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Berks County Specific Sites
Albright College
http://www.alb.edu
Alvernia College
http://www.alvernia.edu
Ask Rita
http://www.askrita.com
From recipes to remedies and everything in between, just ask Rita Berks
County's very own irrepressible advisor!
Become a Mentor or a Volunteer
http://www.health.org/yourtime/mentorvolunteer/pacmailsearch.cfm
Search engine to match volunteers with opportunities.
Berks Community Television
www.bctv.org
See how BCTV focuses on serving the people of our community. Find out how
you can become one of the thousands of people who volunteer as producers,
host, camera operators, committee members, and more. Volunteers can be individuals
or from the business community. Browse through the programming schedule
with a monthly listing, by week, of live programs. Also, search for programs
by interest with the search index.
Berks County Intermediate Unit
http://www.berksiu.k12.pa.us/
Berks County School Districts
Berks Penn State Campus
http://www.psu.edu
Berks Technical Institute
http://www.BTI-Careers.com
This site provides school history and general information, program descriptions,
available career programs and an outline of their externships programs along
with a list of companies that have participated in the externships.
Berks.Net
http://www.berks.net/childrens/
A local website related to Berks County life which contains resources, a
business directory, a kids page, links and more.
BerksWeb
http://www.berksweb.com
A local website related to Berks County life which contains resources, recipes,
historical information, links and more.
Boy Scouts of America
http://www.bsa.scouting.org/
Boy Scouts Hawk Mountain
Council, Berks County
http://home.epix.net/~hawkmtn/
Local scouting youth programs for boys ages 7 - 20, including opportunities
for teens to mentor kids.
Camp Fire Boys and Girls
http://www.campfire.org/
Through informal educational and mentoring opportunities in clubs, child
care settings, classrooms and camps, this group develops motivated, self-confident
boys and girls and has fun!
Concern
www.concern4kids.org
This site gives you information on Concern professional services for children,
youth, and families. Read about CTUBs (Concern Treatment Units for Boys),
life skills programs, tips for parents, and jobs listings within the Concern
organization. Also, enter the art gallery and look at artwork by various
children.
Gear Gifted Education Association of Reading & Berks County
http://www.berksweb.com/gear/
Find out how this volunteer, nonprofit organization works toward educational
opportunities for gifted, creative and talented students. GEAR focuses attention
on gifted students and their right to and need for an appropriate education.
GPU Kids
http://www.gpukids.com/
GPU provides energy and environmental games, activities, experiments,
and downloadable teaching resources.
The Hill School
http://www.thehill.org
This site includes school information, a news and events section, academic
courses offered along with links to related subjects and college search
information.
Kutztown University
http://www.kutztown.edu
March of Dimes
www.modimes.org
Whether you're reading about the March of Dimes or your local chapter, this
site provides a great deal of information about healthy babies and their
care. Find out how, through volunteering, you can become involved with your
local chapter in community programs, public affairs, office procedures,
community groups and institutions, and fund-raising events.
Muhlenberg Area Women of Today Homepage
www.geocities.com/Wellesley/4287
Explore how this not-for-profit organization works to help build a better
community through volunteerism, personal enrichment, and friendship. Be
sure to look at "Kidslinks", where you will find a great set of
links for parents and children to enjoy together. Also included is a list
of dated events and personal enrichment programs.
Reading Area Community College
http://www.racc.cc.pa.us
Reading JCC Kids
http://www.geocities.com/ReadingJCCKids
Fun and informative, this local kids' page offers activities, jokes, contests,
community info and fun facts.
Reading Public Museum
www.berks.net/museum
Learn about art and science through the museum's educational programs, exhibits,
collections, and planetarium. View a sampling of their holdings on-line
from American, American Indian, Asian, and European collections. There is
a list of current planetarium shows for grades pre-K and up, with hours
and admission. Look for the museum's fact sheet which includes: admission,
hours, upcoming exhibits, and special events. Also, be sure to take a look
at the information on contacts for internships and volunteers.
RPL Electronic Library
http://www.reading.lib.pa.us/
This site is a service of the Reading Public Library for Reading and Berks
County, PA. The For Kids of All Ages section has many links to interesting
sites, from Hot Spots for Teens, Local Things for Kids, Safe Sites for Kids,
Educational Stuff That's Fun, Kool Sites for Kids and Pages for Preschoolers
to name a few.
Suburban Internet OnRamp
http://www.sub-i-o.com/berks/berks2.asp
A local website related to Berks County life which contains a business directory
and more.
United Way of America
www.unitedway.org
At this site, see how nearly one-third of the dollars raised by United Ways
annually goes to services for children, youth, and families. Go to the United
Way of Berks County page, which includes many types of volunteer opportunities,
from clerical and children, to special events.
United Way Berks County
http://www.uwberks.org
Learn more about the developmental assets that all kids need to succeed
at this local site.
Western Berks Swimming Association
http://www.geocities.com/wbsapool
Informative website about the Bernville Swimming Pool.
Wyomissing Optometric Center
http://www.eyecaredr.com/index.asp
On-line vision quizzes help parents detect children's visual problems, plus
info onexams, preschoolers, vision and learning,help with choosing and interviewing
an eye doctor and freereferrals.
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