Serving With Police, Fire & Ems (Community Service for Teens) - Hardcover

Bernard Ryan Jr.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0894342320 ISBN 13: 9780894342325

Publisher: Ferguson Pub, 1998

Synopsis

An eight-volume set discusses volunteer opportunities for children and young adults, including caring for animals, caring for the sick, participating in government, promoting arts and sciences, protecting the environment, and serving on rescue squads

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Gr 7 Up--These titles will answer YAs' questions about what to expect when they volunteer. Each book begins with the same summary of teen volunteerism statistics, and then focuses on what it takes to work in a specific field. Ryan describes some of the projects young people have taken on, from helping to design exhibits at a natural history museum to riding along on a fire truck, and explains how both the teens and the organizations can benefit. Contact names and phone numbers are appended. The tone is uniformly upbeat, emphasizing the benefits of volunteering and only briefly touching on potential problems or frustrations. Unfortunately, the black-and-white photographs are of inconsistent quality, and more of the interviews are with adult coordinators than with the teens themselves. Still, readers who need a general summary of volunteer opportunities will find these books helpful, as will those who live where community service is required for high school graduation.

Miranda Doyle, Notre Dame High School, Belmont, CA

Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Review:

"...readers who need a general summary of volunteer opportunities will find these books helpful." - School Library Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Ferguson Pub
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0894342320
• ISBN 13: 9780894342325
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 96