Thursday, September 14, 2006

Dollar Philanthropy: Girls for a Change: Harnessing the Creativity of Youth for Social Change

Dollar Philanthropy: Girls for a Change: Harnessing the Creativity of Youth for Social Change: "Girls for a Change: Harnessing the Creativity of Youth for Social Change

As a teenager, I was a member of a youth team that every summer planned and implemented weekly community projects. We had a wonderful set of adult leaders who allowed us to come up with the idea and then helped us acquire the resources (money, equipment, transportation, advice) we needed to make a good project plan that assured success. We learned some great things about ourselves and others during those summer projects. Looking back--- now more than ever I understand what a blessing it was to have the support of those adults who allowed us the opportunity to grow and develop an understanding of what it is like to serve others. "

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