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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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  • How to Help Select a Project
  • Trouble-shooting Tips for Popular Types of Volunteer Projects for Young People
  • Designing Age-Appropriate Projects
  • 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?
  • Project idea starters and examples of service projects for high school students
  • What is and is not age appropriate service for high school students?