Lions Quest programs are developed through the collaboration of national and international partner organizations committed to guiding young people toward responsible, healthy, drug- and violence-free lives. Many other supporting organizations have endorsed or supported Lions Quest programs throughout the world.
Partner Organizations
- National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)
- National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
- National PTA
- National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC)
Supporting Organizations
- Community Service Learning Center
- Constitutional Rights Foundation
- Educators For Social Responsibility
- Maryland Student Service Alliance
- National Association Of Service & Conservation Corps
- National Council for the Social Studies
- National Society For Experiential Education
- Points Of Light Foundation
- Youth Service America
Lions Clubs International (LCI)
Since 1984, Lions Clubs International (LCI) and local Lions clubs have played a pivotal role in Lions Quest program development and dissemination, which to date has resulted in life-skills programs that have benefited more than 12 million children in 30 countries.
LCI is the world's largest humanitarian service organization, with almost 1.4 million members representing 194 countries and geographical areas. Lions work tirelessly, organizing and carrying out service projects, assisting schools with funding, and serving as program advocates and role models for young people.
Lions in communities around the world have served youth for over a decade through the Lions Quest Skills for Growing (K-5), Skills for Adolescence (grades 6-8) and Skills for Action (grades 9-12) programs. As part of their Lions Quest involvement, Lions have initiated service-learning opportunities, provided classroom speakers and volunteers, extended funding support, and coordinated parent programs.
Contact
Lions Clubs International
300 West 22nd Street
Oak Brook, IL 60523-8842
1-630-571-5466
FAX: 1-630-571-5735
Jayne Westerlund, Manager, Lions Quest Programs
E-mail: jayne.westerlund@lionsclubs.org
National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
NASSP is the largest school leadership organization in the United States, representing 43,000 high school and middle level educators. Its membership includes principals, assistant principals, assistant superintendents, deans of students, and university professors. The organization provides professional development programs to help school leaders better serve secondary and middle level students.
Through its Division of Student Activities (DSA), NASSP sponsors the National Association of Student Councils, the National Honor Society, and the National Association of Student Activity Advisors. With student leadership development as the division's main focus, DSA provides training programs, publications, and conferences for middle level and high school students and activity advisors.
Contact
NASSP (National Association of Secondary School Principals) 1904 Association Drive Reston, VA 20191-1537 1-703-860-0200 FAX 1-703-476-5432
Internet:
National PTA
Founded in 1897, the National PTA represents a network of state, regional, council, and local PTAs with 6.6 million members. The mission of the National PTA is three-fold: to support and speak on behalf of children and youth in the schools and before governmental agencies and other organizations that make decisions affecting children; to assist parents in developing the skills they need to raise and protect their children; and to encourage parent and community involvement in their public schools.
Contact
National PTA
330 North Wabash Ave. Suite 2100
Chicago, IL 60611
1-312-670-6782
FAX 1-312-670-6783
Internet:
National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC)
NYLC is dedicated to developing service-oriented youth leaders. The organization focuses on service-learning as a major educational reform effort and on advancing the integration of service learning throughout the K-12 curriculum. NYLC serves as the U.S. National Service-Learning Cooperative: The K-12 Serve-America Clearinghouse. The organization's offerings include training, materials, technical assistance, and public policy leadership on the local, state, and national levels through a network of regional centers.
Contact
National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC)
1910 W. County Road B
St. Paul, MN 55113
1-651-631-3672
FAX 1-651-631-2955
Internet:
Community Service Learning Center
The Community Service Learning Center (CSLC) is a non-profit organization formed in 1990 to provide technical assistance and professional development services to teachers, schools and community-based organizations which involve youth in service-learning.
CSLC helps generate the human and financial resources needed to establish CSL as an integral component of schools, community development initiatives and public policy.
The Center aims to involve young people in meaningful service projects so that they can make a difference in the lives of others as well as in their own academic performance.
Contact
CSLC
333 Bridge Street, Suite 8
Springfield, MA 01103
1-413-734-6857
FAX 1-413-747-5368
Internet:
www.csulb.edu/divisions/aa/personnel/cslc/
Constitutional Rights Foundation
Constitutional Rights Foundation (CRF) is a national non-profit dedicated to helping young people become active and responsible participants in our communities and the larger society. CRF works with schools around the nation to foster powerful, curriculum-based service-learning programs.
CRF's civic participation/service-learning programs guide students to assess community problems and resources, explore alternative approaches to serious local issues, and identify the approaches likely to be most effective. Students then develop, implement, and evaluate thoughtful service projects.
CRF service-learning programs include:
- Active Citizenship Today--for middle and high school social studies
- City Youth--for team-teaching in the middle grades
- Urban Youth for Safe Communities --service-learning around issues of public safety and violence prevention
- Youth Task Force Los Angeles--a co-curricular model using AmeriCorps
A leading provider of technical assistance on service-learning, CRF offers free introductory materials on K-12 service-learning, free telephone consultations, and a variety of other services including staff development on service-learning. CRF also publishes the national School Youth Service Network. Subscriptions are free to educators.
CRF is a technical assistance partner in the national K-12 service-learning clearinghouse.
Resources
Staff development in service-learning emphasizing:
- middle and high schools
- civic education/citizenship issues
- urban service-learning
- community collaborations
- service-learning and public safety
Free telephone consultations
Contact
Constitutional Rights Foundation
601 South Kingsley Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90005
1-213-487-5590
FAX 1-213-386-0459
Internet:
Maryland Student Service Alliance
In July 1992 Maryland became the first state to mandate that all students participate in service-learning to graduate from high school. Maryland is working to demonstrate that a mandate both works and is an excellent way to ensure that all students participate in high quality service-learning programs.
The Maryland Student Service Alliance (MSSA), founded in 1988 by Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Maryland's former Lieutenant Governor, is a public/private agency which provides training and technical assistance to teachers, students and community-based organizations to insure students have meaningful service-learning experiences as part of public school instruction. The mission of MSSA is to institute high quality service-learning in Maryland and collaborate with other forms of experiential, student centered education. MSSA is dependent upon federal grant and corporate support to continue our work with local school systems in Maryland and nationwide, helping them to implement effective service-learning programs.
The nation is watching closely as Maryland implements the country's first state mandated service-learning high school graduation requirement. To earn diplomas from a Maryland public school, students must participate in a service-learning program. Maryland's service-learning requirement provides that each local education agency (LEA) may develop its own service-learning plan; all programs must include preparation, action and reflection, be developmentally appropriate, and track individual student's participation. All 24 school systems in Maryland have crafted service-learning programs tailored to their students' and communities' needs and MSSA is assisting them.
Resources
- Maryland Student Service Alliance Fellows Program
- YouthRise! Program
- State-wide Conference
Contact
Maggie O'Neill
200 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
1-410-767-0358
FAX 1-410-333-2379
Internet:
National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)
The National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP), founded in 1921, is a professional organization serving more than 25,000 elementary and middle school principals and other educators throughout Canada, the United States, and other countries. The Association believes the progress and well-being of the child must be at the forefront of all elementary and middle school planning and operations. Through its publications, conferences, and state-level leadership activities, NAESP is continually engaged in identifying promising programs and practices in elementary education.
Contact
NAESP (National Association of Elementary School Principals)
1615 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-3483
1-703-684-3345
FAX 1-703-518-6281
Internet:
National Association Of Service & Conservation Corps
The National Association of Service and Conservation Corps (NASCC) is the national membership organization for youth corps—programs that employ, train, educate, and provide paid community service opportunities for young people 16-25. NASCC provides technical assistance and a Washington presence to over 100 programs in 38 states and the District of Columbia, serving approximately 26,000 young people annually in summer and year-round programs. NASCC's primary mission is to strengthen the quality of existing youth corps and to promote the development of new ones.
Resources
Youth Corps Wellness Guide.
The guide develops Wellness Activities, which are structured group experiences aimed at helping young people gain personally relevant wellness knowledge and skills. Skills include examining individual behavior and the underlying attitudes and values that inform actions.
Contact
Coordinator of Technical Assistance
666 Eleventh Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
1-202-737-6272
FAX 1-202-737-6277
Internet:
National Council for the Social Studies
National Council for the Social Studies
3501 Newark Street, NW
Washington, DC 20016
1-202-966-7840
FAX 1-413-747-5368
Internet:
National Society For Experiential Education
The National Society for Experiential Education (NSEE) is a membership organization and national resource center that supports the use of learning through experience for intellectual development, civic and social responsibility, career exploration, cross-cultural and global awareness, and ethical and leadership development. NSEE was founded in 1971 and currently has over 1,500 members.
NSEE Mission: As a community of individuals, institutions, and organizations, NSEE is committed to fostering the effective use of experience as an integral part of education, in order to empower learners and promote the common good.
Resources
The National Resource Center for Experiential and Service Learning provides information on hundreds of topics related to experiential education and programs that combine service and learning. The Research Center contains published and unpublished papers, books, conference presentations, research materials, program information, syllabi, video and audio cassette tapes, and other resources.
Consulting Services—NSEE can refer consultants on topics including integrating service into the curriculum, building long-term institutional support for service-learning programs, and developing partnerships with the community.
Contact
NSEE
3509 Haworth Drive, Suite 207
Raleigh, NC 27609-7229
1-919-787-3263
FAX 1-919-787-3381
Internet:
Points Of Light Foundation
The Points of Light Foundation, established in May 1990, is a non-profit, non-partisan organization governed by a diverse Board from the corporate, non-profit, and education sectors. The Foundation's mission is to engage more people more effectively in volunteer community service to help solve serious social problems. The Foundation achieves this goal in three ways. First, the Foundation develops and promotes strategies and methods to recruit and engage more volunteers in direct and consequential community service. Second, the Foundation works with a nationwide network of over 500 Volunteer Centers to help them become the key community resource in applying volunteering to community needs. And, third, the Foundation seeks to increase public awareness of how community service helps to build healthier communities.
Contact
Points of Light Foundation
400 I Street NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005
1-202-729-8000
FAX 1-202-729-8100
Internet:
Youth Service America
Since 1986, Youth Service America has pioneered the national and community service movement by shaping a cohesive vision for the field.
YSA brings together the varied streams of service—community-based programs, corps members, educators, grant makers, legislators, non-profit professionals, policy makers, program directors, students and young leaders—with a simple and compelling vision: each can be part of a unified movement to make community service a rite of passage. In essence, YSA builds infrastructure, expands knowledge and know-how, and develops professional partnerships.
Youth Service America promotes a unified, nonpartisan national service movement and provides leadership development, technical assistance and training, and constituent programs for national and community service organizations.
Contact
YSA
1101 15th Street, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005
1-202-296-2992
FAX 1-202-296-4030
Internet: