Help Students Clean-Up
Kids intuitively grasp recycling and the need to keep the earth green and clean, so what’s with their own rooms? Let’s Reduce and Recycle: Curriculum for Solid Waste Awareness provides lesson plans for grades K-12, and includes activities, skits, bibliographies,… Continue reading
Help For Families Fighting For Veterans Benefits
Through low cost publications, training courses and other services, for 25 years the National Veterans Legal Services Program has been helping veterans get their due. Current publications include: VA Claims, Agent Orange, and Veterans Family Benefits. Contact: National Veterans Legal… Continue reading
Get Rid of Neighborhood Troublemakers Without the Police, For Free
Some states allow local community groups to get tenants or property owners thrown out of the neighborhood – under civil laws, not criminal laws – if they are involved with drugs or are a nuisance to the community. It’s easier… Continue reading
Emotional Support For Children Who Are Disaster Victims
The Virginia Disaster Stress Intervention Site is a service of the Psychology Department of James Madison University. The site provides an online printable version of a ten page, illustrated workbook for children, entitled My Disaster Diary . This workbook provides… Continue reading
Free Counseling for Children in PA, NJ, and DE
Precious Gems Counseling Services, a community-based non-profit organization that provides bereavement support, has offered its services free to families who were impacted by the September 11th terrorist attacks. Services offered include individual and group counseling, specialized workshops focusing on grief,… Continue reading
Have Your Kids Do A Family Oral History
Words of wisdom make more of an impression when you get them directly from the source. The Grand Generation: Interviewing Guide and Questionnaire ($1.50) lists guidelines for collecting folklore and oral history from older tradition-bearers. It includes a general guide… Continue reading
Helpful Handouts Ready to Print
The University of South Dakota Disaster Mental Health Institute offers concise, helpful handouts specially formatted to be printed from your computer on the following subjects: Coping in the aftermath of a disaster, coping in the aftermath of an aviation disaster,… Continue reading
Free Computers For Educators
There are a number of organizations that offer free, second hand computers to educational or non-profit organizations. See a bunch of them at: {www2.edc.org/themes/specific.asp?4}.
Make $39,000 and Get Free Child Care
In Connecticut your income can be $39,168 and you can get $640 a month for child care. Make $25,332 in Indiana and get $1,260 a month for infant care. Earn $38,244 in Alaska and receive $583 a month for child… Continue reading
Free Summer Camp for Spouses and Children of Police Officers Killed in the Line of Duty
C.O.P.S. (Concerns of Police Survivors) Kids Summer Camp provides surviving spouses and children the opportunity to work with professional counselors and trained mentors to work through grief issues together while strengthening the family’s ability to communicate. During the week-long camp… Continue reading
