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Everything you wanted to know about us.
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The LEAGUE was founded in 2005 by a group of business, education, government, media, non-profit leaders and youth who challenged themselves to create a model for developing the next generation of philanthropists. The program evolved as a spin off of DoSomething and a merger with Learning to Give |
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The LEAGUE was created by a group of business, education, government, media, non-profit leaders and youth who challenged themselves to create a model for developing the next generation of philanthropists. (See list of The LEAGUE staff, board, and National Commission at www.theleague.org). |
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We currently operate in 24 different states and in over 240 schools nation-wide. |
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Change the world by empowering young people everywhere to get in the game of giving thoughtfully of their time, treasure and talent to make themselves, their community and the world a better place.
All young people have so much to give and The LEAGUE provides the tools and resources to help them to become thoughtful givers, wherever they choose to allocate their time, talent and treasure. The LEAGUE believes that one day “doing good” in the community will be as big a part of schools as sports.
The LEAGUE has three goals: • To help the young person grow stronger. With thoughtful giving comes confidence, a place in the world and hopefully a life long pattern. • To help schools grow stronger. Students doing good can help with school spirit, team based learning and application of academic skills in real world situations. • To help our communities and the world grow stronger. We need the power of young people on all the issues we face as a society, they are leaders for tomorrow only if we procrastinate. |
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So far, costs have been covered by some very generous donors like the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Lilly Endowment, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, RGK Foundation, New York Life and many, many others. We have also gotten in-kind donations, even some staff who work for free or far less than they could receive in other jobs. To see a complete list go to The LEAGUE National Supporters.
We also do a “Fan” drive at the end of every year where any and everyone is invited to make a donation of $5, or any amount. The goal is to someday have tens of thousands of people who make a gift to support The LEAGUE each year. |
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The event kits for each event and The Wildcards section both have ideas for different service events. You can also call The LEAGUE Coach Hotline (866-553-9307)or talk to another Coach in any of The LEAGUE schools for ideas. |
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Our training system, called The Fisher Training, is a system, wherein any teacher or community leader can receive training in how to become a more effective Service Coach – to make a positive difference in their community. It also educates our coaches on best practices of The LEAGUE as well as service learning standards. The vision is to have this training system available online and offline. |
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Each year, The LEAGUE will add more lesson plans, learning links and briefing papers, new website features and layers of awards, rewards and other content. The LEAGUE is a still a relatively new national organization and we continue to evolve our programming. As we learn what works and what doesn’t, we make changes to make it more user-friendly. Please feel free to email any suggestions on how we can improve upon what we’re doing. Ultimately, The LEAGUE becomes what we, the total community make it over time. The goal is to, year by year, grow a stronger and stronger network of schools doing wonderful things in their own community and linking our efforts to be even more effective in the causes we care about and helping our young people develop to their fullest potential as giving, caring people. |
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A coach is any teacher in any K-12 school getting their class involved in service projects and service-learning—their class being their team of players. The head coach acts as a liaison between The LEAGUE and the school. They support any teachers (coaches) who are participating from the school and also provide support to the elected captains from various classes. |
The initial Learning To Give curriculum was developed by educators over the course of ten years at institutes, primarily in Michigan and Indiana, and in consultation with educators nationally and internationally. The first LEAGUE events were selected based on feedback from schools about what they were already doing. Many schools do food drives, but don’t get credit or publicity. King Day is also an opportunity many schools are engaged in. Earth Day, in connection to the extremely successful Global Youth Service Day, is one of the biggest activities in schools and does so much good. The initial idea was to connect with what was already happening, with one exception:
The exception is entitled, One Day (How much good can you do in One Day?) which is a “serve-a-thon” type of event including service projects Each year it occurs in October to “kick-off” The LEAGUE season. |
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We are partnering with others and seek to shine a spotlight on all organizations that are engaged in the sector. What is perhaps an added value is that The LEAGUE is a system, a currency and a scoring system that teachers, schools and groups can use to get recognition for what they are doing. |
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Our points are a unifying system making the students feel connected to other students near and far. Points are determined by roughly corresponding them to the economic value returned to the community This allows the parents, teachers, principals and especially the students realize what their efforts are worth and the impact their efforts are making in the community. In short, it proves that what young people do counts by having adults count it and recognize them for it. The LEAGUE publishes point-based “standings”; a point equals one dollar value to the community. These “standings” provide local media with content that both celebrates and recognizes the good young people are doing to help others. Some students and teachers like a friendly rivalry but most like working together for a bigger goal. |
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The LEAGUE is a group of K-12 schools, where classes and students earn points for thoughtfully “doing good” in various service events during the year. Students learn about giving, service, responsibility, character and leadership in the classroom and practice it in the community. It’s what we call learning and doing. |
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The LEAGUE makes available on-line innovative teaching resources, plans and activities to teach character education, service learning and civic engagement—all tied to curricular educational objectives. |
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Unlike many service projects, The LEAGUE provides the curriculum, reflection and tools to help make our program truly as service-learning experience. We also afford a way for teachers and schools to see the students efforts and the value returned back to the community. |
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Think of The LEAGUE as a team-based approach for “doing good.” Every class in The LEAGUE is a team and every student is a player. No one is on the bench. Teams are led by classroom-elected student captains, supported by the class teacher who is designated as a LEAGUE coach. (When a school wishes, it can designate one teacher to be the Head Coach and be a support to all the other teacher coaches in the school.) The LEAGUE is a team-based approach for empowering, recognizing and celebrating “doing good” in the community in its many forms. |
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General FAQs