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Domestic & International
FULL-TIME SERVICE
Hundreds of domestic and international non-profit agencies offer full-time service opportunities. Whether you are
taking a semester off from school or you have already graduated, this handout includes some of the many agencies
that might be good matches for your interest, skills, and time commitments. The agency's focus may be centered
on a particular issue, a specific location, or a particular set of values. The following questions will help you explore
the possibility of a post-graduate service experience.
· What are my goals for doing full-time service?
Your experience of full-time service should be a reciprocal relationship between your aspirations as a volunteer
and the needs of the community and organization you serve. Spend some time considering your long-range
personal and vocational goals and how service supports or expands them.
· What type of service do I want to do?
Do you have a specific area of interest (like women's issues, health care, the environment, or legal issues)?
Reflecting on the jobs and activities you find interesting will make your search easier.
· How much time do I have to commit?
Programs are designed around varying time commitments. Some programs require several months or a
summer, while others have a minimum commitment of one to two years.
· Where do I want to serve?
Is your priority to stay close to home or explore a new location? Would you like to work in the inner city or in a
rural area; in the United States or abroad? Do you want to utilize or develop a second (or third!) language?
· What work environment do I want?
Do you want to work consistently with the same agency, or with a variety of connected agencies? Are you
hoping to work in advocacy or direct service? Would you like to work indoors or outdoors?
· What living situation would I enjoy?
Many programs offer group or communal living arrangements, some arrange for individual housing with families,
and others require volunteers to make their own living arrangements on the basis of a stipend.
· What is my financial situation?
Financial benefits related to travel expenses, health insurance, living stipends, and room and board costs vary
from program to program. Additionally, some programs assist in student loan repayment or deferment during
your period of service. Some programs require a participation fee to help defer program costs.
· Do I know anyone who has done this?
The University of Maryland boasts over 25 former Peace Corps members and uncounted alumni from programs
such as Americorps*VISTA, Teach for America, and the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. Former post-graduate
volunteers are usually interested in sharing their experiences with interested students. To find local former
volunteers, inquire at the Office of Community Service-Learning and the Career Center.
Americorps: Corporation for National Service least one year of Spanish or Portuguese or the
(215) 597-2715 or 800-942-2677 equivalent is required.
http://www.americorps.org
Contact: Jason Scott Avodah: The Jewish Service Corps
A national network of hundreds of programs throughout Washington, DC (202) 842-4700
the US. Americorps members help communities in http://www.avodah.net
areas of education, public safety, human needs, and Contact: mmorse@avodah.net
the environment. Time commitment varies from 10 A yearlong service opportunity for young Jewish people
months to one year, and most assignments are full- who want to work on America's most pressing social
time. problems. Volunteers work in community-based anti-
poverty programs.
Amigos De Las Americas
(202) 331-4999 City Year
http://www.amigosdc.org 1888-4-CITYYEAR or 202-776-7780
Contact: Susan Davis, volunteer@amigosdc.org http://www.cityyear.org/
Amigos volunteers spend six or eight weeks in the City Year unites a diverse group of 17 to 24 year-old
summer working with people in a Latin American individuals for a year of full-time, rigorous community
country to improve health care and the environment. At
service, leadership development, and civic engagement The JDC Jewish Service Corps (JSC) offers
in communities across America. qualified individuals the chance to serve a
Jewish community abroad in such areas as
Covenant House Jewish outreach, community development,
202-610-9600 or chw@chdc.org health, and social welfare. Volunteers are
http://www.covenanthouse.org selected to match the particular needs of overseas
In addition to food, shelter, clothing and crisis care, communities. JDC provides round-trip travel
Covenant House provides a variety of services to expenses, housing, health insurance, and a monthly
homeless youth including health care, education, drug stipend to cover basic living expense.
abuse treatment and prevention programs, legal services,
transitional living programs, and aftercare. Volunteers Jesuit Volunteer Corps
serve 13 months as full time volunteers; assisting Baltimore, MD (410) 244-1744
homeless youth in one of Covenant House's crisis http://www.JesuitVolunteers.org
shelters, in exchange for room, board and health Contact: jvceast@JesuitVolunteers.org
insurance. Volunteers work with community agencies to provide
essential services to low-income people in domestic
Green Corps and international settings. Room and board and health
Boston, MA (617) 426-8506 insurance are provided; volunteers live with one
http://www.greencorps.org another. Must be 21 years of age, emotionally mature
Contact: jobs@greencorps.org and have a strong Christian motivation. Applications
This is a one-year, full time, paid environmental accepted January through July; service commitment is
leadership training program to launch an organizing August to August.
and advocacy career. Green Corps works with leading
environmental groups in the country in their campaigns National School and Community Corps
to protect the environment. Lawrenceville, NJ (609) 392-6662
http://198.139.224.157/Program%20Pages/NSCC-
Greenpeace Main2.htm
Washington, DC (202) 462-1177 Contact: mail@educationworks-online.org
http://www.greenpeaceusa.org The National School and Community Corps (NSCC), an
Contact: info@wdc.greenpeace.org AmeriCorps national service program, is a dynamic part
An international, non-profit, environmental organization of school restructuring, joining national service with
that works to preserve and protect the earth through urban school reform. It brings, activities, services, and
non-violent direct action, grassroots, lobbying, public resources to schools and neighborhoods. NSCC
education, and research. members enrich the school environment and extend the
school day, week and year to benefit students, their
International Partnership for Service Learning parents, and the community as a whole.
New York, NY (212) 986-0989
http://www.ipsl.org/ Orphanage Outreach
Contact: info@ipsl.org Glendale, Arizona, volunteer@orphanage-outreach.org
Combines academic study and volunteer service for http://www.orphanage-outreach.org
current or recent graduates. Volunteers provide Allows students and adults to live at an orphanage in
personal care, organize activities, or work on human the Dominican Republic. Volunteers can stay for
rights issues in domestic and international settings. anywhere from 1 week to 3 months in either Monte
Cristi or Esperanza. Experience the surrounding
International Workcamps: Council on International Dominican culture, bond with the orphans, teach in
Educational Exchange local schools, improve the campus's buildings, plan
(800)-40-STUDY or (800) 407-8839 or participate in several camps open to the
http://www.ciee.org/ community, and have an incredible, life-changing
Contact: studyinfo@ciee.org experience. Prior knowledge of the Spanish
Participants from around the world come together for language is not necessary but helpful.
two to four week placements in Europe, Africa, or North
America. Projects include construction and Peace Action & Peace Action Education Fund
conservation projects, working with children, or Silver Spring, MD (301) 565-4050
participating in an archeological dig. http://www.peace-action.org
Contact: rgreene@peace-action.org
JDC Jewish Service Corps The largest grassroots peace and justice organization
New York, NY in the US, Peace Action works to promote global
http://www.jdc.org/help/volunteer.htm security and to make disarmament and economic
Contact: volunteer@jdc.org justice a reality.
varying term lengths available year round. Expenses
Peace Corps paid, weekly living allowance and educational awards
Washington, DC (800) 424-8580 or (202) 692-1040 are all available.
http://www.peacecorps.gov
Contact: dcinfo@peacecorps.gov Teach for America
Volunteers work in another country for two years. Washington, DC (800) 832-1230 or (202) 962-0285
Volunteers should be fluent in a language other than http://www.teachforamerica.org/tfa/
English, have great problem-solving abilities, and bring Contact: Patrick J. Pontius,
a special skill to the program, such as engineering, patrick.pontius@teachforamerica.org
teaching, business, or computer knowledge. Monthly This is a national corps of outstanding and diverse
subsistence allowance received. Application process is recent college graduates, of all academic majors, who
long and competitive. Should apply nine months in commit two years to teach in under-resourced urban
advance of anticipated service. and rural public schools. Each year, over 1,000 corps
members reach more than 100,000 students at thirteen
Public Allies locations across the country.
Washington, DC (202) 293-3969
http://www.publicallies.org/washingtondc/index.html Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
Contact: washingtondc@publicallies.org Cambridge, MA (617) 868-6600
Public Allies envisions communities where people of http://www.uusc.org
different backgrounds, beliefs, and experiences work Contact: postmaster@uusc.org
together and share responsibility for improving their The UUSC work camps provide volunteers with a
own lives and the lives of those around them. Public hands-on learning experience around the country and
Allies advances diverse young leaders to strengthen overseas, to work on issues of racial, social and
communities for a ten-month experience at a non-profit economic justice.
organization.
Volunteer Maryland
St. Vincent Pallotti Center for Apostolic Crownsville, MD (410) 514-7270
Development http://www.volunteermaryland.org
Washington, DC 1-877-VOL-LINK or (202) 529-3330 Volunteers are trained to become volunteer
http://www.pallotticenter.org/ coordinators in local non-profit agencies. They
Contact: Christy Williamson, pallotti@pallotticenter.org participate for one or two years to teach children to
Offers services for those seeking post-graduate read, help low-income families move into homes, make
full/part-time volunteer opportunities. Operates as a neighborhoods safer, maintain Maryland's beauty and
clearinghouse for volunteers, providing info about much more. Their mission is to build stronger, healthier
domestic and international volunteer programs. communities by developing volunteer and service-
Publishes directory of over 200 full-time service learning programs.
opportunities.
WorldTeach, Inc.
The Student Conservation Association Cambridge, MA (800) 483-2240 or 617-495-5527
Charleston, New Hampshire (603) 543-1700 http://www.worldteach.org
http://www.thesca.org Contact: info@worldteach.org
Their mission is to inspire lifelong stewardship of the Places volunteers as teachers in developing countries
environment and communities by engaging young that request educational assistance. Based at Harvard
people in hands on service to the land. Opportunities University at the Harvard Institute for International
to live and work individually or in team-based groups at Development.
natural and cultural sites are available nationwide;
Community Service-Learning
1120 Stamp Student Union, University of Maryland, College Park 20742
301-314-CARE--http://www.csl.umd.edu--terpservice@umd.edu
Please Note: Inclusion in Community Service-Learning (CSL) resources is not to be interpreted as an endorsement for
any agency or organization listed here. As with any off-campus opportunity, the University is not responsible for any
personal injury or loss that might result from your participation. Participants are strongly encouraged to read and
implement the Good Questions to Ask and PARE handouts available through CSL. Lastly, be aware of any special
requirements or skills necessary to perform the service requested (i.e. construction, carpentry, landscaping) and do not
feel compelled to execute tasks which are beyond your capabilities.
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