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This summer, my friends all thought I was crazy. They were out on the lake, playing golf, and enjoying their last summer before college more »

There was high energy at the community kick-off event for the 24th Annual National Service-Learning Conference, Without Limits more »

A regular theme in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education is that students are not prepared to succeed in these fields. While children are naturally curious about the world and how things work, science education is often delivered with the intent that the student will arrive at the answer the teacher has in mind, without room for innovation or growth. This dilemma surfaced as a common theme at the 2012 Colloquium in STEM Education Research at the University of Minnesota earlier this month, including in the keynote address given by Dr. more »

The National Youth Leadership Council and EarthForce would like to invite you to a community kick-off event to learn about The 24^th Annual National Service-Learning Conference®, Without Limits.  more »

Resource staff is the skin that wraps around all the activities of National Youth Leadership Training and protects it from every obstacle fate can send. more »

The National Youth Leadership Training is an experience I look forward to annually. For my third NYLT, the excitement and anticipation for this special week has yet to diminish. Three days of staff training prepared us all for the campers’ arrival on-site to the Audubon Center of the North Woods’ wetlands.

When they arrived, campers hesitantly departed the bus as anxious staffers cheered and energized the crowd. After leading a couple of ice breaking games, I sat back to enjoy watching this group of strangers create their first connections with one another. The first of many. more »

The first day of National Youth Leadership Training is all about preparing for the upcoming week. more »

80-degree weather, warm ocean breeze, students, advisors, and super-hero excitement! Last month, Mandy Traaseth and I joined nearly 400 SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) youth leaders and their adult advisors from around the U.S. at the 2012 SADD National Conference in Torrance, Calif. more »

NYLC is pleased to announce that FrontRange Earth Force has signed on as the 2013 National Service-Learning Conference co-host.  more »

The National Youth Leadership Council would like to invite you to join us more than 1,000 educators and 800 young people more »