Global Youth Service Day (April 23-25)

Happy Global Youth Service Day everyone! I haven't found time to post recently because lots of things are happening at a VERY rapid pace, most of them having to do with service learning. While I still don't have time to share all that's going on here with service learning, I at least want to inform everyone that April 23-25 is Global Youth Service Day (or days), and that you might want to take a minute to check out some of the fantastic projects going on around the world to celebrate this extremely important movement at http://gysd.org. My project should be up there soon (I was a little late getting the submission in) under Costa Rica (it should be easy to find because there aren't any others registered in the country at the moment). Anyway, I encourage you all to do something out of the goodness of your heart with some young people this weekend. Even if it's as simple as picking up trash in a park, take a minute to reflect on what you did, why it was important, what you learned, and how you can provide follow-up to make what you did more sustainable in the future. Here's a few quotes that have inspired a lot of my service learning efforts here, I hope you find some inspiration in them as well...peace!

"I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand." ~Chinese Proverb

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." ~Margaret Mead