What is Service Learning?

Service Learning is an educational methodology that bridges the gap between theory and practice and connects students to their local community to accomplish meaningful goals. Through Service Learning, American YouthWorks’ participants/students build self-respect and real skills for citizenship and life-long learning.

"Service-Learning is a particularly fertile way of involving young people in community service, because it ties helping others to what they are learning in the classroom. In the process, it provides a compelling answer to the perennial question: Why do I need to learn this stuff?" 

—General Colin Powell
Founding Chairman of America's Promise

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