Investigate some of the links we like that feature community service opportunities for children, creative charitable giving ideas, and more. We hope you find a resource that inspires you to bring out the inner community service leader in your kids.

Blogs About Giving and Volunteerism

• All for Good: http://blog.allforgood.org
• Americorps Alums: http://americorpsalums.wordpress.com/
• Care2 Community: www.care2.com/community/com/
• The Case Foundation: http://www.casefoundation.org/blog
• Charity Navigator: http://blog.charitynavigator.org/
• Charity Travel: http://charitytravel.blogspot.com/
• Engaging Volunteers: http://blogs.volunteermatch.org/engagingvolunteers/
• Everyday Giving: www.everydaygivingblog.com
• Doing Good Together: http://www.doinggoodtogether.org/index.php/category/blog/
• 52 Weeks of Impact: http://52weeksofimpact.org/
• Great Nonprofits:  http://www.greatnonprofits.org/
• Hands On: www.handsonblog.org
• Have Fun*Do Good: http://havefundogood.blogspot.com/
• Miss DoGooder:  www.missdogooder.blogspot.com
• Nonprofit News and Comment: http://hausercenter.org/npnews/
• Volunteer Spot:  http://blog.volunteerspot.com/
• World Volunteer Blog: http://www.worldvolunteerweb.org/join-the-network/blogs/volunteer-blog.html
• Year of Giving: www.yearofgiving.org

Resources for Elementary-Aged Kids

• Amazing Kids:  www.amazing-kids.org
• Compassionate Kids: www.compassionatekids.org
• Generation On: www.generationon.org
• Kids Consortium:  www.kidsconsortium.org
• Kids Helping Kids:  www.kidshelpingkids.org
• Little Helping Hands: www.littlehelpinghands.org
• Ripple Kids: www.ripplekids.org
• Team Kids:  www.teamkids.org
• USA Freedom Corp for Kids:  www.usafreedomcorpkids.gov
• The Volunteer Family: www.volunteerfamily.org

Resources for Tweens and Teens

• Change the World Kids:  www.changetheworldkids.org
• Do Something: www.dosomething.org
• KooDooz:  www.koodooz.org
• Liberty Mutual’s The Responsibility Project: www.responsibilityproject.com/
• The Mitzvah Bowl:  www.themitzvahbowl.com
• Spark Action:  www.sparkaction.org
• Taking it Global:  www.tigweb.org/
• What Kids Can Do:  www.whatkidscando.org
• Youth Activism Project: www.youthactivismproject.org
• Youth Service America: www.servenet.org

Sites for Moms

• Mothers Acting Up: www.mothersactingup.org/
• Mover Moms: www.movermoms.org

Sites for Donating Online

• Changing the Present: www.changingthepresent.org
• Charitable Gift Giving Blog: Gifts that Help: http://www.charitablegiftgiving.com/
• Charity America: www.charityamerica.com
• Donors Choose:  www.donorschoose.org
• GiveSpot: www.givespot.com
• Guidestar: www.guidestar.org
• Kiva: www.kiva.org 
• Network for Good: www.1networkforgood.org
• Nonprofit Shopping Mall:  http://nonprofitshoppingmall.com/
• QuickDonations: www.quickdonations.com
• Tis Best:  www.tisbest.org
• YouthGive:  www.youthgive.org

 

Media and Other Resources

• Alliance Magazine: www.alliancemagazine.org
• The Chronicle of Philanthropy: http://philanthropy.com/section/Face-of-Philanthropy/206/
• DoGoodR:  www.dogoodr.org
• Good News Networks:  www.goodnewsnetwork.org
• Halogen TV:  www.halogentv.com
• Philanthropy News Digest: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/
• Yes Magazine:  www.yesmagazine.org

 

Educational/Curriculum Resources

• The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation: www.actsofkindness.org
• KidzCare USA: www.kidzcareusa.org
• National Service Learning Clearinghouse: www.servicelearning.org
• The Well Trained Mind: www.welltrainedmind.com