corporation for National Service
www.cns.gov
Learn and Serve supports service-learning programs in schools, colleges, and community organizations that engage youth in addressing education, public safety, environmental, and other human needs. Funds are used to create new programs or replicate existing programs, as well as to provide training and development to staff, faculty, and volunteers.

Learn and Serve America National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
ETR Associates
www.servicelearning.org
The National Service-Learning Clearinghouse (NSLC) collects and disseminates information for Learn and Serve America programs, as well as other K- 12, higher education, community-based, and national service programs and practitioners.

National Service-Learning Exchange
www.nslexchange.org
The Exchange supports service-learning programs in schools, colleges and universities, and community organizations across the country through peer-based training and technical assistance.

National Service-Learning Partnership
www.service-learningpartnership.org
The National Service-Learning Partnership is a national network of members dedicated to advancing service-learning as a core part of every young person's education. Service-learning is a teaching method that engages young people in solving problems within their schools and communities as part of their academic studies or other type of intentional learning activity. The Partnership concentrates on strengthening the impact of service-learning on young people's learning and development, especially their academic and civic preparation. The Partnership supports members sharing resources, organizing change, and sponsoring innovation.

NABRE
www.jointcenter.org/nabre/about_nabre/index.htm
The Network of Alliances Bridging Race and Ethnicity (NABRE) is a network of community-based organizations working across the country to bridge racial and ethnic divisions. Youth NABRE, is a web-based forum and support site for youth-oriented diversity projects.

National Service News
www.nationalservice.org/news/index.html
The Corporation for National Service's central news page including e-newsletter, press releases and other information

National Society for Experiential Education
www.nsee.org
NSEE is a membership organization and national resource center that promotes experience-based approaches to teaching and learning.

National Indian Youth Leadership Project
www.niylp.org
NIYLP is a grassroots, nonprofit, service organization, headquartered in Gallup, New Mexico, which has developed a variety of national and local programs for native youth and communities.

National Youth Leadership Council
www.nylc.org
The mission of the National Youth Leadership Council is "engaging young people in schools and communities through innovation in learning, service, leadership, and public policy." NYLC sponsors the annual National Service-Learning Conference and offers technical assistance, training, and publications on service-learning and youth leadership.

Points of Light Foundation
www.PointsofLight.org
The Points of Light Foundation seeks to engage people more effectively in volunteer service to help solve serious social problems. POLF sponsors an annual community service conference.

School to Work
www.stw.ed.gov/general/general.htm
The National School-to-Work Office website includes a myriad of resources on school-to-work and on service-learning.

SEANet
www.Seanetonline.org
The vision of the State Education Agency K-12 Service-Learning Network (SEANet) is to provide a unified national voice to promote and sustain service-learning The organization's primary audience is staff from SEAs and other organizations designated by a state education agency responsible for managing statewide K-12 school-based service-learning initiatives. Among other important functions, SEANet plays an active role in providing information regarding federal legislation and policy issues that affect the day-to-day management and long-term sustainability of service-learning. Information on SEANet members by state is also available.

What Kids Can Do
www.whatkidscando.org
What Kids Can Do, a national nonprofit organization, documents and shares powerful learning with public purpose. WKCD stories tell, for example, of adolescents revitalizing their local economies, making video documentaries on social justice, publishing oral histories of their elders--all with the guidance of teachers and other committed adults.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

www.wkkf.org

The W. K. Kellogg Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to apply knowledge to solve the problems of people. Since its beginning the Foundation has continuously focused on building the capacity of individuals, communities, and institutions to solve their own problems. Learning In Deed is an initiative of the Foundation.

Youth Service America
www.servenet.org
YSA is a resource center for an alliance of 200+ organizations committed to increasing the quantity and quality of opportunities for young Americans to serve locally, nationally, or globally.