Who Benefits?
Students
- Learn about social issues close to them and foster positive change in their schools and communities
- Interact with adults outside a school setting
- Acquire tangible life skills: leadership, team building, consensus building, public speaking, critical thinking and budgeting
Schools
- Acquire a structured service-learning program that teachers can use to close the achievement gap and incorporate civic/community engagement into the curriculum
- Benefit from a program that can be used to help students meet Oregon's expanded requirements for graduation
- Learn an innovative way for teachers to work with students, elevating teachers to the role of mentor as students assume responsibility for their own learning
- May benefit from grants that participating students can award (up to $1,000) to their own schools
Sponsors
- Leverage charitable giving by educating the next generation of philanthropists while still supporting their local communities
- Engage in a unique collaboration with other foundations, businesses, schools and nonprofit organizations
- Develop connections with potential future employees
Nonprofit Organizations
- Acquire needed funding for programs
- Develop relationships with students who are future donors, volunteers and employees
- Increase their visibility through media releases and connections with other nonprofit organizations
Communities
- Benefit from increased publicity about local issues
- Experience growth in youth leadership and involvement