Ready for the Real World is a National Action Strategy adopted by hundreds of alliances that have partnered together through America’s Promise. This strategy’s goal is to engage every middle-school student through service learning and career exploration. This in turn will increase motivation of 11-14 year olds to achieve success in their schools, communities and later their career. This is such an important outreach because early adolescence is a pivotal time. The choices children make at this age will set them on a course for active citizenship and engaged learning in high school.

The Center for Service and Civic Engagement at Wilmington College seeks to engage students, faculty, and staff in responsible and challenging actions for the common good. Though this endeavor students from Wilmington College will organize a review of poverty to educate the college population on issues surrounding global human rights. This event will begin with a panel discussion from students, faculty, staff, and community members regarding their thoughts on fighting and irradiating poverty.

Summary: Everybody Dance Now! offers FREE, on-site, year-round classes for Santa Barbara's underprivileged youth. Functioning under Santa Barbara Dance Alliance's 501c3 nonprofit status, Everybody Dance Now! (EDN!) has taught dance at 16 sites to over 500 children and teens who might not otherwise have the opportunity. Mission: We strive to instill self-esteem and confidence in children through dance, while encouraging them to work toward goals in a supportive and creative learning environment.

Writer's Workshop is a mentoring program that fosters a reading and writing interest in elementary and middle school students through lessons beyond the average classroom. We aim to create a network of passionate high school mentors dedicated to making a difference in their community by promoting a writing interest in students. We are primarily involved in changing and improving students’ attitude and vision of writing by help younger students develop their style by exploring the various writing genres and eventually helping them form their own.

The Center is a free after school program for low income, at-risk youth, located in a gang driven neighborhood where forty percent of the city’s crime originates from. The R.E.C. Center is open Monday through Friday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and offers its participants the opportunity to join in organized sports, arts & crafts projects, computer classes and the R.E.C. library program. The R.E.C. Center encourages students to complete their daily homework assignments in “The Homework Club” prior to participating in organized R.E.C. programs.