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Red Ribbon Week Awareness Campaign
Red Ribbon Week is traditionally held during the last full week of October, and is the oldest and largest drug prevention campaign in America. more...
VolunteerMatch Helps Kids Find Opportunities
VolunteerMatch is an online resource that provides inspiration, information, and ideas for volunteer opportunities to kids who want to help but don't know where to start. more...
DoSomething.org Promotes Youth Activism
Teens looking for a cause to champion may want to check out DoSomething.org, a website devoted to helping young people create change in the world. more...
Team Building Games for Kids and Teens
Games that promote team building are valuable in any classroom or youth center. more...
The simple act of sitting with someone new in the school cafeteria can help students cross social boundaries and encourage new friendships. more...
October 19- 25 is National Safe Schools Week, which empowers young people to prevent violence in their schools. more...
Planning Youth Service Projects With Teens
Service projects don't have to mean a lot of work for adults. Youth can often take more of a leadership role in than adults realize. more...
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What Is Leadership Development?
By: Ashley Anderson
Learning to be an effective leader is a combination of character traits and learned skills, and many organizations are working to make students future leaders. more...
Team Building Exercises for Student Groups
By: Ashley Anderson
Sometimes student groups may benefit from team building exercises to increase the cohesion of the group. A couple of simple exercises can help to build that team spirit. more...
Preparing for Model United Nations Conferences
By: Cheryn Tan
A Model United Nations (MUN) conference is an exciting avenue for students to engage in debate and negotiation on international affairs. more...
By: Kelley Huston
Getting kids to read books in the summer is a chore most parents don't want to face. Use these fun ideas to get kids to read and enjoy it. more...
BookPALS Aids Child Literacy with Pencil PALS
By:
Michael Jung
An adjunct of Screen Actors Guild Foundation's literacy program BookPALS, Pencil PALS helps improve writing skills for children by finding pen pals for kids. more...
Networking for FIRST Robotics Teams
The beauty of FIRST robotics is that it's all about teamwork, and that includes learning how to build your team of coaches and mentors. more...
Educational Games in Webkinz World
By:
Alex Sharp
When kids play with Webkinz, they participate in an online world of decorating, fashion, and play. Ganz has built in some educational games and activities into the site. more...
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