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Learning By Doing |
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The Learning Web |
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Volunteer Community Service Program |
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Regularly scheduled programs are available in the Community & Career Exploration & Apprenticeship Program for:
Ž middle school youth living in the Town of Ithaca, Village of Cayuga Heights, and Village of Lansing.
School year sessions meet after school, one afternoon per week. Session 1: fall semester, October– December Session 2: spring semester, February– May
Summer session: meet 2 mornings per week 9AM to 12:30 PM Session 3: July– mid-August
Staff contact: Sue Schwartz, sue@learning-web.org
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Our Volunteer Service projects provide youth with meaningful opportunities for service while exploring their communities. Through exploration, service learning projects, and critical reflection activities youth gain group decision-making and teamwork skills as they implement projects. Service activities play a significant role in developing not only pre-employment skills but healthy personal development in the youth we serve.
Volunteerism plays an important role in our culture. This willingness to become involved and assume an active responsibility for the general quality of life is uniquely American. Active participation combined with critical reflection is a powerful learning tool to cultivate and develop the “habits of the heart” upon which democracy so depends. |
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“I learned that no matter who you are, you can still help. No one person is better than another.”
Jonah, Community Service Participant |
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All of our programs incorporate some service activities.
The Community & Career Exploration Program [serving youth in areas other than those listed above] and Youth Outreach Program offer activities on a limited basis.
For information on availability: Phone: 607.275.0122 or email: info@learning-web.org |
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Sorting, folding, and packing hundreds of articles of women’s clothing for distribution at local charities took our young volunteers hours of time. |
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“I learned about myself, the service group, helping others made me feel very good about myself.”
Community Service Participant |
