"Service-learning programs are distinguished from other approaches to service by their intention to equally benefit the provider and the recipient of service, as well as to ensure equal focus on both the service that is being provided and the learning that is occurring. Service-learning within higher education is part of an exciting movement that is taking place nationwide. Service-learning is reviving the concept of civic commitment within institutions that were once regarded as ivory towers, separate from their surrounding communities."  ( --Andrew Furco, 1996)

Helpful resources for all participants:

• America Counts
• America Reads
• America's Promise
• Boys & Girls Clubs of America
• Bridges to Healthy Communities
• Campus Compact
• Center for Civic Education

• Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement
• Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
• Community College National Center for Community Engagement
• Corporation for National and Community Service
• Educators for Community Engagement
• Effective Practices Information Center
• Higher Education Network for Community Engagement

• Idealist on Campus
• International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement
• International Partnership for Service-Learning
• Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of Service
• National Learning Communities Project
• National Service Inclusion Project
• National Service-Learning Clearinghouse

• Pew Partnership for Civic Change
• The Points of Light Foundation
• President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll
• President's Volunteer Service Awards
• UCLA Higher Education Research Institute
• USA Freedom Corps
• Youth Service America/National Youth Service Day
   

Volunteer Centers:

• Volunteers of America of Greater New York
• NYC Service
• Volunteer Referral Center
• New York Cares 
• Commission on Voluntary Service and Action -  e-mail: cvsa@bway.net
• Long Island Volunteer Center