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Virtual Raffle Tickets on Sale!

Not too late for a Summer of Service!

Seeking New Partnerships for GRANT Opportunity

View Learn and Serve Tampa Inc website

Help us raise much needed funding and win prizes! Raffle items will be posted on and ticket sales will begin Thursday, June 29, 2023. and will continue until July 6 at 10:00 A.M. Go here to see the event link and save it on your calendar!

Youth benefit in many ways from volunteering over the summer break. We like to hear that students are doing service because they are passionate about a cause or doing service brings them joy, but we also know that students need community service for scholarships, honor societies, and faith-based purposes. Here are few places to find opportunities in the Tampa area. You can also use the links on our website to connect to organizations like the Humane Society of Tampa Bay, Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful, and Feeding America Tampa. HCPS High School students use Profferfish to document hours (except IB students). If you are a rising freshman, you cannot set up your account until your records roll to your high school. This should be in late June or early July. Then you can follow the instructions listed HERE to set up your account.

United Way Suncoast

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Keep in mind, students can create their own service projects! You just need a nonprofit or community organization, not a relative, who can attest to your hours. Check out Independent Service Leader on our website to get started.

Learn and Serve Tampa Inc is a Lead Agency grantee through Youth Service America (YSA). We are seeking up to 20 organizations or groups to participate in the 2024 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service and Global Youth Service Month/Day of Service. Each group would qualify for support as it plans and implements service activities for local youth. To learn more about this opportunity, contact Dr. Verdi at kverdi@learnandservetampa.org by July 21, 2023.

If your afterschool club or organization wants to do a service project, you can apply directly to Youth Service America for a $500 grant by July 21, 2024. Learn and Serve Tampa Inc can facilitate the grant process for you, as well as provide resources and training, if you prefer. Contact Dr. Verdi to learn more!

We are seeking new board members who share our passion for youth and their need to build civic responsibility and resiliency through service-learning in Tampa area K-12 schools. Please email Dr. Verdi about your interest and to receive more information.

Captain Planet Foundation’s Planeteer Alliance is launching its second Element Summit Series this summer – July 28-30. This year, 25 young Planeteer leaders are hosting events in 18 countries to turn the tide on plastic pollution and discuss consumer circularity during the global, all youth-led and youth-hosted, WIND Summit Series.