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Florida Learn & Serve (FL&S) awards grants to engage Kindergarten through 12th-grade students in service-learning activities-have students practice knowledge and behaviors through serving others. There are currently 72 large-scale projects and approximately 150 mini-projects supported through the program. Florida Learn & Serve provides technical assistance and training by sponsoring conferences, grant-writing workshops, institutes, travel by awardees, and related training. FL&S is funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service and administered through collaboration between the Florida Department of Education and Florida State University's Center for Civic Education and Service. For more information, contact Joe Follman at jfollman@admin.fsu.edu or 850-488-9661.
www.fsu.edu/~flserve
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Florida Campus Compact is a critical component of higher education working to advance collegiate education that fosters civic involvement. The compact between campus and community ignites meaning and purpose throughout the collegiate experience resulting in a responsible, informed, and thriving society. This collaboration equips all participants with skills and experiences fundamental to an enlightened citizenry. The ultimate goal do Florida Campus Compact is to develop educated and active citizens to sustain our participatory democracy.
For more information, contact Dee Dee Rasmussen at ddr@floridacompact.org or 850-488-7782.
www.floridacompact.org
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FASS VISTA Initiative addresses problems associated with poverty through student volunteerism and service learning. VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) members are placed in colleges, schools, community organizations, and school districts to coordinate college volunteers and the service-learning efforts of youth who are working to meet the needs of low-income students and of communities. The VISTAs organize and coordinate a range of projects that engage K-12 and college students in addressing community needs associated with poverty. Over 20 VISTAs are engaged in projects at 18 sites statewide. For more information, contact Laryn Flikkema at lflikkema@admin.fsu.edu or 850-488-9660.
http://fass.fsu.edu/vista/
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