by luis loeffler. a fundraiser for the vsu men and women tennis team
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Community Service
By Luis Loeffler
The Blazer Raiser
a fundraiser for the VSU Men and Women Tennis Team
Definition of service learning
Service-Learning is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities.
http://servicelearning.org/what-service-learning
Benefits of service learning Benefits for Youth Development Organizations Youth
development organizations and after-school programs that use service-learning can benefit from this strategy in a number of ways: Young people are more likely to stay engaged when they feel their participation is meaningful and they can make useful contributions.
Service-learning gives an intentional strategy for addressing goals for learning and personal development through civic engagement and community service.
Service-learning can cultivate connections between the organization, schools, higher education, and other community groups.
Service-learning can increase program staff and volunteers’ level of engagement, leadership capacity, and satisfaction with their work.
Service-learning reinforces effective youth development practices, providing young people with, among other things, appropriate structure, supportive relationships, opportunities to belong, positive social norms, opportunities for skill building; and integration of family, school, and community efforts.
Benefits of service learning Benefits for Service Recipients, Communities, and
Society Beyond the young people the organizations directly involve, community-based service-learning benefits the people served, their communities, and, ultimately, society: It meets real needs and priorities for individuals and communities, as young people bring new energy, capacity, and creative ideas.
Community residents have opportunities to build positive relationships with young people.
Communities see youth in a different way—as resources, not problems.
A new generation of caring and experienced citizens, activists, and volunteers is cultivated.
http://www.servicelearning.org/instant_info/fact_sheets/cb_facts/benefits_cbosl/
Auction at the Blazer Raiser
People bid on the tennis players Highest bidder wins the opportunity
to play in a mixed doubles tennis tournament
People may also bid on who they think the winning team will be
Men and women tennis teams received more than 20,000 dollars
Auction at the Blazer Raiser
The Blazer Raiser tournament
This photo is from the day of the tournament.
Below are me, Philip, Michi and Frank
Men’s tennis team
The finalists
Frank and ElizabethThe winners
Jay and SonyaRunners up
Day of the tournament
Reflections
We had a lot of fun. I enjoyed meeting everyone. It is a good event and a fun way to
raise money. After the Blazer Raiser more people
came to our games to support us.