Activities include house building, sightseeing, recreation, and free time. Costs include all expenses except airfare and vary trip to trip. Projects range from low-income housing restoration and construction to trail building to organic farming to AIDS education to historic preservation to work with children, the elderly, refugees or minorities. Most workcamps last two to three weeks and occur between June and September. Foreign language proficiency is not required.
Volunteers live in churches, schools, community centers or private homes.
Also, see Katie for further info. This year s conference s theme is The Path of Service Leads from Charity to Justice. It will examine ideas, strategies, tools, and relationships that can help achieve a broader goal of social change and social justice. COOL is a national organization aimed at connecting students involved in community service, activism, and social justice movements. Girls Inc. is looking for one-time female volunteers for their Women in Sports Celebration at Richmond High School.