Why incorporate service learning into your intermediate or high school?

Here are just a few of the many benefits provided through service learning projects:

• Aids youth in developing leadership skills
   

• Assists youth in identifying community needs
   

• Projects can be connected to curriculum
   

• Promotes self-esteem for youth
   

• Youth develop public speaking skills
   

• Allows youth to develop cooperative learning skills
   

• Provides opportunities for youth who are challenged in a traditional school setting to excel in a new and exciting manner
   

• Solidifies the Red Cross mission of helping people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies

For more information on bringing service learning into your classroom, please call or email Kim at (309) 743-2166.

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