On-Site Projects at Without Limits!

Without Limits is the theme of this year’s National Service-Learning Conference in Denver and the On-Site Projects Committee has been working literally since the end of the conference in Minneapolis last April. I love the National Service-Learning Conference! There is an energy here that I do not find at other conferences, so it is my #1 pick every year! No matter the location—from Providence to San Jose to Atlanta to Minneapolis—the projects and presentations are Without Limits and so will your ideas be for projects you can complete in your setting.

What is so special about this conference and my chairing the On-Sites Projects Committee? Part of the excitement is working with people throughout the United States to develop the projects that will take place on-site and that you, as participants, can complete. My committee works to develop 6-8 different projects that will engage participants who walk through the convention center. All projects are different and you can stop by to participate for a few minutes or you can spend as much time as you wish helping with a project. For example, in Denver you can help make educational games for under-privileged children who do not have any, create seed bombs to take home to beautify your city or help to clean and package 1,200 pounds of dry, edible beans for the hungry in the greater Denver metro area. Please come and find out what all of our projects are and lend a hand!

We look forward to seeing you in Denver. We encourage you to spend what time you can to help with a project that will benefit others in a positive and meaningful manner. The ways you can help are Without Limits!

Barb Witteman is the Chair of the 2013 National Service-Learning Conference On-Sites Committee