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Pop Culture isn't all bad

Sometimes in the church world pop culture gets a bad rap...rightfully so many times, but I was browsing CosmoGIRL (yeah I do that from time to time...don't judge me, haha) and saw that they are encouraging teens to volunteer.  They teamed up with dosomething.org to get students some answers on how to get involved. The article titled: "Do something, Like Volunteer" had some decent things to say about why teens should be volunteering.

They gave these tips about why to volunteer:

• The Number 1 reason you should volunteer is because you're passionate about a cause. (I would DEFINITELY agree with this one.)
• It will get you off the couch
• You can pick up some new skills
• It looks good on college applications
• 38% ranked community service fourth in a list of most valued criteria for getting into college. (from a survey done of college admissions counselors)
• Obama plans to enact his plan of giving financial aid in exhange for service hours.
• "you'd be amazed at how happy you can make someone else by giving an hour a day or a few hours a week..."

They gave some "How To" help for volunteering (If your church is looking for partners some of these might help.  I haven't researched any of them but just a thought):

 

• Text "Do something" to 30644 to get local monthly volunteering opportunities
• Act Now! Action ideas using Do Something's action matrix
• Enter your zip code on dosomething.org to find custom opportunities

  Dosomething.org has projects and causes to get involved in.