Kellogg: $13-Million for Volunteerism

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation, in Battle Creek, Mich., has pledged $13-million over four years to expand efforts to incorporate community service into the curriculum of American elementary and secondary schools.

The Kellogg money will support four programs: a demonstration project in five states — California, Maine, Minnesota, Oregon, and South Carolina — to identify model state and district policies that promote or hinder the integration of community service into classroom lessons; a national commission on volunteerism and education; a network to increase communication among the youth and educational groups involved in promoting community service among schoolchildren; and research to identify promising practices and compile any evidence of the difference that community service makes on the educational experience.

For more details, contact APCO Associates, which is distributing information about the “Learning In Deed” program for the Kellogg Foundation. The company can be reached at 1615 L Street, N.W., Suite 900, Washington 20036; (202) 778-1040.