Description
The L.O.V.E. It Forward Movement is the worlds largest online
mentoring (acts of kindness) movement. Now you can create your
own volunteer opportunity based upon your gift! Everyone has a
gift! If you do not know your gift, your very own volunteer
mentor will help you.
For more information go to www.loveitforward.info
Ms. Eshoo or Ms. Moumji must pre approve any online service
learning projects.
Skills
The desire to make a positive difference in other peoples lives!
Must like working on the computer!
Volunteer and work from the comfort of your own home, on your own
time, on your own computer!
www.loveitforward.info
Volunteer with Chicago Cares!
Youth ages 16 and up are invited to attend designated ongoing
monthly programs. These projects are marked with a special 16+
symbol. Youth younger than 16 must attend a project with an adult
and can only attend projects designated with the ages symbol in
our monthly
calendar.
You may beautify a park, cook breakfast for hungry seniors, help
sort food at a food bank, or complete one of several other of our
ongoing programs.
Volunteering with Chicago Cares looks great on a college
application, helps you meet new friends, allows you to explore
new parts of the city, and is fun!
Get Started! Complete our quick online Orientation and fill out a
youth waiver. Please note: the waiver must be signed by a parent
or guardian and brought to each project.
After you complete orientation, you may access the online
calendar where you'll see all the projects you can complete as a
youth. Look for the round circles with ages in them - that will
tell you which project you can attend as a youth. Just contact
the team leader (a Team Coordinator) and bring your
youth waiver to your project.
http://www.chicagocares.org/YIS_indivyouth.html
It's a new year; you may use freerice.com again for 5
more hours. One change - YOU MUST TURN IN A REFLECTION PARAGRAPH
related to freerice, or hunger, poverty, or volunteerism.
Select "subjects" top of page
Change to a different subject area (other than vocabulary) such
as Geography - English Grammar - Chemistry - Art or Language
Learning (Math IS TOO EASY, DO NOT USE IT!)
Earn ONE HOUR for every 1,000. So spend some time - donate rice
to people who really need it and improve your skills! Over 72
billions grains of rice sent to Africa due to your efforts!
http://www.freerice.com
Need some ideas for volunteer sites???
List volunteer opportunities by zip code
http://www.volunteermatch.org
http://www.idealist.com
Hey - Animal Lovers
The Animal Rescue Site is having trouble getting enough people
to click on it daily to meet their quota of getting free food
donated every day to abused and neglected animals.
It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on the
purple box 'fund food for animals' for free. There is NO cost;
corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to
donate food to
abandoned/neglected animals in exchange for advertising.
This is not a Service Learning project but you could create
your own project by advertising this site, working in an animal
selter, food drive for pet shelters - etc. There are suggestions
on the site for S.L. ideas;
create a project and let me know about it.
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com
The Department of Libraries & Information Services is pleased to
offer a full range of subscription online databases to provide
additional resources for students, teachers, and administrators.
Online databases are often superior sources of Internet-based
information
http://www.cps.k12.il.us/StaffResources/Libraries/db.shtml
http://www.kiva.org
www.kiva.org
Kiva's mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of
alleviating poverty. Kiva is the world's first person-to-person micro-lending
website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs
around the globe.
You choose who to lend to - whether a baker in Afghanistan, a goat
herder in Uganda, a farmer in Peru, a restaurateur in Cambodia, or a tailor
in Iraq - and as they repay their loan, you get your money back. It’s a
powerful and sustainable way to empower someone right now to lift themselves
out of poverty.
Individually or with a group ....check it out!
In September, talk to Ms. Eshoo (library) about forming a Kiva club at
Steinmetz and earn Service Learning hours.