Service Projects Should Be Fun and Beneficial For Everyone

A study was done that correlates community service with academic success; students who maintain a weekly community service record, 85% of the time, are more likely to succeed and have a higher grade point average than those who do none at all.

Leadership is Learned
Leaders are not born, they are created through experiences, opportunities, and overcoming adversity. Whether you already exhibit leadership qualities, or you feel like you have no leadership traits at all, you CAN become a leader.  Your journey towards leadership starts with a community project and your project portfolio.

Learning Skills For The Rest Of Your Life
Completing community action leadership projects at your age is impressive, especially when you are influencing others around you to help. You will learn Leadership skills through your PBLT training that will help you through High School and beyond.

Having Fun and Making A Difference.
You don’t need to be an adult to make a difference. If your heart is telling you to take positive action and make a difference in your community or in your world, than use the NLT to organize your thoughts and ideas into a project to help your community and your world

Through the NLT, You will complete a project that is important to you.
Do you care about animals, the environment, political issues, peace, world awareness…etc? Your projects can range from many different types and topics and should not only be important to you but be fun and educational too.

Include your friends!
As an act of leadership, you won't be completing these projects alone. Ask your friends and family to help you accomplish your goals.

Start Small and Grow
Your initial project can be something small. An example would be finding 10 friends to perform 10 acts of kindness each. That equals 100 acts of kindness! Or another example would be to find 10 friends to help you pick up trash along the side of the road (with parents help of course). Your project doesn't have to be huge, every little bit counts! Begin to build your Project Portfolio with small projects, build success, and then grow your projects as you get older.

Large Scale Projects
Once you've successfully completed a handful of smaller projects, you can start tackling a larger project that includes more people and will help a bigger cause. Our Youth Group of the NLT is one of the most successful groups because of your imagination and desire to help. Turn that energy into ACTION in your community and watch your Leadership Skills develop through inspiring others to WANT to help you in your projects.

NOTE: At your age, though you don’t have to be an adult to make a difference, you may need an adults’ support to help you get your project going. Be sure to ask for your parents help and permission in launching your project ideas.

Become A Member &
Start Building Your
Project Portfolio
 

1. Every project must require the participant to involve one or more people in the endeavor.
2. Every project must require some kind of benefit to something or someone in the community.
3. Ideally, each project is chosen by the participant, the exception being projects that require several students and/or projects organized by the group leader.
4. The initial project shouldn’t be a complicated one –and ought to involve no more than an hour or two of work (1-2 months for the first project and shouldn't take any more than 3-4 months between projects after that).
5. Every project is to be documented in your NLT team's Project Portfolio.

- Rules Written By Master Tom Callos