Prologue.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

About the Author.

1. Introduction.

About This Book.

Part I: Changing Lives: Impacts on Those Who Serve.

2. Powering Life Transitions.

Transition to the Teen Years.

Transition to Productive Adulthood.

Transition from College to Career.

Transition from Career to Retirement.

Transition from Crisis to Coping.

Potential for Transformation.

3. Strengthening Civic Engagement.

Service and Civic Engagement.

How Service Helps.

Political Activism.

Potential for Transformation.

Part II: Tackling Tough Problems: Impacts on Others.

4. Advancing Education.

Early Childhood Development.

Elementary and Secondary Education.

Potential for Transformation.

5. Improving Health and Well-Being.

Health.

Aging.

Potential for Transformation.

6. Helping People and Communities in Distress.

Poverty.

Disaster.

Potential for Transformation.

7. Protecting the Environment.

Conserving Energy.

Protecting the Environment.

Potential for Transformation.

8. Inspiring and Sustaining Innovative Solutions.

Service and Social Innovation.

Today's Innovators.

Service Alumni Entrepreneurs.

Potential for Transformation.

9. What You Can Do.

Individuals.

Groups.

Nonprofit Organizations.

Educators.

Business.

Media and Entertainment.

Philanthropy.

Locally Elected Officials.

State Policymakers.

Federal Policymakers.

Potential for Transformation.

10. Conclusion.

Appendix: High-Impact Service Programs.

Notes.

Index.