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National Days of Service
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service (Corporation for National and Community Service) | |
| The Corporation for National and Community Service Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service Provides Day of Service tool kit, resources (project evaluation forms, project checklists, sample schedules, etc), project tips and advice on dealing with the media. Learn and Serve America Grantee Activities: 2008 MLK Day (33K pdf). |
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Semester of Service | |
| In 2008, Youth Service America and the Corporation for National and Community Service are encouraging students, ages 5-25, to link these two events by developing a semester long service-learning project that launches on Martin Luther King Day in January and culminates on Global Youth Service Day in April. | ||
| March | ||
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Cesar Chavez Day of Service and Learning | |
| Students along with their parents, teachers, business and community members join together to commemorate Chavez by participating in beautification projects, programs to harvest fields of excess crops, park clean-up projects, and community health fairs. Contains collateral materials and ideas for getting involved. | ||
| April | ||
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National & Global Youth Service Day | |
| Global Youth Service Day is an annual event organized by Youth Service America with the Global Youth Action Network, together with a consortium of International Organizations and more than 100 National Coordinating Committees. | ||
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National Volunteer Week | |
| A nationwide initiative to recognize and celebrate the tremendous efforts of volunteers. | ||
| May | ||
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Join Hands Day | |
| This national event unites young people and adults in an effort to make their neighborhoods better. The day brings youth and adults together as equal partners in planning an activity that fixes or improves a local problem. | ||
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National Neighborhood Day | |
| Participate with your neighbors on the second Sunday in September of each year. This is a national initiative intended to inspire, build, and sustain neighborhood relationships that provide the foundation for civic action and the building of stronger, more caring, and effective communities. | ||
| September | ||
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Constitution Week | |
| Constitution Week is observed annually to recognize the signing of the Constitution on September 17, 1787 in Philadelphia's Independence Hall. Site includes service-learning links that offer opportunities to promote understanding of the U. S. Constitution. | ||
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One Day's Pay | |
| A national movement launched in 2003 to establish 9/11 as a national day of kindness, service and reflection by volunteering, helping others in need, or doing something good for your community. | ||
| October | ||
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Kid's Care Week | |
| Kids Care Week is dedicated to recognizing the power of kids to reach out and help others in their local community. During the week, young people focus their compassion on a specific social issue through a service project. Culminates on Make A Difference Day. | ||
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Lights on Afterschool! | |
| A project of the Afterschool Alliance, Lights on Afterschool! is a nationwide event that aims to bring attention to the need for afterschool programt that keep kids safe, help working families, and improve academic achievement. Click on 'Lights On' for more information on the event. | ||
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Make A Difference Day | |
| This is a program that inspires and rewards volunteers. A national day of helping others -- a celebration of neighbors helping neighbors held annually on the fourth Saturday of October. | ||
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National Character Counts Week | |
| Character Counts! is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nonsectarian character education framework that teaches the Six Pillars of Character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship. National Character Counts Week is an annual event every October, and participants include schools, communities, and nonprofit organizations. | ||
| November | ||
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National Family Volunteer Day | |
| This is designed to showcase the benefits of families working together, to introduce community service, and encourage those who haven’t yet made the commitment to volunteer as a family. | ||
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