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Health
Extensive medical resource guide.
AbstinenceFirst.org
Educational information for teens
and parents.
Child Welfare League of America
CWLA is
an association of more than 900 public and private nonprofit
agencies that assist more than 3.5 million abused and neglected
children and their families each year with a range of services.
Cool
Nurse
Designed to help teens and young
adults achieve and maintain a high level of health, fitness and
well-being.
Florence
Crittenton Home and Services Inc.
519 West Fourth Street
Lexington KY 40508
Phone: 859/252-8636
E-mail:
flocrit@hotmail.com
Planned
Parenthood
SI - You are not
the only one
A Guide for
Teens
How to Get Help
Teen
Growth
All about your health.
TeensHealth
Looking for honest information?
Teen Health and the Media
A virtual meeting place that
encourages young people to make healthy choices.
Smoking
Get the real facts.
Why Do Teens
Smoke?
and other
health issues
Social phobia
One of the most common fears.
All about depression
Articles, latest news and
book reviews.
Mood
disorders support
Focuses on depression and
bipolar disorder.
Suicide and Crisis Help Lines
Directory for help lines around
the world.
Teen Space: Internet Public Library suicide links
List of resources to help get
through tough times or help others get through them.
Alanon/Alateen
Support groups for persons
dealing with the problem of a family member or friend who is an
alcoholic.
Club Drugs
"No club drug is benign."
Date Rape Drugs
Find out what they are and how to
protect yourself.
Freevibe
Share your stories and find out
the facts about drugs.
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
(800) 729-6686
TeensHealth
View articles on smoking,
drinking, and doing drugs.
U.S. Health and Human Services
Tips for teens regarding
inhalants.
Child
Abuse National Hotline
(800) 252-2873
Domestic Violence Hotline
(bilingual) (312) 738-5358
Girls
and Boys Town National Hotline
(800) 448-3000
Provides short-term crisis counseling. Operates
24 hours a day, seven days a week.
National Runaway
Switchboard
(800) RUNAWAY
24-hour crisis line: anonymous, confidential, and toll-free.
National Youth Suicide Hotline
(800) 784-2433
Teen AIDS Hotline
(800) 440-8336
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@ Your Library
Phone: 859-987-4419
Email: Contact us
Do you think librarians just sit around and read books all day?
Volunteer, and see what really goes on behind the scenes.
NEW! Seeking
computer tutors to work with adult
beginners!
Bourbon Heights Nursing Home
859-987-5750
Paris
Animal Welfare Society
Phone: 859-988-9800
Email:
PAWSinKY@aol.com
P.A.W.S. has many volunteer needs - animal transport, portable
adoptions help, foster care, handy person, and gardener just to
name a few. If you want to make a difference, contact P.A.W.S.
United Way of the Bluegrass
Search their database of
volunteer opportunities.
Impact Online
Volunteer Match
Try this free online matching
service to search for volunteer opportunities.
SERVEnet
Through SERVEnet, you can enter
your zip code, city, state, skills, interests, and availability
and be matched with organizations needing help.
The ACLU Freedom Network
The main site of the American
Civil Liberties Union. There's a special section on Students'
Rights where you can ask questions about your own rights.
Amnesty International
Get involved in helping to ensure
human rights around the world.
DoSomething.org
The online magazine for young
people who want to change the world.
E The
People
Get election news, sign a
petition, write to your elected official, or join a discussion
about important issues.
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
"EFF, the Electronic Frontier
Foundation, is a non-profit, non-partisan organization working
in the public interest to protect fundamental civil liberties,
including privacy and freedom of expression, in the arena of
computers and the Internet."
Global Youth
Village
"Gain skills and perspectives on
development issues, prejudice, peace building, community
action." A workshop for youth 11-18.
GreenPeace
What's happening with the
environment and how you can help.
Habitat for Humanity
Habitat builds houses for people
in need. Join one of their student chapters to help out in your
area.
National Wildlife Federation
Find out about all the NWF's
projects to help people protect wildlife, wild places, and
natural resources.
The PERSON Project
PERSON stands for Public
Education Regarding Sexual Orientation Nationally. Find out how
to organize for educational equity so that your school's
curriculum and textbooks will include fair and accurate
information about sexual preferences.
Rainforest Action Network
All kinds of rainforest
information is here including what you can do to help save it.
Scorecard
This site, from the Environmental
Defense Fund, allows you to put in your zip code and find out
who the major polluters are in your community.
Unicef
Voices of Youth
Find about what affects kids in
today's world. Speak your mind, share what you think with other
young people, and read what they have to say.
WePrevent
New ways for teens and kids to
"take a bite out of crime," from the National Crime Prevention
Council.
Young Democrats of
America
Get involved in the activities of
the national party.
Young Republicans
Get involved in the activities of
the national party.
ZNet
ZNet is a website devoted
to providing community and resources to individuals interested
in social change. It has a good
pen
pals feature
that a many teens interested in social issues use. It also has a
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