On this episode of Peachjar Extra Credit, Matt visited Lion's Heart to learn more about their organization that curates teen volunteer opportunities from thousands of national and local non-profits all over the country.
Lion's Heart is a non-profit organization founded in 2004 to provide a platform for teens who want to volunteer in their communities. Lion's Heart places members in groups of twenty by grade level, gender, and local area. They offer individual and family memberships for those who wish to be more independent or where it is difficult to find more members to form a group. Group members elect their group officers, lead their own meetings, and decide together how to serve the community. Members can also choose to volunteer on their own.
Through the volunteer experience with Lion's Heart, student volunteers build on character traits such as empathy, leadership, courage, humanity, and collaboration.
"The way service has changed my life, is it's become definitely more fundamental" said Lion's Heart teen volunteer Kyle. "I've been doing at least 90 volunteer hours a year since my freshman year of high school. You can't put a price on serving people and knowing that you're helping them."
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