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Community Service

Community Service is powerful way to develop life skills, utilize academic skills and make a positive difference to your community, your state, the world. The opportunities are endless and the benefits are many including:

• Enhance your resume
• Test out future career options
• Network in your field and community
• Grow in self-confidence, maturity and judgment
• Develop problem-solving, communication and leadership skills
• Learn more about the real world
• Develop self-esteem and pride in your work
• Receive academic credit
• Earn money
• Give back to your community

Check out these opportunities:

Manchester School District
"Changing Lives Through the Arts"
The Manchester School District was awarded a five-year grant from the NH Department of Education to establish 21st Century Community Learning Centers at eleven schools within the District. Since its inception in January of 2005, the 21st Community Learning Centers' after school program has served thousands of Manchester students enrolled in grades K-12, and has continued to provide affordable, safe and secure academic after school and summer programming that incorporates the arts into a variety of hands-on, high interest activities.

Americorps & Vista:
www.nationalservice.org or www.compactnh.org
Americorps Victim Assistance Program:
For information contact the Career Center or call 603-224-6466
P O Box 4156 Concord, NH 03302-4156

Other Volunteer Sites

Volunteer Action Center (United Way): www.uwgs.org/CollegeStudents.cfm

Volunteer Match: www.volunteermatch.org

Action Without Borders: www.idealist.org

American Red Cross: redcross.volunteermatch.org

Network for Good: www.networkforgood.org

Noah's Wish: www.noahswish.org

American Humane Society: www.aspca.org

Meg Hamm, Counselor/Career Specialist
mhamm@ccsnh.edu
(603) 668-6706 ext. 294