teens Archives - Youth Squad A community service program for everyone. Tue, 30 Jun 2020 14:41:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://youthsquad.makingfriends.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/thumbnail_youthsquad-icon-125x125.jpg teens Archives - Youth Squad 32 32 How to Form a Community Service Group with Youth Squad® https://youthsquad.makingfriends.com/how-to-form-a-community-service-group/ Tue, 19 Mar 2019 00:02:55 +0000 https://liveyouthstrong.com/?p=3482 So you’ve decided you want to “give back” by forming a community service group in your neighborhood. Where do you start? Whether you’re an ambitious teen or a civic-minded adult, Youth Squad® makes it easy to get your program off the ground. 1) Pick a Topic you are Interested In If you haven’t already, decide […]

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]]> Why Youth Squad®’s Volunteer Program Works https://youthsquad.makingfriends.com/youth-strong-volunteer-program/ Wed, 27 Feb 2019 04:03:26 +0000 https://liveyouthstrong.com/?p=1511 What experiences do our children need to thrive? Or another way of putting it: What makes an effective youth development program? The Volunteerism Research Is In When it comes to successful youth programing, volunteering works. Why? As Columbia University researchers Jodie Roth and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn have studied, there’s a big difference between programs that view […]

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