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Good morning. If you haven't made plans yet for how you will spend your summer, please check out volunteer opportunities. These opportunities will not only add strength to your community but add strength to your scholarship resume.
With permission from professor Bill Coplin at Syracuse University, I offer this excerpt from his article College Bound? 11 reasons to try doing good, which is targeted at college students but has good advice for high school students, too. (full text available by clicking here)
College Bound? 11 Reasons to Try Doing Good - Bill Coplin, PhD
"Community service is not just good for the hearts of college undergraduates, it is also good for every part of them, including their wallets. Here are the top 11 reasons that undergraduates should consider community service an essential part of their education.
Number 11: It is an inexpensive and effective way to get dates, or at least make friends. Volunteering -- instead of attending awkward mixers, lame icebreakers and the dreaded singles bars -- is so cheap and useful that 20- and 30-year-olds have established volunteer organizations in Washington, Stowe, Vt. and Minneapolis, Minn., called Singles Volunteers. No awkward blind dates or fix-ups or rejections based on superficial criteria." (full text available by clicking here)
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