Ready, Set, Serve is an exciting and challenging summer program for Bergen County students who will be entering the 6th, 7th or 8th
grades in September. Teens will be immersed in a week of interactive,
interesting and fun activities, learning leadership skills that will
help them make a difference in their schools and communities.
The focus of Ready, Set, Serve
is community service. Through a state-of –the-art curriculum that
includes both classroom instruction and experiential training, teens
will participate in challenging exercises including community needs
analysis, goal setting, team building, project planning, decision making
and other dynamic leadership skills.
The Ready, Set, Serve
experience continues beyond the one week in summer. Participants will
continue to meet monthly from September through March to discuss and
work on individual or group service projects. A graduation and project
presentation will be held in conjunction with the Volunteer Center’s
Celebrate Volunteers recognition event in April 2015.
“The ultimate purpose of Ready, Set, Serve
is to help create stronger communities - and a stronger nation - by
igniting in young people the ability and desire to make meaningful,
lifelong contributions to their communities,” says Debbie Emery,
Community Volunteer Services Director at the Volunteer Center.
“Students participating in this program will have a great activity to
add to their college applications and resumes, as well as service hours
they can use to meet requirements of schools and religious
institutions.
The fee to attend this program is $350 per student, which includes all class materials, snacks, beverages and lunch on the Friday, August 29th closing session. Students provide their own lunch the other days. The deadline for application is July 25th. Tuition can be paid online at www.bergenvolunteers.org. Call 201-489-9454 Ext. 118 or email demery@bergenvolunteers.org for more information.
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