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What is and is not age appropriate service for youth in grades 6-8?
What is and is not age appropriate service for youth in grades 6-8?
Is age appropriate...
- Youth Action Councils, where they design service activities for other young people in their community
- Helping food banks with inventory
- Participating in a community clean up
- Volunteering at a soup kitchen, nursing home or day care center.
- Starting a conflict resolution program
- Tutoring elementary students after school
- Planting a garden at a homeless shelter
Is not age appropriate...
- Self-directed and self-guided Youth Action Councils without adult supervision
- Delivering meals to homebound residents
- Building a playground in an underprivileged neighborhood
- Making placemats for soup kitchens, nursing homes, or day care centers
- Starting a peer counseling program
- Tutoring youth in juvenile justice centers
- Renovating a homeless shelter
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Project idea starters and examples of service projects for grades K-5
What is and is not age appropriate service for K-5 students?
Project idea starters and examples of service projects for grades 6-8
What is and is not age appropriate service for grades 6-8?
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What is and is not age appropriate service for high school students?