COMMUNITY
SERVICE-LEARNING PARTNERS
Howard
University has service-learning partners throughout the
Washington, DC Metropolitan Area. Our service partners
have a wide range of volunteer needs to support their activities
(for example, direct service, research, marketing, special
event planning, and technical support). Below is a listing
of our service partners categorized by the primary focus/area
of their volunteer needs. The Directory of Service-Learning
Placement Sites housed in the CASL office contains a brief
description of each agency, its volunteer needs, pre-service
requirements, and contact information.
BUSINESS/COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT FOCUSED
Justice & Sustainability Associates
Manna, Inc.
Nile Valley Business Association
North Capitol Area Business Association, Inc.
Rebuilding Together with Christmas in April
Small Business Development Center (Howard University Center for Urban Progress)
Wheeler Creek Estates CDC, Inc.
COMPUTER/TECHNOLOGY
FOCUSED
Byte Back, Inc.
Community Technology Center (Howard University)
The Virtual Volunteering Project
EDUCATIONAL/TUTORING/MENTORING
FOCUSED
Beacon House Community Ministry, Inc.
Bell Multicultural High School
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the National Capitol Area
Capital Partners for Education (CPE)
Children’s Media Network, Inc
City Lights School
Even Start Family Literacy Program (Howard University)
Family Life Center (Howard University)
For Love of Children (FLOC)
Heads Up
Kid Power - DC
Language, Etc.
LINK (Linking Communities for Educational Success, Inc.)
Literacy Volunteers of America-National Capital Area
Metropolitan/Delta Adult Literacy Council, Inc.
M.O.M.I.E.’S TLC
National Educational Empowerment Summit, Inc.
NIH-DC Initiative to Reduce Infant Mortality
Pediatric AIDS/HIV Care, Inc.
Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington
TEAM (Talent Education Arts and Mentoring – After-School Program)
Teen Mothers Take Charge Project (Shiloh Family Life Center Foundation)
Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter High School
Turning the Page
HEALTH/MEDICAL
FOCUSED
Alzheimer’s Association National Capitol Area Chapter
American Cancer Society
American Diabetes Association (ADA)
American Heart Association (AHA)
American Red Cross of the National Capital Area
Brainfood, Inc.
Bread for the City
Capital Hospice
Children’s National Medical Center
Community of Hope, Inc
DC Department of Health/Abstinence Education Program
DC Department of Health Division of STD Control Program
Hospital for Sick Children
Howard University Drug Education and Prevention Program
La Clinica Del Pueblo
Metro Teen AIDS
Prevention Works
Whitman-Walker Clinic
HOMELESS/FOOD
PROGRAMS
Capital Area Food Bank
DC Central Kitchen
Food and Friends
N Street Village
SHARE (Self-Help and Resource Exchange)
RECREATION
FOCUSED
DC Department Parks and Recreation
SOCIAL
SERVICES FOCUSED
Barney Neighborhood House Senior Program
Calvary Women’s Services
Carl Vogel Center (CVC)
DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence Victim Advocacy Program
Iona Senior Services
My Sister’s Place
Sasha Bruce Youthwork, Inc.
Solutions VII
SOME/Dwelling Place (So Others Might Eat)
St. Ann’s Infant & Maternity Home
Supporting Our Survivors (SOS) Center
SPECIAL
NEEDS POPULATION
Life Skills Center
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
MIXED
FOCUSED
Amnesty International
AmeriCorps NCCC
Catholic Charities
Catholic Network of Volunteer Services (CNVS)
Community Family Life Services
DC Ronald McDonald House
Doingsomething Volunteer Network
Easter Seals
Easter Seals Child Development Centers
Greater DC Cares
Hannah House
Life Skills Center
Martha’s Table
Men Can Stop Rape
Mother Dear’s
National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO)
National Association of Former Foster Care Children of America (NAFFCCA)
National Capital Chapter of National Multiple Sclerosis Society
National Center for Children & Families (NCCF)
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
National Center for Victims of Crime
National Kidney Foundation of the National Capitol Area
National Organization of Concerned Black Men, Inc.
Northwest Settlement House
The Arts and Technology Academy
VolunteerMatch
YMCA of Metropolitan Washington
DIRECTORY
OF SERVICE-LEARNING PLACEMENT SITES
