Youth Programs: Practical Applications of Service Learning

Service learning is about more than volunteering, it’s also about taking what you know and putting it into action to help you learn and understand the subject even better.

Taking A Course In: Agency Suggestions
Art
  • Arts Events, Inc./ArtStreet
  • Boys and Girls Club
  • Brown County Library
  • Children’s Museum of Green Bay
  • Grancare Nursing Center
  • Howe Neighborhood Family Resource Center
  • Neville Public Museum
Agricultural Science
  • Bridge Between Retreat Center
  • Brown County 4-H
  • Brown County UW Extension
  • Grancare Nursing Center
  • Green Bay Botanical Gardens
  • NEW Master Gardeners
  • NEW Zoo
  • Oneida Nation Museum
  • Western Village
Business
  • Brown County United Way
  • Newcomers Club
  • Neville Public Museum (website design)
  • New Community Shelter, Inc.
  • On Broadway, Inc.
  • Social Security Office
  • Unity Hospice
  • Volunteer Center of Brown County
Culinary Arts
  • Bake cookies for a blood drive.
  • Cook and serve a meal at Freedom House or the New Community Shelter.
  • Bridge Between Retreat Center, Inc.
  • Brown County Task Force on Hunger
  • East Green Bay SHARE
  • Family Violence Center
  • Fort Howard/Jefferson Neighborhood Family Resource Center
  • Freedom House
  • New Community Shelter
  • Paul’s Pantry
Drama
  • Green Bay Community Theater
  • Meyer Theater
  • Weidner Center
English
  • Help elementary school students write a story.
  • Help write a brochure for a nonprofit agency.
  • Help write a press release for a nonprofit agency.
  • Read and review books for the Brown County Library.
  • Read to residents in a nursing home.
  • Tutor:
    • Green Bay Public Schools – Connections After School Program
    • Howe Neighborhood Family Resource Center
    • Literacy Council
Family and Consumer Sciences
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of NEW
  • Boys and Girls Club
  • Brown County 4-H
  • Brown County Human Services – Pals Program
  • Care for All Ages
  • Center for Childhood Safety
  • Children’s Museum of Green Bay
  • Community Childcare Connections, Inc.
  • De Pere Christian Outreach Thrift Center
  • Encompass Child Care
  • Family Services Street Outreach
  • Family Violence Center
  • Fort Howard/Jefferson Neighborhood Family Resource Center
  • Fort Howard Apartments
  • Girl Scouts of Lac Baie Council
  • Goodwill Industries
  • Grancare Nursing Center
  • Green Bay Marriage Encounter
  • Green Bay Public Schools – Connections After School Program
  • Head Start – Green Bay Area Public Schools
  • HOSTs – Help One Student to Succeed
  • Howe Neighborhood Family Resource Center
  • Lutheran Social Services – Northview House
  • Manna for Life Thrift Store
  • Odd Fellows Nursing Home
  • Paul’s Pantry
  • St. Vincent De Paul Store
  • Salvation Army
Health Occupations
  • Help organize a blood drive.
  • Go to the Aging and Disability Resource Center. Teach a class on keeping healthy.
  • Organizations focused on healthcare issues:
    • Aging & Disability Resource Center
    • Altrusa House
    • AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin (ARCW)
    • American Cancer Society
    • American Diabetes Association
    • American Heart Association
    • American Red Cross
    • Angelis Retirement Community of Bellevue
    • Arthritis Foundation
    • ASPIRO
    • Aurora Baycare Medical Center
    • Bay Area Agency on Aging
    • Bellin Health System
    • Breathe – WI Initiative on Smoking & Health
    • Brown County Mental Health Center
    • Brown County Tobacco Free Coalition
    • Disabled American Veterans
    • Family Violence Center
    • Grancare Nursing Center
    • Innovative Services
    • Ledgeview Nursing Center
    • Manor Care – East & West
    • March of Dimes
    • Mason Manor Elderly Housing
    • McCormick Memorial Home
    • Muscular Dystrophy Association
    • NEW Community Clinic
    • NEW Curative Rehabilitation, Inc.
    • Odd Fellows Nursing Home
    • Parkview Manor Health and Rehabilitation
    • Prevent Blindness of NEW
    • Rennes Health Center
    • St. Mary’s Hospital
Industrial Arts
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • National Railroad Museum
  • Neighborhood Housing Services of Green Bay
  • Swan House
Math
  • Teach residents of a local shelter to do a budget or balance a checkbook.
  • Count items at the Einstein Project.
  • Tutor another student who could use some help.
  • Green Bay Public Schools – Connections After School Program
Music
  • Green Bay Symphony Orchestra
  • Our Place: Family Services
  • Grancare Nursing Center
  • Harbor Suites Assisted Living
  • Ledge View Nursing Center
  • San Luis Manor
  • McCormick House
  • Western Village Health and Rehab
  • Woodside Lutheran Home
Physical Education
  • Boys and Girls Club
  • Green Bay Strikers Soccer Club
  • I9 Sports
  • Rennes Health Center
  • Salvation Army
  • Special Olympics Wisconsin
  • YMCA
  • YWCA
Social Studies
  • Participate in a Get-Out-The-Vote Campaign.
  • Help staff the Kid’s Vote at a local poll.
  • Brown County Historical Society/Hazelwood
  • Brown County Youth Service Board
  • City of Green Bay
  • City of Green Bay Historic Preservation Commission
  • Downtown Green Bay, Inc
  • Family Services Teen Court.
  • Family Violence Center
  • Lombardi Neighborhood Association
  • Neville Public Museum
  • Oneida Nation Museum
Science
  • Do a water quality study.
  • Volunteer at the NEW Zoo or Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary.
  • Volunteer to put together science curriculum kits for elementary schools at the Einstein Project.
  • Organizations seeking projects related to science include:
  • Bay Area Humane Society & Animal Shelter
  • Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary
  • Brown County Solid Waste Department
  • Bridge Between Retreat Center, Inc.
  • Brown County UW Extension
  • Children’s Museum of Green Bay
  • Clean Water Action Council
  • Department of Natural Resources
  • Einstein Project
  • Fallen Timber Environmental Center
  • Green Bay Botanical Gardens
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Heritage Hill State Park
  • Learning for Life
  • NEW Zoo
  • Neville Public Museum

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