Summer of Service News
Summer of Service Online Resource Center Launched!
For
Immediate Release:
August
8, 2008
ICP
is pleased to announce the launch of its Summer of Service Online Resource
Center.
Thanks to the generous support of State Farm,
and the hard work of ICP intern
Katherine Felt, the new Resource Center will
provide a forum for information
exchange on Summer of Service program design,
implementation, and
evaluation.
In
2005, ICP published a report entitled
“Summer of
Service: A new American Rite of Passage?”
that proposes a national “Summer
of Service” (SOS) program to help communities
create positive alternatives for
young teens during summer vacation. SOS would
enable a large number of young
teens to participate in service as a “rite of
passage” from middle to high
school and provide opportunities for them to
enter their teenage years with a
positive experience that reinforces their
connections to the community,
enlivens their education, and strengthens
their personal and civic
values. At the same time, communities
across America might find an important
new resource in their own backyards – young
people who are ready to serve, if
only they are asked and provided with the
opportunity to do so. To
read the full
Summer of Service Report, click
here.
The
new SOS
Online Resource Center
provides users with information and technical
assistance in the design and
evaluation of high quality SOS programs.
Available resources include tools for
program management and curriculum design,
information about funding opportunities
and resources, a discussion forum for
information exchange, recently published
reports and research, and featured exemplary
SOS programs.
SOS
Discussion Forum -
The SOS Online Resource Center also
includes an Online
Discussion Forum. The first posted
topic: suggestions on how to improve
the SOS Resource Center. Please share your
thoughts with us and post additional
topics!
Program
Survey –
ICP is seeking to gather more information
about
Summer of Service programs and policies to add
to our searchable database of
youth service programs and policies. If you
would like to add your program to
our database, please
fill out our quick survey.
CALL
FOR MATERIALS -
ICP is continuing to develop and expand
the Resource Center, and welcomes any and all
suggestions. If you
have materials to contribute,
information to share, or other suggestions for
improving the Resource Center,
please email Jean Manney at manney@icicp.org.
Thank you!