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COMMUNITY SERVICE & LEADERSHIP
Not only does community service positively impact the community, studies show that teens who serve experience meaningful benefits. Some of these include:
  • Improved academics
  • Believing they can positively impact society
  • Demonstrating more positive attitudes and actions
That is why nearly every day after school and many weekends, there are community service opportunities available through EDGE Teen Center’s Community Service Program. This is the only program of its kind in the area and it provides coordination, transportation and supervision while teens serve the under-resourced in their own community. Click here for EDGE Community Service Offerings 2012

Edge Teen Center is committed to helping students who are in need of community service hours by linking them with local agencies that are in need of volunteers. A volunteer coordinator who works with Edge will drive students to and from their volunteer assignment. Edge will also provide a description the service that is done at each site and the hours they served. We want to make it easy for you to serve your surrounding community.
 
The program coordinates teens with service opportunities, provides adult supervision and transportation and the ability to track their time. On the way to the service sites, teens discuss and prepare and on the return ride, they debrief about the experience. Teens may volunteer as part of school requirements or just for fun.

For more information on how to participate, contact EDGE Community Service Program Coordinator, Molly Hare at pchare7@mac.com or by phone at 377-4556

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What is Hope House Rescue Mission?

Hope House is a shelter, located in Middletown, that serves the homeless population of Butler and Warren counties and the surrounding areas. It is one of the few missions in the area that accepts children into the facility. The mission operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, year round.

Volunteer Opportunities:
  • Prepare and serve meals
  • Provide office and front desk assistance
  • Household cleaning
  • Yard work
  • Organize and lead activities for children
  • Prepare and serve special holiday meals
  • Organize holiday parties
  • Haircuts for children (if qualified)
Click here for Volunteer Days,Times and Hours*

What is the Middletown Choice Food Market?

The Middletown Choice Food Market provides food and other items to hundreds of people whose finances can’t stretch enough to buy all the groceries they need every month. As the economy in Middletown and the surrounding areas has worsened, the need for this pantry has soared. The unique feature of this pantry is that clients make their own selections and decisions in the same style as going to a grocery store.

Volunteer Opportunities:
  • Assist shoppers through the market
  • Restock shelves
  • Organize a food drive at the high school and bring items when you volunteer
Click here for Volunteer Days,Times and Hours*

Whiz Kids Tutoring

Many young children are caught in a downward spiral of poverty and despair. Studies show that there are two key factors that break this cycle: education and a relationship with a caring mentor. Whiz Kids exists to bring both of these together in powerful one-on-one tutoring relationships.

Location: Independence Elementary School

Volunteer Opportunity:
  • Attend a one-hour training session that will count toward your volunteer hours.
  • Meet weekly with your 2nd grade student to tutor him/her in reading and math.
This must be a full-year commitment. If you start in the Fall you need to be able to volunteer weekly with your child for the rest of the school year. If you start in January you finish the school year with that child.

Click here for Volunteer Days,Times and Hours*

* During the van ride we will ask the students a question to prepare them for the day’s experience, and on the return trip we will ask them to reflect about their service experience. There will also be journals given to each student to write down some reflections that they can look back on at the end of their experience. The ride to and from will consist of preparation and debriefing.