Adelante
www.adelantelrc.org
Adelante, the Latino resource center, is a Toledo-based organization that aims to serve Latinos in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan.

AmeriCorps
http://www.americorps.org/
Created in 1993, AmeriCorps is a network of national service programs that engages in intensive service to meet critical needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment. AmeriCorps is part of the Corporation for National and Community Service, which also oversees Senior Corps and Learn and Serve America. Partners in Community Action helped create an AmeriCorps program called Wood County Corps in 2004. This program was housed in the Office of Service-Learning and in the fall of 2007 moved to be housed with the United Way of Greater Toledo – United Way in Wood County as part of a partnership between BGSU and United Way of Greater Toledo. The university also has a program called the M3C Fellows Program, which is an education award-only AmeriCorps program and is collaboration between the Office of Service-Learning and Student Support Services.

(AAC&U) Association of American Colleges and Universities
http://www.aacu.org/
AAC&U is the leading national association concerned with the quality, vitality, and public standing of undergraduate liberal education. Its members are committed to extending the advantage of a liberal education to all students, regardless of their academic specialization or intended career. Founded in 1915 by college presidents, AAC&U now represents the entire spectrum of American colleges and universities—large and small, public and private, two-year and four-year. AAC&U comprises more than 1,000 accredited colleges and universities that collectively educate more than five million students every year. BGSU is part of the leadership consortium of the AAC&U’s Core Commitments project.

BG File
http://www.bgfile.com
The BG File website presents stories and information focused on the people, places, events, businesses and more that contribute to the vitality of the Bowling Green area.  BG File is a project of Sea Lion Studio, a non-profit digital media production studio in Bowling Green, Ohio.

Teen Central (BG Teen Center)
http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/service-learning/page44581.html
Teen Central is Bowling Green’s local Teen Center which hosts an after school program where local BG Junior High students can relax and play in a fun and safe environment. Teen Central offers mentoring by BGSU students, homework help, drop-in services, and programming in the areas of athletics, art, educational, and cultural. For more information on the center, programming, or volunteer opportunities please call 419-372-9865.

Camp Adventure
http://www.uni.edu/campadv/
Camp Adventure Youth Services is a student-run, not-for-profit, educational organization. It provides an extraordinary opportunity for university and college-age students to participate in a worthwhile and valuable service-learning experience. College and university-age students will have the opportunity to travel to other countries to work with school-age children and youths. Financial benefits and compensation (food, lodging, transportation, and miscellaneous items) as well as 12 hours of credit at a reduced rate are available for accepted staff members.  BGSU students have participated in this program many times via the regional center at the University of Toledo. Please direct any questions to Mr. Sammy Spann at The University of Toledo E-mail: CampAdventure@utnet.utoledo.edu

(CC) Campus Compact
http://www.compact.org/
Campus Compact is a coalition of more than 1,000 college and university presidents — representing some 5 million students — who are committed to fulfilling the public purposes of higher education. As the only national association dedicated to this mission, Campus Compact is a leader in building civic engagement into campus and academic life. Through the national office and network of 31 state offices, member institutions receive the training, resources, and advocacy they need to build strong surrounding communities and teach students the skills and values of democracy. Campus Compact envisions colleges and universities as vital agents and architects of a diverse democracy, committed to educating students for responsible citizenship in ways that both deepen their learning and improve the quality of community life. Also, Campus Compact challenges all of higher education to make civic and community engagement an institutional priority. BGSU has been a member of Campus Compact since 1999.

(CRC) Children’s Resource Center
http://www.wcnet.org/~crckids/
The Children's Resource Center provides evaluation, treatment, and guidance to families of children with behavioral and/or emotional problems. The CRC specializes in services to preschool children and services to older children with multiple problems.  The CRC assesses and plans for social, psychological, medical, financial, educational, and recreational needs of the child.  The CRC has specialized services for teen aged parents with young children and children in need of intensive intervention. The CRC also has car seats for all Wood County families who have children below 40 lbs. or four years of age.   Project C.A.R.E. provides mental health services jointly on-site with Lake and Eastwood School Districts.

Community College National Center for Community Engagement
http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/other/engagement/
Community College National Center for Community Engagement highlights service-learning and civic engagement resources including course syllabi, training and technical assistance, funding opportunities, and awards for service-learning collaboration.

(CCPH) Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph
CCPH is a nonprofit organization that promotes health through partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions. Founded in 1996, they are a growing network of over 1000 communities and campuses. CCPH has members throughout the United States and increasingly the world who are collaborating to promote health through service-learning, community-based research, community service and other partnership strategies. These partnerships are powerful tools for improving the education of health professionals, civic responsibility and the overall health of communities.

The Community Partnership
http://www.communityprevention.org
The Community Partnership is a systematic coalition dedicated to creating an environment in which substance abuse is impacted. They bring community resources together to address alcohol, tobacco, and other drug prevention and intervention issues to promote an environment that encourages healthy lifestyles. A key part of their strategy is youth development and youth empowerment  through their Coalition for Youth Enrichment. The Coalition for Youth Enrichment, CYE, id a committee of The Community Partnership which, was formed in 2000 as a respond to the Mental Health and Recovery Services Board Community Plan, which identified a need for an organized body for youth-serving agencies within Lucas County. The committee's mission is to convene youth-service providers to encourage collaborative, inter-agency, cross-cultural leadership and activities to build a community that values and helps youth prepare for successful adult lives. All of the committee's projects and prevention efforts are organized around a partnership between adults and youth. CYE links various groups that serve youth to coordinate goals and youth messages, prevent the overlap of services, and hold joint events. CYE organizes the CAPA City Youth Leadership Conference (held biennially) which embraces service-learning approaches and facilitates the Greater Toledo Youth Service Day with support from Youth Service America, which is an opportunity for area youth to join youth from all over the world to collectively provide service as part of Global Youth Service Day. The Office of Service-Learning and Partnership for Community Action have provided training about service-learning and civic engagement for CYE and are working on developing an on-going relationship with the Community Partnership.

(CNCS) Corporation for National and Community Service
http://www.nationalservice.gov/home/site_map/index.asp
The CNCS wascreated by the 1993 National and Community Service Trust Act to administer and distribute federal funds to engage people of all ages and backgrounds in local, community-based service. The corporation’s work includes AmeriCorps, the National Senior Corps, and Learn and Serve America. Its publications are useful for program design and evaluation.

E. Bus
http://www.communityconnect.org/
This program launched in 1998, is the brainchild of Dr. David Springett, President of the Community College Foundation in California.  The first bus was created to train teachers and educators how to integrate technology into the classroom. BGSU has a working group exploring the possibility of bringing an e.Bus to our community to support service-learning and outreach efforts.

East Toledo
http://timault.tripod.com/East_Toledo_neighborhood_map.html
A section of Toledo, Ohio that was heavily industrialized in the late 1870’s, but has, in the past few decades, been stricken with economic hardship and stagnation. Two schools in East Toledo (East Toledo Junior High and Waite High School) are partners with BGSU in the GEAR UP grant program. East Toledo is bounded by the suburb of Rossford on the west, the Maumee River on the north, the subsection of Birmingham on the east, and the suburb of Northwood on the south.

(FLOC) The Farm Labor Organizing Committee
http://www.floc.com
FLOC is a labor union, based out of Toledo, Ohio, that serves migrant and seasonal farm workers by serving as an advocate for labor and civil rights.  Led by Baldemar Velasquez, FLOC has conducted and won two major boycotts against Mt. Olive Pickles and Campbell’s Soup, respectively.  PCA and CITE have worked with FLOC on several projects in the past, and they enjoy strong ties with the organization.

Global Youth Service Day
http://ysa.org/GYSD/AboutGYSD/tabid/171/Default.aspx#overview
Global Youth Service Day is the largest service event in the world. The goals of Global Youth Service Day are: 1) To MOBILIZE youth to identify and address the needs of their communities through service; 2) To SUPPORT youth on a life-long path of service and civic engagement; 3) To EDUCATE the public, the media, and policymakers about the year-round contributions of young people as community leaders. In Lucas County the Coalition for Youth Enrichment of the Community Partnership sponsors Greater Toledo Youth Service Day. The Office of Service-Learning and Partnership for Community Action have provided training about service-learning and civic engagement for CYE and are working on developing an on-going relationship with the Community Partnership.

Jimmy Rosalynn Carter Partnership Foundation
Fostering Campus-Community Partnerships For Academic Service and Learning
http://www.jrcpf.org
The Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Foundation focuses on young adults with a mission to "mobilize campus and community service partnerships by recognizing and rewarding the best practices in academic service-learning."  The Foundation utilizes a number of strategies to foster and support academic service-learning projects between campus and community organizations, including the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Award for Campus-Community Collaboration, which recognizes best practices of existing programs and provides a monetary award and status as a Certified Carter Partnership.

Kids Unlimited
http://kidsunlimitedtoledo.org/
Kids Unlimited is an after-school program for elementary schools located in the central city of Toledo.  They currently operate out of Englewood Peace Academy, Lincoln Academy for Boys, Nathan Hale Elementary, and Lagrange Elementary. Kids Unlimited commits to helping children of the inner-city develop the academic, social and moral tools they need to realize their true dignity and potential. Their mission goals are to improve reading and language skills, to improve the children’s health; particularly nutrition and exercise, and to teach character values.

(MJCSL) Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning
http://www.umich.edu/~mjcsl/
The Michigan Journal of Community Service -Learning (MJCSL) is a national, peer-reviewed journal consisting of articles written by faculty and service-learning educators on research, theory, pedagogy, and issues pertinent to the service-learning community.

(NSEE)  National Society of Experiential Education
http://www.nsee.org/
The National Society for Experiential Education is a nonprofit membership association of educators, businesses, and community leaders. Founded in 1971, NSEE also serves as a national resource center for the development and improvement of experiential education programs nationwide. NSEE supports the use of learning through experience for intellectual development, cross-cultural and global awareness, civic and social responsibility, ethical development, career exploration, and personal growth.

(NSLC) National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
http://www.servicelearning.org/
The National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, a program of Learn and Serve America, operates America's premier website supporting the service-learning efforts of schools, higher education institutions, communities, and tribal nations. We offer timely information and relevant resources, thousands of free online resources, the nation's largest library of service-learning materials, national service-learning listservs, and reference and technical assistance services.

National Service Resource Center
http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/
The Corporation for National and Community Service provides opportunities for Americans of all ages and backgrounds to serve their communities and countries. The Corporation is part of USA Freedom corps.

Northwest Ohio Service Learning Dialog Project
This is an ongoing collaboration facilitated by the United Way of Greater Toledo, bringing together representatives from the higher education, K-12, and non-profit sectors to dialog about service-learning, civic engagement, volunteerism, and community service in northwest Ohio.  Over the past year the group determined that this region is lacking in resources and lags behind in the infrastructure needed to support teachers/faculty, volunteer coordinators and student service-learners. A strategic plan is being created which meets our mission to “Develop the capacity of educational institutions and community organizations to establish partnerships that provide quality service learning experiences for students in Northwest Ohio.”

(OCC) Ohio Campus Compact
http://www.ohiocampuscompact.org
Ohio Campus Compact is a state office of Campus Compact and is a membership organization of colleges and universities whose primary purpose is to promote student and institutional civic participation and social responsibility. OCC actively engages and supports its members in civic work that educates for active citizenship, enhances student learning, builds sustainable campus/community partnerships, improves the social and economic well-being of communities and helps fulfill the public mission of higher education. BGSU has been a member of OCC since 1999.

(OCSC) Ohio Community Service Council
http://www.serveohio.org
The Ohio Community Service Council was established by Ohio statute in 1994 (its original name was the Governor's Community Service Commission), specifically to administer grants in Ohio under the federal National & Community Service Trust Act of 1993. The largest of these is AmeriCorps. However, the Council has always worked under a broader mission:

“The mission of the Ohio Community Service Council is to strengthen Ohio's communities through service and volunteerism." In that collaborative spirit of volunteerism and service, the council focuses on five major activities:

1. AmeriCorps
2. Service-Learning
3. Youth Leadership Development
4. Supporting Volunteerism and Community Service
5. Homeland Security - Ohio Citizens Corps

The OCSC is a key source of funding for the Wood County Corps program

(PHCA) Perrysburg Heights Community Association
http://phca.smartchange.org/index.php
The Perrysburg Heights Community Association was established for the purpose of promoting and improving pride and the quality of life among all the residents of the Perrysburg Heights area. Through involving the community in educational, social, recreational and neighborhood improvement programs, a new beginning and image will become a reality for the Heights community. The Association works to develop individual pride and self-worth by empowering individuals and promoting total community participation in its programs.

Sofia Quintero Cultural Arts Center
http://www.toledolibrary.org/cip/view2.asp?id1=1292
The center was founded in 1996 by members of the Mexican-American community to support the artistic expressions of the local Latino community in South Toledo. Sofia Quintero Art & Cultural Center is located at 122 Broadway Street. The center holds workshops on Hispanic art, displays Hispanic art, and also holds celebrations of Hispanic festivities, such as Dia De Los Muertos. For information about programs or volunteer opportunities please contact Joe Balderas for more information at 419-241-1655.

(UCF) United Christian Fellowship
http://www.ucf-bg.com
United Christian Fellowship is a community and spiritual development center located directly across from BGSU on Thurstin St. It is a Campus Youth Ministry that aids BGSU students in serving the greater Bowling Green Community, and works in partnership with other faith based organizations in Bowling Green. UCF sponsors and organizes cultural immersion trips, the community garden project, and an after-school program for Bowling Green students. The staff at UCF has been very active in service-learning outreach courses that take students to the South Bronx, the Navajo reservation in Arizona, and Peru. The UCF Center offers a variety of volunteer opportunities in community-based projects for low-income children and families. UCF is an ongoing partner with the Office of Service-Learning. For more information please refer to the link above, or contact Bill Thompson at 419-494-8878.

United Way of Greater Toledo
http://www.unitedwaytoledo.org/
United Way changes lives through funding more than 150 programs that get young children off to a great start; give older kids strong foundations; empower vulnerable families and adults to thrive; and give help and mobilize resources. The Office of Service-Learning works closely with the United Way in a variety of local and regional activities associated with service-learning, volunteerism, and civic participation. Since 2005, we have been key partners in the Northwest Ohio Service Learning Dialog Project.

The University Network for Social Entrepreneurship
http://www.universitynetwork.org/get_involved
The University Network for Social Entrepreneurship works with professors and researchers, practitioners, and students to develop social entrepreneurship as a vocation and carry its principles into other disciplines and sectors. It is designed to be a resource hub and an action-oriented discussion forum to expand social entrepreneurship education and participation around the world.

(DOVIA) Volunteer Administrators' Network for Northwest Ohio
http://www.energizeinc.com/prof/dovia.html
DOVIA, the Volunteer Administrators' Network for Northwest Ohio, is committed to excellence in volunteer management. VAN is the leading organization for volunteer administrators offering high-quality professional development and networking opportunities. To find out more information about volunteer administrator activities in the region contact the United Way of Greater Toledo Volunteer Center or call 211.

(WCESC) Wood County Educational Service Center
http://www.wood.k12.oh.us
The Wood County Educational Service Center serves all the school districts in Wood County: Bowling Green City Schools, Eastwood Local Schools, Elmwood Local Schools, Lake Local Schools, North Baltimore Schools, Northwood, Otsego Local Schools, Penta Career Center, Perrysburg Exempted Schools, Rossford Exempted Village Schools, Wood County Parochial Schools, and Wood Lane School.  They provide fingerprinting services, technology services, teacher substitutes, and special needs services for learning and emotional disabilities.

Wood Lane
http://www.woodmrdd.org/
Wood Lane is the school and employment outreach program of the Wood County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Deficiencies.

WSOS
http://www.wsos.org/home/
The name WSOS comes from the counties they operate in: Wood, Sandusky, Ottawa and Seneca.  Since 1965, WSOS Community Action Commission has been administering programs and support services to individuals, families, and communities. Established in response to the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, WSOS was created to aid in the war on poverty. WSOS is a non-profit agency devoted to assisting families and individuals to become self-sufficient.  Their motto is “We help people help themselves."