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Planning Guides

These guides for young people, teachers and employers are great organizational tools that can help anyone plan a great Make A Difference Day project!

USA WEEKEND offers guides for:

Employers
Teens
College students
Teachers or Youth Coordinators
Families
And more

These guides apply to Make A Difference Day any year; specifics will be updated soon.

If you download the Acrobat (.pdf) file, you can easily print camera-ready copies of the guides and distribute them.


Read the Employer's Guide

How companies benefit
How companies have made a difference
How to accomplish a project
A project timetable
Examples of how real-life companies make a difference

Read the Guide for Teens

Questions to help you figure out what needs to be done
Help setting up a timeline
Tips for thinking about all the details involved
Examples of how real-life teens make a difference

Read the Guide for College Students

How to establish community needs
Tips for thinking about all the details involved
Examples of how real-life college students make a difference

Read the School Guide for Teachers or Youth Coordinators

Ideas for grades K-3
Ideas for grades 4-8
Ideas for grades 9-12
Meet Make A Difference Day's youngest heroes

Read the Guide for Families

How to establish community needs
How to accomplish a project
Examples of how real-life families make a difference

Read More Real Life Ways to Make A Difference

Examples of how real-life church and religious groups make a difference
Examples of how real-life communities make a difference
Examples of how the military make a difference

 
 

 


Make A Difference Day, the largest national day of helping others, is sponsored by USA WEEKEND Magazine and its 600 carrier newspapers. Make A Difference Day is held in partnership with HandsOn Network and is supported by Newman's Own, which provides $10,000 donations to charities selected by of each of 10 national honorees. The 19th Make A Difference Day is Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009.

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