Additonal Gap Year Resources

Teenlife's Gap Year Programs Website

A great place to start looking into taking a gap year. Make sure to check out their annual Guide to Gap Year Programs and other resources.

Work, Volunteer, and Internship Databases

• www.idealist.org
• www.internshipprograms.com
• www.internweb.com
• www.volunteermatch.org
• www.allforgood.org

Opportunities in the United States

• American Friends Service Committee: www.afsc.org
• Corporation for National and Community Service: www.nationalservice.gov
• Habitat for Humanity: www.habitat.org
• AmeriCorps-VISTA: www.americorps.gov/about/programs/vista.asp
• Careers in the Common Good: http://careerdevelopment.brown.edu/ccg
• City Year: www.cityyear.org
• ACLU (search “volunteer”): www.aclu.org
• Serve Net: www.servenet.org
• Youth Service America: www.ysa.org

Opportunities in Rhode Island

• RI Community Jobs: http://swearercenter.brown.edu/opportunities/ricommjobs
• Volunteer Center Rhode Island: http://serverhodeisland.org
• Providence Children’s Museum: http://www.childrenmuseum.org
• Southside Community Land Trust: http://www.southsideclt.org/volunteer

International Opportunities

• International Volunteer Program: http://www.volunteerinternational.org
• World Volunteer Web: http://www.worldvolunteerweb.org
• Volunteers for Peace: http://www.vfp.org
• United Nations Volunteers: http://www.unv.org
• Learning Enterprises: http://www.learningenterprises.org
• Work, volunteer, teach abroad: http://www.bunac.org
• Cross Cultural Solutions: http://www.crossculturalsolutions.org

Travel Opportunities

• Ecotour: http://www.ecotourdirectory.com
• Lonely Planet guides: http://www.lonelyplanet.com
• International Youth Hostel Federation: http://www.hihostels.com
• Couch Surfing: http://www.couchsurfing.org
• SERVAS: http://www.usservas.org

Environmental / Outdoor Opportunities

• The Student Conservation Association: http://www.thesca.org
• World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF): http://www.wwoof.org
• National Park Service: http://www.nps.gov/personnel
• Earthwatch: http://www.earthwatch.org
• National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS): http://www.nols.edu
• Outward Bound Outdoor School: http://www.outwardbound.org