Helping People and Stuff

By : Clay McAtee

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The Service of Learning

• Service-learning - is a method through which citizenship academic subjects skills and values are taught. - Keys to Success – VSU edition pg. 391

Benefits of Service Learning

• Increased access to the range of supports and opportunities they need to grow up healthy, caring, and responsible.

• Increased sense of self-efficacy, as young people learn that they can impact real social challenges, problems, and needs.

• Higher academic achievement and interest in furthering their education.

• Enhanced problem-solving skills, ability to work in teams, and planning abilities.

• Enhanced civic engagement attitudes, skills and behaviors. - www.servicelearning.org

Helping The Community

How Can You Help?There are many ways that you can

help and provide for your community. If your not sure where

to start helping, try one of your community’s help centers that are

already set up such as; helping out at the homeless shelter, donating items to your local Haven or battered women's shelter, donate blood, or any other activity where you are

helping your community.

The Haven• The Haven offers many volunteer opportunities. While The

Haven provides help with rent, utilities, and other relocation expenses, placing a family in an empty apartment will only discourage the victim and cause her to consider returning to her previous situation. The Haven accepts donations of furniture, household good, clothing, food, diapers, toys, etc. for its clients to help them get setup once they relocate. The volunteers not only provide help picking up these items from the community but also sorting them and delivering these items to the victims. Upon completion of Volunteer Training, volunteers can work directly with clients and assisting in the various programs offered by The Haven.

Donating Matters

• Donating items, such as toys, necessities, and blood, is an easy way to help out your community and it is appreciated by many.

Volunteer Tutor• I recently volunteered at an elementary school

to help tutor first grade children in their reading.

Tutoring• Tutoring these children was a great

experience and it made me feel like I was making a difference. ( The pictures have been edited to protect the children and school. )