If you have no special plans for your holidays, why not spend your time helping others?
Don't listen to people who say the young people today often think only of themselves. It's not true at all. More and more young people in the U.S.A. volunteer to spend their school holidays working for others. And they don't do it for money. Here are some of their stories.
| Alice, 17 I'm going to help the Forest Center build new hiking paths in the mountains. It's going to be terrific(极好的). I'll spend the whole summer living in the tent and breathing the clean mountain air. I'm going to sleep under the stars. It will be a nice sport, and I'll be able to do something good at the same time. |
| Jason, 18 This summer, I'm going to be a volunteer. I'm going to the Special House Program. They can build good, low-cost(低成本)houses and sell them to families that are not very rich. They'll teach me what to do, so I'll help people and also have a chance to learn how to build houses. |
| Rita, 19 I'm going to teach kids who have trouble in reading. I'll work for a program called Reading for Life. Every day, I'm going to help kids choose and read books that they like. I want to be a teacher, and I love children and reading, so this is going to be a great experience for me. |
Information Card
| Plan | |
| Volunteer | What to do |
| Alice | Help the Forest Center new hiking paths in the |
| Jason | Go to the Special House Program to help people. Have a chance to how to build houses. |
| Rita | Teach kids how to . Help kids books. |
