It's Your Serve -
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Published on: 7/15/2001
Last Visited: 7/15/2001
After they tutor for a while , we hope they'll say , ‘Why is it there's so many more kids that need tutoring at this school?' or ‘What makes it difficult for this student to succeed?' says Jackie Schmidt-Posner , assistant director for student development at the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford University in California.We offer a direct service experience that puts a human face on the larger issues and policy questions , so they've had the experience of tutoring a child or talking with the homeless or being on the front line with an environmental activist..Another of the Center's missions is to battle the I'm just one person roadblock.Sometimes people are concerned , but they feel like they can't do anything , Schmidt-Posner says.We try to build into the student a capacity to participate in the larger issues , so sometime later in their life , they feel like they know where to start..
Help the community , build a team-Finally , volunteering makes an ideal teambuilding activity or retreat alternative for residence halls , honor societies , student governments , Greek chapters , and other groups.