Fr. Tiff/Mrs. Avalone - 8th Grade Social Awareness
8th Grade Service Project
Essential Questions E-Notes (Office 2007)
Essential Questions E-Notes(Office '97-2003)
Brainstorming Notes
Planning Guide
Volunteer
Opportunities
Community Awareness and Good Will Since Sept. 11th.
White House News Release
www.mygooddeed.org/
New York Post
payitforward.blog.com/
Orange
County Social Issues Web Sites
Volunteer Center
Orange County
Ongoing volunteer projects searchable by area and
type of project.
Volunteer Match
Lists 61 disabled-related organizations in Orange County
communities.
@LA.com
A directory listing charitable organizations in L.A. and Orange Counties.
Choose from the list on the left and then scroll down.
Video of the President's Address to the Nation
Scroll to Video section for clips of President Bush's statements.
2006 presidential speech honoring the 9/11 tragedy. Note the second paragraph.
Where people log their good deeds in honor of the 9/11 victims.
New York Post article on Oprah Winfrey's show about good things that have come out of 9/11.
A blog of acts of kindness in honor of 9/11.
Orange County Factfinder
Orange County Factfinder
Demographic data on various Orange County social issues.
www.shelterforthehomeless.org/facts.htm
Statistics on homelessness in Orange County.
www.feedoc.org/hungry.html
Statistics on hunger in Orange County.
The Elderly
Orange County Social Services Agency
Los Angeles Times
Isolation blamed for elderly deaths.
Aitken Aitken & Cohn
Law firm specializing in nursing home abuse.
Orange County Senior Center
Services for the elderly in Orange County.
Literacy
So. Calif. Library Literacy Network
Statistics on literacy in Southern California.
National Institute for Literacy
2003 national assessment of adult literacy.
Orange County Literacy Council
A non-profit agency for adult English learners.
The Disabled
Orange County Adult Protective Services
Elder and disabled services in Orange County.
Volunteer Match
A Registry of
Orange County community-based organizations
for the disabled.
Schneider & Wallace Attorneys
A law firm specializing rights for the disabled.
Environmental Issues
1994 UCI Survey
A survey of public awareness on Orange County environmental issues.
Sierra Club
O.C./L.A. chapter of the Sierra Club website lists environmental issues.
Surfrider Foundation
Summary of California beaches and their pollution levels.
Orange County Watershed and Coastal Resources
A collection of public service announcements on Project Pollution Prevention.
Creec Network
The California Regional Environmental Education Community.