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SERVING COLUMBUS: LEARN, SHARE, INSPIRE



​Through a partnership with the Columbus Rotary and HandsOn Central Ohio, high school students in Columbus City Schools participated in a service-learning project in 2011-12 that documented the breadth and impact of service organizations in Columbus.

Lesson Plans

  • The Progressive Movement
  • The Great Migration​
  • Human Welfare

Student Projects

  • Public Service Announcement - South High School
  • Settlement House Projects - Whetstone High School
  • Service Projects - Centennial High School

Service Organizations

Eighty-eight service organizations participated in the Serving Columbus project.  Organizations provided guest speakers for the classroom and hosted on-site visitations for Serving Columbus classes. 

Click on the links below for more information about the participating service organizations. (external sites)
  • Action for Children
  • Alvis House
  • American Cancer Society
  • American Red Cross
  • Amethyst
  • BalletMet
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters
  • Buckeye Ranch
  • Capital Area Humane Society
  • Center for Vocational Alternatives
  • Central Community House
  • Charity Newsies
  • Children's Hunger Alliance
  • Choices
  • Clintonville-Beechwold Community Resource Center
  • Columbus AIDS Task Force
  • Columbus Children's Theatre
  • Columbus Department of Public Health
  • Columbus Early Learning Centers
  • Columbus Foundation
  • Columbus Landmarks Foundation
  • Columbus Literacy Council
  • Columbus Metropolitan Library
  • Columbus Museum of Art
  • Columbus Recreation and Parks Department
  • Columbus Symphony
  • Columbus Urban League
  • Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
  • Community Crime Patrol
  • Community Kitchen
  • Community Properties of Ohio
  • Community Refugee & Immigration Services
  • Community Shelter Board
  • COSI
  • Directions for Youth & Family Services
  • Easter Seals
  • Employment for Seniors
  • Faith Mission
  • Four Seasons City Farm
  • Franklin County Court Appointed Special Advocates
  • Franklin County Dog Shelter
  • Franklin Park Conservatory
  • Furniture Bank of Central Ohio
  • Girl Scouts
  • Gladden Community House
  • Godman Guild
  • Goodwill Industries
  • Grange Insurance Audubon Center
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • HandsOn Central Ohio
  • Heinzerling Foundation
  • Heritage Day Health Centers
  • Homeless Families Foundation
  • Huckleberry House
  • Jazz Arts
  • Junior Achievement of Central Ohio
  • Kaleidoscope Youth Center
  • Kelton House
  • Kids 'N Kamp
  • King Arts Complex
  • Legal Aid Society of Columbus
  • Life Care Alliance
  • Local Matters
  • Maryhaven
  • Methodist Elder Care Services
  • Metro Parks
  • Mid-Ohio Food Bank
  • Nationwide Children's Hospital
  • Neighborhood Houses Inc
  • Neighborhood Pride Centers
  • Ohio Historical Society
  • Physicians Free Clinic
  • Pilot Dogs
  • Ronald McDonald House
  • Rosemont
  • Salvation Army
  • Senior Independence of Central Ohio
  • Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio
  • Somali Community Associations
  • Somali Women & Children's Association
  • SomaliCan
  • St. Stephen's Community House
  • St. Vincent Family Center
  • Strategies Against Violence Everywhere
  • United Methodist Free Store
  • WOSU Public Media
  • YMCA
  • YWCA
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