Support for Summer of Service
Summer of Service
has been widely recognized by leaders in the
field of
service as an important and viable way to scale
up youth service at a national
level:
- The Corporation
for National and Community Service has
launched a special initiative to support
Summer of Service programming around
the
- Voices for National
Service has made Summer of Service a
primary component of their legislative
agenda for 2007-08
- Youth Service America
included Summer of Service as one of
their nine
ways for the next President to strengthen youth
service when taking
office in January
2009
- America
Forward highlighted the importance of
making
summer of service a rite of passage for every
young person entering high
school
- The Center for American Progress
included Summer of
Service in their 2007 National
Service Agenda for the Next Decade.