volunteering

The Best Volunteer Gig for Your Personality

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By: Kathryn_Williams

Deciding to be a good person is difficult, mostly because first you have to decide what kind of person you are. Matching yourself with a ...

Send Us Pictures of Your Jeans!

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By: Jennifer Grudziecki

Alright Sparklers, if you haven't noticed the denim craze going around SparkLife by now, you're probably dead. Or oblivious. Nah, dead.

What's that? You already know ...

The Top 20 Reasons You Should Donate Your Jeans RIGHT NOW

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By: Jennifer Grudziecki

Unless you live under a rock with no internet access, you've heard of the Teens for Jeans campaign by now. But for those ...

Volunteering Etiquette

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By: Jon_Skindzier

As you may have noticed, we here at SparkLife are absolutely bonkers for charitable causes. Maybe you've also noticed that ...

The Dos and Don'ts of Volunteering

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By: Josh Perilo

Volunteering is fun, easy, and, gosh darnit, it makes you feel like a million bucks when you do it. But there is such a ...

SparkNotes and DoSomething.org Bring You... Teens for Jeans!

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By: Emily Winter

Did your New Year's Resolution have something to do with Being a Better Person?

Ehem, ours too. So this year, we've become buds with the awesome ...

Blogging Book-in-a-Day

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By: Contributor

Writing a children's book in 12 hours is mostly about stress and food, if lucystopflying is to be believed.—Sparkitors

Every year, my school runs ...

Better Things To Do on Prom Night

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By: Contributor

We can tell by knockoffuggs' nickname that she's thrifty, fun, and practical—the perfect kind of Sparkler to offer prom night alternatives. —SparkNotes editors

Maybe ...

Haiti: How You Can Help

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By: Emma

The disaster in Haiti reminds us that our problems (too much homework! Not enough Diet Coke! Jerky parents!) really aren't problems at all. ...

The Diary of Ashley Spencer: You Done Good!

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By: Ashley Spencer

I’ve never considered myself, in any sense, altruistic. My idea of generosity is letting someone taking a bite of my sandwich, giving a friend complete ...