SERVING COLUMBUS: LEARN, SHARE, INSPIRE

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​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