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What is and is not age appropriate service for high school students?

Is age appropriate...

  • Cleaning a polluted lake or river
  • Researching general information on political platforms and distributing it to peers
  • Making a panel for the AIDS Quilt and giving awareness presentations
  • Helping design a playground in an underprivileged neighborhood
  • Volunteering as a candy striper in a hospital
  • Holding a forum about racism to form possible community solutions
  • Working as aides in group homes for adults with disabilities
  • Setting up a peer counseling program

    Is not age appropriate...

  • Making posters about pollution
  • Developing a political candidates talking points for a debate
  • Facilitating an AIDS support group
  • Building a playground in an underprivileged neighborhood
  • Running the candy striper volunteer program at a hospital
  • Organizing and facilitating a weekend diversity retreat
  • Making holiday decorations to be used in group homes for adults with disabilities
  • Providing therapy for drug or alcohol addicted peers


    Thank you for your willingness to help a young person get the most out of his or her volunteering experience. Remember, behind every Disney Adventures All-Star is a great coach!

    Disney Adventures would like to thank the Points of Light Foundation for providing us with the information and guidelines on which we have based our Coaches' Handbook.

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  • What is and is not age appropriate service for K-5 students?
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  • 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?