Disney Show Your Character High School Volunteer Program
Disney Show Your Character Los Angeles Area High School Volunteer Program


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Show Your Character Scholarship Application

RESOURCES

The Volunteer Center of Los Angeles is Disney's partner for Show Your Character and VCLA will work with the student volunteer teams to identify a non-profit partner. Visit the Volunteer Center's Web site at www.vcla.net to learn more about this dynamic organization and how it impacts the community.






Additionally, there are many other valuable resources to help you connect with the community and with issues that are of concern to your team:
  • School - Talk to your friends and teachers about community issues and how you can get involved.
  • Parks & Community Centers - Visit a local park or center and see if it needs trees and flowers, graffiti removal, tutors or coaches for younger children or companions for seniors.
  • Places of Worship - Places of worship provide a variety of outreach programs that you may be able to support.
Other helpful links to nationally-based programs:

National Service Learning Clearinghouse
The national website for service learning includes publications, lists information on joining a listserv, links to other sites, and provides service-learning starter kits.
www.servicelearning.org

The Points of Light Foundation
How-to information about youth service programs, volunteer recruitment, and service -learning partnerships between schools and community organizations.
www.pointsoflight.org

Youth Service America
Provides planning tool kits and service-learning curriculum guides.
www.ysa.org

Youth Service California
Resources and tools to plan and sustain service-learning programs.
www.yscal.org

National Youth Leadership Council
Provides basic introduction to service-learning and has links to resources.
www.nylc.org

OVERVIEW
2006-2007 SHOW YOUR CHARACTER SCHOOLS
GETTING STARTED
TIMELINE

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