How Can You Volunteer

How Can You Participate in Student Service Learning? (Consider the locations listed below. These are places where former students have conducted their Service Learning Requirements)

1. Homeless shelters – (with accompanying adult) Collect blankets, clothes and food and take it the shelter. Prepare and distribute meals for the shelter. 2. Food Banks – help organize a food drive 3. Hospices– talk with families and kids 4. Special Olympics – help raise funds or lead activities 5. Habitat for Humanity – help build a house with a parent 6. State and local parks – clean up trails or pick up trash 7. City parks – assist with recreational activities or little league sports or concessions 8. Leon County Elementary Schools or after-school programs – Tutor a child or assist teachers, work special events. 9. Senior citizen centers – deliver meals to homebound seniors 10. Pet Smart Big Dog Rescue–– you must call ahead and make a reservation (parent required to attend as well) 11. Environmental organizations – lead hikes or lobby for a cause 12. Political campaigns – lend a hand at the campaign office or join a letter-writing campaign 13. Red Cross and Salvation Army – help out in an emergency 14. Local charities and organizations – create a Web site, organize a collection drive 15. Religious Organizations –child care, lawn maintenance, office work etc. 16. Teen Court – participate in an actual juvenile justice program 17. Keep Leon County/Tallahassee Beautiful – participate in clean-ups 18. State Organizations – help with filing or secretarial duties 19. Leon County High Schools – assist teachers or work concessions at sporting events 20. Christmas Connection 21. Leon county Middle Schools – assist teachers, coaches, PTO 22. FAMU 23. Florida Wildlife Federation 24. FSU 25. Hands & Hearts for Horses 26. Manna at Bradfordville Baptist Church 27. Relay for Life 28. Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America

Ideas of places you could complete your Student Service Learning Hours: 1. ______2. ______3. ______4. ______