Resources

Issue Briefs and Tool Kits

  • Serve.gov toolkits: Here you’ll find resources on starting programs, such as reading with children or supporting a community garden.
  • Create the Good toolkits from AARP: Find ideas and resources to help you help your community.
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Planning Toolkit
  • Issue briefs from the Corporation for National and Community Service
    • The Impact of Service Learning
    • Youth Helping America Study: Service-Learning Related Activities and Civic Engagement
    • Educating for Active Citizenship
    • Leveling the Path to Participation
    • Mentoring in America
    • National Service and Mentoring
    • Youth Helping America Study: The Role of Social Institutions in Teen Volunteering
    • Baby Boomers and Volunteering: An Analysis of the Current Population Survey
    • Boomers and Volunteering: Findings from Corporation Research
    • Faith-based and Community Organizations and Volunteering
    • Volunteer Growth in America: A Review of Trends Since 1974