America's Promise
URL: http://www.americaspromise.org
Organization promotes helping children. Read How
Can You Help? . Providence 2006, voted one of the
100 Best Communities for Young People. [04/08]
America
Reads
URL: http://www.ed.gov/inits/americareads/index.html
(Archived information from 2003) [04/08]
Americorps
URL: http://www.americorps.org/
Part of the Corporation
for National and Community Service, a Federal government
program. [04/08]
Big
Brothers/Big Sisters of America
URL: http://www.bbbsa.org
Help for local children. [04/08]
Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning
URl: http://www.umich.edu/~mserve/
"...a process which combines community service and academic
learning in order to promote civic participation, build community
capacity, and enhance the educational process."
[04/08]
The Feinstein
Foundation
URL: http://www.feinsteinfoundation.org
"Help end hunger in America." [04/08]
MENTOR/National
Mentoring Partnership
URL: http://www.mentoring.org/
"MENTOR is widely acknowledged as the nation's premier advocate and resource for the expansion of mentoring initiatives nationwide." Links to mentoring partnerships in certain states including
Rhode
Island, Massachusetts,
and Connecticut.
[04/08]
National
Service-Learning Clearinghouse
URL: http://www.servicelearning.org/
National site for service-learning information. [04/08]
Network
for Good
URL: http://www.networkforgood.org/volunteer/default.aspx
Find volunteer opportunities that match your interests and geographic location, or search for an organization by name. [04/08]
R.I.
Campus Compact
URL:
http://www.compact.org/ricompact/
"... actively promotes public and community service as
vital components of higher education." [04/08]
Service
Site - finding volunteer opportunities in your community
URL: http://www.servenet.org
Connect with nonprofit organizations to make a difference in local communities. [04/08]
SCALE
- Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education
URL:
http://www.readwriteact.org/
"SCALE
supports campus-based literacy programs locally, statewide,
and nationally through our Literacy Action Networks. In these
programs, college students serve as literacy tutors or teachers
in their community." [04/08]
Volunteer
Match
URL: http://www.volunteermatch.org/
The VolunteerMatch vision relies on the power of community, relationships, and partnerships, providing a searchable database of volunteer opportunities by zip code and type of work. [04/08]
