Teen Opportunities

These are the ways your teen can get involved in serving our community with Generation SERVE,
from one-time opportunities like our Teen Service Days to deeper commitments like our summer Teen Leadership Program!

Dedicated Family Placement

Generation SERVE offers teens and parents the opportunity to develop deeper connections to our nonprofit partners and the clients they serve with Dedicated Family Placements! These opportunities vary, but they always involve a training and a commitment to multiple days of service. Dedicated Family Placements build teens' skills while they log significant service hours AND provide our partners with trained and committed volunteers!

Spring & Summer 2020

Dedicated Family Placement Opportunity at McKinney Falls

Generation SERVE teens and parents participate together, providing visitor education on water safety and drowning prevention at McKinney Falls State Park. This placement is a great fit for teens who like to meet new people, spend time outdoors and gain leadership experience. This program is a partnership with Colin's Hope, an organization that provides water safety and drowning prevention education, and Texas Parks & Wildlife, which preserves and manages the state's parks.

Registration for our spring and summer opportunities will open here in February! Review the requirements for each session below to see if it will work for you and your teen!

Upcoming Options - All events take place at McKinney Falls State Park

Spring Break
Program requirements:

Must attend training
Must sign up for at least two service dates during Spring Break, parent & teen participate together

Training:
Saturday, March 7, 9am -12pm

Dates available for service (all 10:30am - 12pm):
March 14 - 21

Summer
Program requirements:

Must attend training
Must sign up for at least three service dates throughout the summer, parent & teen participate together

Training:
Saturday, June 6, 9am - 12pm

Dates available for service (all 10:30am - 12pm):
June 13, 20, 27
July 3, 4, 11, 18, 25
August 1, 8

Questions? Contact Charli Krause at charli@generationserve.org.

Teen Service Days

Each month we offer Teen Service Days - opportunities for teens to volunteer alongside their peers without a parent or guardian. These events give teens experience with volunteer projects in support of many different nonprofit organizations and community needs.

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Teen Service Day at Austin Diaper Bank

Teen Leadership Program

For teens who are ready for a leadership role within our organization, we offer the summer Teen Leadership Program. This program gives middle school and high school students the opportunity to complete leadership training during the summer months and to become Teen Leads and Co-Leads for our Family Volunteering Program.

To join this program, teens must complete an application and interview process and be selected by our Program Director and Teen Advisory Board.

Applications for summer 2020 will open in February.

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Teen Leaders during Leadership training

Teen Family Volunteering

Volunteering alongside a parent or guardian is still incredibly valuable for teens. On our monthly Activity Calendar, we offer many volunteer activities for youth ages 12+ and their families to volunteer at activities that are longer and more extensive than the activities offered to other age groups. We understand that youth ages 12 and older are capable of staying focused for longer periods of time and completing more complicated work, so we seek out opportunities for these youth and their families to serve our partner nonprofits in very meaningful ways.

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Teens and dad volunteering at Bull Creek