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Web Sites - Making a Difference
 
Kids can and do make a difference in their local community and in the global community. Kids can help people in need and work to protect animals and the earth’s ecosystems. Kids can even impact political decisions. Check our links to find out how you can make a difference.
 


Boy Scouts of America
Join other boys in service and fun. Participate in high-adventure bases, summer camps, national jamborees, and discover Boy Scout’s digital world of games and resources.

Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Work with other kids to make a difference in your community.

Camp Fire USA
Learn by doing. Camp Fire offers opportunities for fun and community service.
 

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Earth to Tweens: Meet “The GREENS”  
Think about the world in a new way and explore “green” living through animated episodic adventures, a blog, kids’ mail and regular updates.

EcoKids Online
EcoKids ask:  “Will you be able to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide released into the air before the Earth gets too hot?”  Find out what actions you and other individuals can take to lessen the impact of modern life on the climate and protect the earth’s ecosystems.

 Girl Scouts
Grow strong with other girls. Learn how you can work with other girls to help in your community.

Horizon Solutions Site for Kids
Children can help build a better future for all of us. Learn about population, health, and environmental problems of importance to humankind and what you can do to help solve them.

Kids Can Make A Difference
How can you help end poverty and hunger? Join other kids and work to help those in need at home and abroad.

Kids Care
If you can rake a lawn or make a sandwich, you can help others in your community. Kids Care provides opportunities for kids to make a difference in their local communities as well as the global community.

Kids Voting USA
Learn about the importance of voting in political elections, and check the kids' vote results for the last presidential election!

Learning Adventures in Citizenship
What does New York’s Central Park have to do with anything in the Northwest? Take the park challenge and design a park for your community.

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Northwest Harvest
You can help Northwest Harvest to fight hunger here in our community. Find out what one second-grader did and what you can do to help other kids and their families who do not have enough to eat.

Peace Corps Kids
Travel the world with Peace Corps. Learn about the many ways kids are making a difference in the world and how you can help.

Rainforest Action Network
You can help save the world’s rainforests and protect the human rights of people who live in and around rainforests. Learn about what other kids are doing and what you can do to protect the world’s rainforests.


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Last Updated: September 24, 2007