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The Student Conservation Association

The Student Conservation Association provides the oppurtunity for volunteers to work hard at work worth doing, preserving the country's public lands. SCA has placed more than 30,000 volunteers in our national parks, forest, wildlife refuges, and other public lands. SCA volunteers patrol Mt. McKinley at Denali National Park in Alaska, protect endangered sea turtles on Sanibel Island in Florida, repair damaged to the flooded C&O Canal in the District of Columbia, and maintain trails in the backcountry of Yosemite National Park in California.

Each year 2,500 volunteers aged 16 and older are fielded at natural resource management sites throughout the country.

SCA has programs for 16 - 18 year olds that last 5 weeks.
For adults of any age programs that last 12 weeks to 1 year.
There is also a program for inner - city youth interested in conservation as a career.

SCA also publishes a monthly magazine which includes job listings, career advise, and networking information for those seeking a career in conservation.

What you can do

Volunteer in one of SCA's award-winning programs: The High School Progrm; The resource Assistant Program: The SCA/DOI Americorps Program; and The Conservation Career Development Program
Become a member of SCA by making a donation to help place these dedicated volunteers in the field where they strengthen their commitment to the enviroment and to volunteerism while protecting the vital natural resources of this country.

For more information contact:

SCA
689 River Rd. Box 550
Charlestown, New Hampshire 03603-0550
Phone: 603-543-1700

Plenty's Kids to the Country

Plenty's Kids to the country program brings over 100 disadvantaged,inner-city kids to Plenty's community home on 1750 wooded acres in middle Tennessee. Here they ride horses, swim in a small lake, wade in the streams, sing around a bonfire, and learn to garden. They study nature and the enviroment and learn about non-violence and the importance of resolving conflicts peacefully. These children build self-esteem and gain an experience of how things can work by establishing relationships with nature. Thes newly learned skills are their's for life.

What you can do

Get involved in mentoring kids - You will both benefit and enjoy the time.
Offer time and resources to eisting programs in your community.
Take a "kid to the country". See and experience the pleasure and excitement.

For more information contact:

Plenty
Box 394
Summertown, TN 38483
Email:plenty1@usit.net

Plenty's Kids to the Country

Organic Trade Association

The Organic Trade Association seeks to provide leadership consistent with organic principles and values.They help create and expand market oppurtunities for the industry.

Organic refers to the way agricultural products, including foods and fibers, such as cotton, are grown and processed. The word organic on labels stand for agricultural practices which strive for a balance with nature. Using methods and materials which are of low impact to the enviroment.

Organic productions systems replenish, not exhaust the soil, eliminate the use of toxic and persistant chemical pesticides and fertilizers. They help build a biologically diverse agriculture. Organic foods are minimally proceesed to maintain the integrity of the food without artificial ingredients, preservatives or irradiation.

Organic farmers work in harmony with nature to build healthy soils which produce strong plants that are resistant to pest and disease problems.

What you can do:

Purchasing organic food is a direct way you can help promote healthy agriculture and a cleaner enviroment.
Plant an organic garden, by applying some simple organic gardening techniques.
Visit a local organic farm and find out how organic farmers improve the planet while they grow your food.

For more information contact:

Organic Trade Association

P.O. Box 1078
Greenfield, Ma. 03102
Phone: 413-774-7511