Dickerson Civic Center is an organization whose mission is to promote “service learning”, which we believe is a building block of a healthy, vibrant community and caring society.
But what is “service learning” exactly?
Service-learning is a method by which people learn and develop through active participation in thoughtfully organized experience.
Service-learning includes four critical components:
The benefits are numerous, as outlined below.
The varied programs we develop and take into our community are centered around this mission and purpose – to teach students to become involved in their communities in meaningful and productive, needs-based activities.
You can read more about our service-learning programming and initiatives here.