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Teen Volunteers from Across North America Head to Atlanta for Leadership & Training Convention

The award winning Ed White Junior Civitan Club at work collecting canned goods

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) June 21, 2009

300 teenage volunteer leaders from across North America will be attending the annual Junior Civitan International Convention at the DoubleTree Hotel Atlanta Northwest, June 25-28. Every year these community service leaders, who represent approximately 12,000 outstanding middle school and high school student volunteers in the United States and Canada, come together to share their experiences, participate in training, and celebrate their organization’s tremendous impact.

Nineteen Junior Civitan clubs in Georgia work alongside hundreds of others to make their communities better by conducting service projects, raising awareness of key issues and providing youth with leadership, volunteer and scholarship opportunities. At the international level, Junior Civitan members raise over $ 60,000 every year to fund scholarships, and research and clinical services at the UAB Civitan International Research Center in Birmingham, Alabama. The convention in Atlanta attempts to improve and inspire these young leaders, as they are recognized for tens of thousands of hours of community service work completed this year.

Junior Civitan’s parent organization, Civitan International, was founded in Birmingham in 1917, Civitan has grown to approximately 40,000 members in 28 countries. Just like Junior Civitans, local Civitan clubs meet a wide variety of needs in their communities, with an emphasis on helping people with developmental disabilities.

Civitan International’s flagship project, the UAB Civitan International Research Center, is the result of a $ 20 million commitment by Civitan members to make life better for people with developmental disabilities. This state of the art center brings together top scientific minds and the latest technology to create innovative therapies and treatments for people with developmental disabilities. The Center provides services for a national clientele of individuals with special needs, while researchers and therapists from around the world come to learn and train in the newest breakthroughs.

For more information about Junior Civitan International or our programs, please visit us on the web at JuniorCivitan_youth service volunteers_JuniorCivitan.org, or call us at 1-800-CIVITAN.

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