Links to other community action groups for kids:

-Do Something
A great website with lots of activities for young people.
http://www.dosomething.org

-Kids Can Free the Children
A large, international network of young people advocating children’s rights.
http://www.freethechildren.org

-ServeNet
A site where you can find volunteer programs with non-profit organizations in your area.
http://www.servenet.org

-The Giraffe Project
A non-profit organization dedicated to eradicating social problems.
http://www.giraffe.org

Links to Books:
The Successful Child
pg 132

"When John Holland-McCowan of Los Gatos, Calfornia, was four years old, he discoverd that some underprivileged kids didn't have any toys at all..."
The Successful Child, What Parents Can Do to Help Kids Turn Out Well
William Sears, M.D., and Martha Sears, R.N.
Little, Brown and Company, 2002

The Successful Child
Hope and Healing, Peaceful Parenting in an Uncertain World
Naomi Drew, Arthur Caliandro
Citadel, 2002

What Do You Stand For? For Kids
Lewis, Barbara A.
Free Spirit Press, 2005

The Kid's Guide to Service Projects
Lewis, Barbara A.
Free Spirit Press, 1995